A Shot of Murder

by J. A. Kazimer

Overview

When it comes to murder, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

Ten years after leaving the small town of Gett, Florida, for Hollywood stardom, Charlotte "Charms" Lucky—who has never quite lived up to her surname—returns home to run the Lucky Whiskey distillery while her grandfather recovers from a heart attack.

Making whiskey is harder than Charlotte imagined, especially with longtime rivals and resentful townsfolk interfering at every turn. She'll need more than a lucky charm to keep the family afloat, especially when she discovers her high school boyfriend's pickled corpse in a Lucky Whiskey cask and her grandfather is arrested for the murder. Charlotte has one shot to clear his name and save the family business, and that is to find the real killer among a town full of suspects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738760070
Publisher:	Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Publication date:	06/08/2019
Series:	A Lucky Whiskey Mystery , #1
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

J. A. Kazimer (Denver, CO) has written more than a dozen books in a variety of genres. She has been nominated for a Spinetingler Award and a Derringer Award, has been a finalist and a winner of two PPW Awards, has been a winner of a Colorado Gold Award, and has been a finalist for two Paul Gillette Memorial Awards.

Editorial Reviews

"An entertaining and riveting read with more plot twists than a bakery full of pretzels, A Shot of Murder showcases author J. A. Kazimer's complete mastery of the genre."—Midwest Book Review

From the Publisher

2019-03-18
A D-list Florida actress investigates a murder.

Charlotte Lucky isn't exactly the town of Gett's favorite daughter. Too many Gettians remember the time she defaced the local water tower with a suggestive update to the town's name. And her most memorable role during her recent stint in Hollywood—a herpes victim in an STD-drug commercial—hasn't helped them forget, much less forgive, her youthful hijinks. When she returns to town to nurse her ailing grandfather, owner of the Lucky Whiskey Distillery, she finds few of her neighbors willing to give her the time of day. Brodie Gett, her childhood nemesis and grandson of the town's founding family, is still around to harass her. And Roger Kerrick, her high school boyfriend, now works as her grandpa's chief distiller. But she never gets to reconnect with her old flame, because the first cask of whiskey she tries to tap contains his mortal remains. Now her chilly reception back home poses a real threat. Brodie's brother, Sheriff Danny Gett, arrests Granddad Jack on suspicion of Kerrick's murder. Charlotte's only hope of clearing him is to pry loose enough information about the night of the crime from his reluctant neighbors to unmask the real killer. After all, she reasons, "The last person to see Roger alive might very well be the same one who killed him." So true, Nancy Drew. But it will take more than Ned Nickerson in his snappy blue roadster to save Charlotte from the perils of tracking down a coldblooded murderer.

Kazimer's series debut establishes its place in the home-again corner of niche cozies, but its heroine will need more wit and keener perceptions to earn an encore.

Kirkus Reviews