One for the Road
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Travel writer Jill Curtis is drawn into a deadly blend of rivalry, resentment and romance gone wrong when she stumbles into a bourbon war between two Kentucky families in this first in an intoxicating new cozy mystery series.
Travel writer Jill Curtis loves her job, but she desperately needs a break if she’s to achieve her dream of becoming an investigative reporter. Sent to Kentucky by her boss to find out why thousands of tourists flock to Bourbon Country every year, Jill’s dream seems to be slipping further away. After all, nothing interesting ever happens in small town America . . . does it?
Staying at an estranged relative’s B&B, Jill’s plan to uncover what makes the state’s bourbon tours so popular goes awry when she trips over a body at one of the distilleries and quickly becomes a suspect in a brutal murder. Can she navigate high-stakes bourbon rivalries, centuries-old family feuds and ill-fated romance to catch a killer and finally land the promotion she craves?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of this diverting series launch from Ellis (the Kate Weller series), Chicago travel writer Jill Curtis and Michael Erikson, "her videographer sidekick," head to Roseville, Ky., "to discover why thousands of tourists flock to bourbon country every year." They stay at a bed and breakfast owned by a cousin of Jill's, whose husband, Roger Clark, owns the Black Creek distillery. After learning about the 200-year-old feud between the Clarks and the Shelbys, a family that owns a rival distillery, Jill and Michael make a beeline for Black Creek, where Jill finds Roger lying dead on the floor of his aging barn. She promptly becomes a suspect in Roger's murder, and just as promptly is exonerated, which allows her plenty of time to be pursued by potential suitors, including handsome Jamie Shelby ("Mister-Tall-Dark-and-Rich") and "relatively handsome" Lt. Nick Harris of the Kentucky State Police. Jill asks a lot of questions but does no actual detecting, and the simple, often silly plot is heavy on romantic backstories. This cozy is sure to delight Ellis's fans.
