Alpacas and Alibis

A Sadie Sexton Hoochville Mystery, Book 1

By: Ramey James

Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan

There’s no place like home… until you stumble over a body in your yarn shop.

After spending twelve years in New York City, fiber influencer Sadie Sexton didn’t expect to find herself living back in her hometown of Hoochville, Tennessee. But when her grandmother bequeaths her beloved yarn shop to Sadie and her sister Charmayne with the stipulation that they must run it together for a year, Sadie and her dog Peaches find themselves back in the small Appalachian town.

Despite the somewhat contentious relationship with her older sister, Sadie is enjoying spending time with her childhood besties and Clementine Parker, her Grandma Mae’s best friend and the woman she thinks of as her second grandmother. But the enjoyment is cut short when she finds a body in the yarn shop and the prime suspect is none other than Clem herself.

Now Sadie is on a mission to clear Clem’s name. With her besties committed to helping in any way they can, she’ll stop at nothing to make sure Clem stays out of the slammer, even if it means cozying up to the town sheriff. Who just happens to be the same boy who broke her heart over a decade ago.

©2024 Ramey James (P)2024 Ramey James

Critic reviews

"What every murder needs. Female bffs, fiber arts, and the best southern city you’ve ever visited."—New York Times Bestselling author Vivian Arend

"The Sadie Sexton Hoochville mysteries give the reader characters you’d like to hang out with in a town you’d like to visit with a mystery you want to help solve. Give it a visit. Join in the fun."—New York Times Bestselling author Jana DeLeon

Excellent

I really enjoyed this. As a new book and new author to me this book was super enjoyable to read. I really enjoyed the story and character building. I can’t wait to read again. Is a really enjoyable book.

Alpacas and Alibis

This is the first book in the series, it's a cozy mystery. It was easy to get through and the characters are well thought out. There is a strive level of undertone that is uncovered towards the end, but highlights an all too real situation. I look forward to see how the series develops.

I voluntarily reviewed a copy of Alpaca and Alibis.

Love the writing, love the reader!

I purchased the 1st book of the series, then bought them all. The series brings me back to the 70's, the era I grew up in, and it's dead on! The sassy sarcasm, it perfectly read by Callie Beaulieu!

Good narrator

This was an enjoyable book. Hopefully there will be more in the series. I liked the setting and most of the characters.

The narrator almost ruined it for me!

I loved the story! The characters and plot twists were great! But the narrator was awful! It sounded like A.I. and was really hard to listen to because of the awkward cadence of the speech and spurts of extreme monotone. The story itself is what kept me going with it.

If it’s the same narrator for the next book, I don’t think I can listen it again, which is unfortunate.