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Body and Soul Food (A Books & Biscuits Mystery) by Abby Collette

About Body and Soul Food:

 

Body and Soul Food (A Books & Biscuits Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Setting - Timber Lake, Washington (Near Seattle)

Berkley (November 9, 2021)

Mass Market Paperback: ‎ 336 pages

ISBN-10: ‎ 0593336178

ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0593336175

Digital ASIN: ‎ B08YWW1DCH

In this page-turning new mystery series, fraternal twins Keaton and Koby will pull double duty when they take down a killer while preparing to open their new bookstore and soul-food café, Books & Biscuits. 

When Koby Hill and Keaton Rutledge were orphaned at age two, they were separated, but their unbreakable connection lingered. Years later, they reunite and decide to make up for lost time and capitalize on their shared interests by opening up a well-stocked bookstore and cozy soul-food café in the quaint Pacific Northwest town of Timber Lake. But this new chapter of their lives could end on a cliffhanger after Koby's foster brother is found murdered. 

The murder, which occurred in public between light-rail stops, seems impossible for the police to solve. But as Keaton and Koby know, two heads are always better than one, especially when it comes to mysteries. With just a week to go before the grand opening of their new café, the twins will use their revitalized connection with each other to make sure this is the killer's final page.

My Review:

After a couple day delay, my review is now ready. I was able to get the book finished a bit faster than anticipated.

I really enjoyed Body and Soul Food. The connection between twin siblings, Koby Hill and Keaton Rutledge was dynamic and I enjoyed getting to know them. The author did a wonderful job with their backstory and how they were orphaned as toddlers, separated, one being adopted into a wonderful and loving family, the other bouncing through the foster care system. 

When Keaton and Koby finally reunite, they become entrepreneurs and open a bookstore / soul-food café in Timber Lake, Washington. As the siblings continue to get everything in place for their grand opening, tragedy occurs. One of Koby's foster brothers is found dead. Murdered is seems. Now, Keaton and Koby find themselves adding amateur sleuth to their list of talents. 

Body and Soul Food is a wonderful first book in the Books & Biscuits Mystery series. The murder victim wasn't who I expected the author to go for since the person had potential to grow throughout the series. Instead, his life was cut short, causing intense sorrow for both Koby and Keaton. What a twist! I was saddened for Koby who lost a brother and Keaton, who lost a friend. The path the author took Koby and Keaton on to find the killer was fresh and exciting though.

Neither twin has experience in sleuthing out a murder mystery but their use of a couple very popular mysteries as a reference was great. Keaton makes mistakes as she tried to flesh out who would benefit from, or had the best motive, to murder Koby's foster brother. In the end, I was surprised at who the murderer was, the motive, and how the murder was pulled off. Bravo to Abby Collette who masterfully crafted a murder mystery with realism, emotion, and believable family dynamics. 

I was provided a copy of this book to read.

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About Abby Collette:

Wall Street Journal bestselling author Abby Collette loves a good mystery. She was born and raised in Cleveland, and it's a mystery even to her why she hasn't yet moved to a warmer place. As Abby Collette, she is the author of the Ice Cream Parlor mystery series, about a millennial MBA-holding granddaughter running a family-owned ice cream shop in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and the Books & Biscuits mystery series, starring a set of fraternal twins who reunite and open a bookstore and soul food café. Writing as Abby L. Vandiver, she is the author of the Logan Dickerson Mysteries, featuring a second-generation archaeologist and a nonagenarian, as well as the Romaine Wilder Mysteries, pairing an East Texas medical examiner and her feisty, funeral-home-owning auntie as sleuths. Abby spends her time writing, facilitating writing workshops at local libraries and hanging out with her grandchildren, each of whom are her favorite.

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