June Bug

In Jess Lourey's June Bug, the 2nd installment in the Murder-by-Month Mystery cozy mystery series, this tale will keep you in suspense and at the edge of your seat. A month after Mira's boyfriend Jeff was found murdered, life was never a dull moment for her at Battle Lake Minnesota. While she wouldn't mind lended a hand with the local paper, there was a story about a contest to find the legend of a fake pasty diamond at the bottom of the lake. At first, Mira had a run-in with someone from her past to stir things up, namely Jason Blunt. Then when she went diving to the lake, she uncovered a fake corpse to propel people away from looking for buried and lost treasure. She had ran into some nefarious people and ran into snags along the way. While there was a report about Mrs. Krupps at age 103 had passed away, her philanthropy had became legandary like with her missing husband who had strangely disappeared. She also tried to piece together the mystery, when there was a circus act in town and someone had "faked" his death to stir up new buzz to promote new business.  But that's when Mira had gotten entangled with being part of another "disappearing" act and ended up in the woods. As she prepared to solve the cryptic mystery, there was a kidnapping, and then she had to fight for her life with her own hands.

This was another great cozy mystery set in the fictional town of Battle Lake, Montana. I did like the small town community and its quirky and idealistic settings with a lake of its own. I did like Mira James and how she took charge and overcame some bumpy obstacles along the way to solve the mystery and how she put it together. I've found Mrs. Berns a hoot and had found Kennie Rodgers a bit quite amusing. Mira is your ideal heroine for a cozy series that would keep you in suspense to see how she figured it out. This has non-stop action, intrigue, a hint of drama, and plenty of mystery along the way.

Will you catch a June Bug and solve the riddle today?