Murder at the Rusty Anchor (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery #6)

by Maddie Day

Overview

There’s deadweight behind the bar at the Rusty Anchor and it’s up to Cape Cod bike shop owner Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida to solve the murder in Agatha Award–winner Maddie Day’s latest Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery . . .

A rainy July weekend in Westham means the beaches are empty and business is dead at Mac’s Bikes but couldn’t be livelier inside the Rusty Anchor Pub. But come Monday morning one patron is not so lively when the chef opens up and finds a body behind the bar. It’s last call for Bruce Byrne, an elderly high school teacher who’s been around so long it seems like he taught everybody.

When Mac’s friend Flo, the librarian, makes the list of suspects, Mac gathers the Cozy Capers Book Group to clear her name. With no end in sight to the rain, the group has plenty of time to study the clues and sort through a roll call of suspects to determine who decided to teach Mr. Bryne a lesson. But with a killer desperate to cover their tracks, Mac and the group will be tested as never before . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496740588
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	06/25/2024
Series:	Cozy Capers Book Group Series , #6
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	3,265
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Agatha and Macavity finalist author Maddie Day is a talented amateur chef who knows both Indiana and Cape Cod intimately. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and blogs with the Wicked Authors and at Killer Characters. Day lives with her beau north of Boston, where she gardens, cooks, and devises new murderous plots. She hopes you’ll find her at maddiedayauthor.com.

Editorial Reviews

2024-05-04
A bike shop owner kicks into high gear when an unpopular high school teacher is found dead in a local pub.

Even before the murder, Mackenzie Almeida has her hands full. It’s the middle of tourist season on Cape Cod, and cyclists are flocking to rent bikes and gear at her shop. Her parents are throwing an impromptu anniversary bash, giving her less than a week to help coordinate food and spread the word to their guests. And she and her husband, Tim Brunelle, are working hard to present them with a second grandchild to accompany Mac’s niece, Cokey. When Yvonne Flora, the cook at the Rusty Anchor, discovers Bruce Byrne dead behind the bar, no one mourns his loss. “Bruce was a jerk, a bully, and a tyrant,” local librarian Florence Wolanski reflects in valediction. As the investigation heats up, Mac enlists her buddies at the Cozy Capers book group to help the police. Adopting modern business practices, the sleuths divvy up their efforts into “action items,” with each member responsible for vetting one suspect. Still, the lion’s share of the quest falls on Mac, and she doesn’t disappoint. Her pointed queries have exactly the result you’d expect: She rattles enough cages to get herself into personal peril before unmasking the culprit.

Day’s feisty heroine elevates an otherwise routine shopkeeper cozy.

Kirkus Reviews