I love a good cozy mystery and this definitely checks the box. Full disclosure: I picked this one up and read it without reading the first one. The book does a great job catching you up without it being repetitious. The story is paced well and does a good job juggling multiple characters. There were times I found the "internal dialogue" of the characters a little distracting but it was in italics so easy to know it wasn't spoken. I really enjoyed Xander's (the teen) interactions with the knitting club (older women). He taught them how to use the internet and that provided a nice bit of comedy throughout the story. I would definitely suggest this series to fans of an easy-to-read cozy mystery. Nothing graphic, no romance, no heavy suspense. A nice found-family story and I look forward to more in the series. Also -- there's a clever cat who's rather good at finding clues. I always enjoy an animal sidekick!

#SkeletonsSecretsSpeakeasies #NetGalley is the second book in this new series, featuring a group of people who work together to solve a decades long mystery.
Tammy thought starting over was a good thing, but then she finds herself involved in solving a bank robbery that happened decades ago, during prohibition.
Tammy and her friends explore the hidden tunnels and are excited to see where they lead, until they discover skeletal remains, and are caught up in another investigation.
I enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to reading more.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.

Five unlikely friends & their cat make a successful team of detectives in this cozy mystery exploring an old bank heist in a small town full of underground tunnels. Follow Tammy, Mrs. T, Wally, Olivia, Xander and Lockie (the cat) through those dark passages that bring surprise after surprise as the bank heist mystery unfolds into a bigger case for the team to tackle.

Reading experience: Vocabulary wasn't superfluous but also not oversimplified. Book length was not extraneous but not so short I felt like I missed anything critical. Each chapter took 7 to 8 minutes to read which is a great pace for picking the book up & down as needed. I love the small additions of the subtle cat help along with the cognitive & demographic diversity of the team. These together helped keep the story in the cozy mystery category.

Only thing that would bump it up to a 5-star is sentence and paragraph complexity was a little simple occasionally. This does work perfectly if the book is meant for younger readers.

This is the first I have read from this author & will definitely be looking up the other book(s) in this series.

The perfect mystery to read by the fire with a hot cocoa and cat.

Interesting overall, but struggled at times to keep track of who was who. I expect there was a previous book or two that gave more details? Otherwise a nice cozy mystery, and would recommend. Fun summer read.

Nice cozy book. Just not enough back stories of the characters for me, but did enjoy reading the book.

First, the title and cover are what caught my attention. I literally read this book within 24 hours. I normally have a character that I like the most but in this case all the characters were my favorite. The mystery and suspense kept me wanting to read more to find out what happened. I love the fact that it is based in a small town where everyone knows everybody and it reminds me of the small towns in movies and how any information or new thing brings excitement to a small town. I love how the author brings a group of people with different backgrounds and age together to make the best amateur investigators around. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will definitely be reading more from this author.