Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Murder at a Whiskey Competition


Abi Logan has been co-owner of a whiskey distillery for a year. She’s beginning to feel at home in the male dominated industry and loves the town of Balfour. The major temptation is her co-owner Grant MacEwan. Abi is trying to keep her distance. Not only does she have a history of disastrous relationships, but she wants the Whiskey Boys, other distillery owners, to take her seriously. Still it’s hard to stay away from Grant.

One of the major events of the year is the whiskey competition. This year it’s being held at a five star resort. Abi is looking forward to the chance to get away. However, things start to get tense almost immediately. The Scotland distillers are not happy about the international distillers, especially when they see the quality of their entries. It gets even worse when two of the judges are murdered with nicotine poisoning. Inspector Michaelson is short handed, so Abi finds herself pressed into service, not that she minds helping to solve a mystery.

The book has fascinating details about the whiskey industry. I particularly enjoyed the setup for the competition and the differences between various entries. The description of the setting was great. I wanted to got to Scotland to see this lovely area.

I was disappointed that we didn’t see more of Grant. Abi seemed more nervous in this book than previously. She was trying so hard to join the club. Liam, her dog, was a delight, as usual, and stole the show at the competition. If you enjoy mysteries in interesting settings, this is a good one.

I received this book from Alibi for this review.


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