Book Review: Give Me Chills: A Devil's Beach Novella by Tara Lush

A Coffee Lover´s Mystery Book 0.5

Ice cream and murder. Will this amateur sleuth melt under pressure? After being humiliated in front of her entire hometown of Moose Knuckle, New Hampshire, Hadley Mortimer heads south to lick her wounds. All the way to the island of Devil's Beach, Florida, where she's opened her first business: Give Me Chills, an artisan ice cream truck. After a couple of weeks, she's living the cream and has even met a gorgeous guy named Zander, who seems to appreciate more than her soft serve cones. When Zander asks her to bring an ice cream cake to his great-aunt's funeral, she overhears two people talking about murder. Hadley -- a true crime junkie -- lets curiosity get the best of her and she begins to sleuth. It's not easy juggling a new crush, a popular food truck and a murder investigation. Hadley has to do all three without having a meltdown...

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My Review:

This story was fun and quirky and goes by in a flash. I had so much fun with the sweet slow burn of the developing relationship between Hadley and Zander, but the mystery drove me a little batty. It successfully kept me guessing, but I think that’s because the most important clues were all held back until the final big reveal. I also felt that the sleuthing portions of the story were a little over the top. As a mystery, the story left me wanting just a little bit more. But, for pure entertainment value, this book knocked it out of the park. I love that the food truck is a character of its own. I’m curious to see what else is going to occur in Devil's Beach.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author.