Scandal at the Gala

Sweetfern Harbor Mystery, Book 8

By: Wendy Meadows

Narrated by: Kasey Logan

It’s finally her time to make a difference.

Brenda Sheffield Rivers can hardly contain her excitement when the local hospital invites her to host a fundraiser at Sheffield Bed and Breakfast for cancer research. With so many ideas - she is spoilt for choice!

After planning an elaborate Masquerade Gala, the night is full of dancing, juggling, music, card playing and good vibes. Until a guest slumps over the casino table - dead.

This is more than just a sugar rush.

All suspicion points to a new face, Cary Buckley, who has just opened a new real estate office in the town. Detective Mac Rivers launches an investigation into this death, but Cary is insisting that he was only stepping in to help out the dessert caterer, Hope Williams.

Everyone here is wearing a mask - masquerading more than just the truth.

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Good

Brenda hosting a fund raising which brought excitement for her , but ended with a murder. These are delightful Mysterys with good flowing plots. The narration added to this by Kasey

Pretty decent cozy mystery

This is another story where I felt the narrator took away from the story. All in all it was a decent cozy mystery. I had a hard time following some of the story, but I think that was because of the narrator. I'll continue to listen to others in the series.

Where was the mystery?!

Normally I like this series, but with this particular book, I feel like the mystery was missing in the mystery! There was no investigation! The murder took place, then the narrator began explaining who the murderer was! That's not really how these things work 🤦‍♀️. Additionally, the narrator sounds like a robot, and she pauses in strange places and puts unnecessary inflection in the middle of sentences. It's difficult to even focus on the story. This was bad, bad, bad.

Revenge on a father, for a poor upbringing

A death a a Gala Social event, could have put a damper on the evening, but for quick thinking and resourcefulness of the detective that was onsite, when the poor man collapsed.
Then began tedious task of testing and cataloguing all items within the room where the person had been seated.
Yes, our super detective sleuth, Brenda gets into the action, with a lot of hunches, followed by investigating through the various suspects backgrounds.
Yes, it's another intriguing case, but I don't know if I would like to stay at a B&B with so many crimes associated with it.