Killer Jam by Karen MacInerney [Review]

Killer Jam (Dewberry Farm Mysteries #1) by Karen MacInerney
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: December 21, 2022

Dewberry Farm Mysteries
1. Killer Jam - Paperback | Kindle
2. Fatal Frost
3. Deadly Brew
4. Mistletoe Murder
5. Dyeing Season
6. Wicked Harvest
6.5. Slay Bells Ring
7. Sweet Revenge
8. Peach Clobber
9. Fowl Play

Karen MacInerney
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

When Houston reporter Lucy Resnick cashes in her retirement to buy her grandmother’s farm in Buttercup, Texas, she’s looking forward to a simple life as a homesteader. But Lucy has barely finished putting up her first batch of Killer Dewberry Jam when an oil exploration truck rolls up to the farm and announces plans to replace her broccoli patch with an oil derrick. Two days later, Nettie Kocurek, the woman who ordered the drilling, turns up dead at the Founders’ Day Festival with a bratwurst skewer through her heart and one of Lucy’s jam jars beside her…and the sheriff fingers Lucy as the prime suspect.

Horrified, Lucy begins to talk to Nettie’s neighbors, but the more she gets to know the townspeople, the more she realizes she’s not the only one who had a beef with Nettie. Can she clear her name, or will her dream life turn into a nightmare?

Thoughts on Killer Jam: (I read this series *slightly* out of order, so I was somewhat acquainted with Lucy and Buttercup before book 1. Which is fine. I mean, Lucy gets the job done whether she's the new lady in town being accused of murder by Sheriff Rooster or whether she's working on keeping a close friend out of jail.)

So. Lucy's taken advantage of a downturn at her former job and bought her grandmother's farm to try her hand at homesteading. Given that she's new to this, she has her ups and downs. The downs are mostly of her escaping cow variety. Oh, and the whole getting accused of murder thing.

Good thing Lucy was an investigative reporter in her former life. She has the know-how and determination to follow the clues and figure out who'd want to do in the nastiest women in Buttercup.

An escape artist cow, an infuriating woman, a sexy vet, and a lady who isn't about to give up her dream over a little case of being accused of murder. *thumbs up*