Four Leaf Cleaver

Country Store Mystery, Book 11

By: Maddie Day

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

The eleventh installment in Maddie Day's deliciously popular Country Store cozy mysteries . . . It's Saint Patrick's Day in South Lick, Indiana, but a holiday cooking competition at Robbie Jordan's country store and restaurant Pans 'N Pancakes is put on the back-burner when a killer strikes.

There's no mistaking Saint Patrick's Day at Pans 'N Pancakes. Robbie may only be Irish by marriage to Abe O'Neill, but the shelves of vintage cookware in her southern Indiana store are draped with glittery shamrocks and Kelly-green garlands and her restaurant is serving shepherd's pie and Guinness Beer brownies. The big event, however, is a televised cooking competition to be filmed on site.

Unfortunately, someone's luck has run out. Before the cameras start rolling, tough-as-nails producer Tara O'Hara Moore is found upstairs in her B&B room, bludgeoned apparently by the heavy hilt of a cleaver left by her side. Now, not only does Robbie have a store full of festive decorations, she's got a store full of suspects . . .

©2023 Edith Maxwell (P)2023 Tantor

A terrific addition to series

The 11th book in Country Store Mystery series will not disappoint. I loved how the characters evolved throughout the series but certainly big things happening in this book. Four Leaf Cleaver is definitely one you can’t skip!

Boozie

I have listened to the series in order and in general I find it very enjoyable. I really HATE the fact that the character talked about wanting to get pregnant so intensely but was boozing it up in every other paragraph. If one really were really serious about getting pregnant then one would be doing their best to get into the most pregnant friendly physical shape possible. In one paragraph she is talking about missing her cycle and then she is adding booze to her hot chocolate. Also she often describes Dana’s hair. The appropriate term is LOCS not dreads, not dreadlocks. If I as a 51 year old know that the author should know that about a character she invented.

Loved it

Maddie Day has written another great installment in the Country Store Mystery series. All the usual characters are present as well as an intriguing mystery to solve.
Laural Merlington as always gave a standout performance as she breathed life into the storyline and gave each character their own distinct voice.
I highly look forward to the next in series.

Just okay

Kinda rabbles on in many chapters. I really like the series, but this was not my favourite.

Reader sounds very very elderly …

Supposed to be a much younger woman! Readers are so very important to the enjoyment of an audible book.