Fixin' to Die

By: Tonya Kappes

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Kenni Lowry likes to think the zero crime rate in Cottonwood, Kentucky is due to her being sheriff, but she quickly discovers the ghost of her grandfather, the town's previous sheriff, has been scaring off any would-be criminals since she was elected. When the town's most beloved doctor is found murdered on the very same day as a jewelry store robbery and a mysterious symbol ties the crime scenes together, Kenni must satisfy her hankerin' for justice by nabbing the culprits. With the help of her poppa, a lone deputy, and an annoyingly cute, too-big-for-his-britches State Reserve officer, Kenni must solve both cases and prove to the whole town - and herself - that she's worth her salt before time runs out.

©2016 Tonya Kappes (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC

a mysyery

it was a fun book to listen to. I didn't catch on intil almost the end

Fantastic Southern Mystery with great narrator!

Welcome to Cottonwood, Kentucky Y'all !
Fixin' to Die is Book 1 in the Kenni Lowry Series. I listened to this book on audio and let me tell you the narrator Hillary Huber is fantastic! How does she do all those voices?

We meet Kenni Lowry who is the sheriff in Cottonwood. She comes to discover that the ghost of her grandfather (the previous sheriff) has been having a hand in the low crime rate by scaring off criminals. I mean he is a ghost, right?

Cottonwoods favorite doctor is murdered the same day as a jewelry store is robbed and boy does Kenni have her hands full!!! Good thing she has some help with some great characters that are so well developed and again, the narrator does such an amazing job with the voices.

The story and mystery is so complex with layer upon layer. I didn't guess who did it! I bet you won't either. I am so looking forward to reading (or listening) to the next book in the series.

Too easy to figure out

I really, really wanted to like this book, but I had it figured out almost from the beginning. I might have liked it better except for the narrator. She was very monotone. I love to listen to books while I drive, but I could not listen to this one. The narrator's monotone voice almost put me to sleep. I love southern murder mysteries, but this one was just too predictable. There could have been a bit more humor mixed in and more interesting characters to make a more fun read.

Kentucky Wonder

Having read another of this author’s series & liked it, I decided to give this series a try. A murder has been committed & this is something new for the recently elected the small town Sheriff. I’ll admit that this story has some very interesting & different aspects that I didn’t anticipate. There are several twists & turns along the way & I was a bit surprised by the identity of the murderer. Guess I will be buying Book 2!

I only skipped ahead a little bit to get to the end.

I’m not sure why but I really enjoy the cozy mysteries with the secret ghost helper. Even though this book didn’t take advantage of the potential chaos and humor that can come from such a pairing I still found the book had a good level of fun to keep the story light.
The mystery was done well. It dragged a tiny bit towards the last couple chapters and only skipped ahead a little towards the end. (That’s really good for me)
I already purchased the next in the series while on sale.