A Call for Kelp
Written by Bree Baker
Narrated by Therese Plummer
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Everly Swan is busy as a bee running her beachside iced tea shop, and the small island of Charm, North Carolina is abuzz—Mitzi Calgon, an iconic Hollywood actress, is in town! Everly's great-aunts are making a documentary about beekeeping and Mitzi has agreed to help. Aunt Clara and
Aunt Fran are determined to save endangered honeybees but soon find themselves in a bind when Mitzi turns up dead. Soon, reporters and fans swarm the island, muddying the water and disrupting the peaceful lives of the townspeople.
Everly's never been good at minding her own beeswax, so she starts following her own leads and combing through the evidence. Then there's the mystery of Detective Hays—ever since their kiss under the mistletoe, he's been acting distant. And he's annoyingly determined to keep Everly away
from the case. With her beekeeping aunts’ reputations on the line, the sleuth will stop at nothing to crack the case. But when she receives a cryptic warning to "Bee Careful," Everly realizes that she's gotten herself into a really sticky situation …
From beekeeping and baking to sniffing out clues, the newest seaside café book from Bree Baker is dangerously sweet—just make sure you don’t get stung by this tea cozy’s surprise ending!
INCLUDES DELICIOUS FOOD AND DRINK RECIPES
Bree Baker
Bree Baker is a Midwestern writer obsessed with small-town hijinks, sweet tea, and the sea. She’s been telling stories to her friends, family, and strangers for as long as she can remember, and more often than not, those stories feature a warm ocean breeze and a recipe she’s sure to ruin. Now she’s working on those fancy cooking skills and dreaming up adventures for the Seaside Café mysteries. Bree is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Romance Writers of America. Visit her online at breebaker.com.
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Reviews for A Call for Kelp
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A famous actress volunteers to help with a bee documentary with Everly’s aunts, even though she is allergic to bee stings. Readers will guess what that outcome is, but did the bees really kill her, or did it just seem that way? Everly has her suspicions, and in trying to determine the motive for the death, she puts her own life on the line. There are some humorous elements sprinkled in, mostly concerning Grady’s son Denver and Denver’s maternal grandparents. The mystery is an interesting one and not easily solved, but the characters and their interactions are even more engrossing. Ahh, it’s life in a small town: tea shops, honey and bees, family, and murder!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I didn't read this for the mystery, although that was interesting, but for the ongoing saga of the relationship between Everly and Grady. Their spark has been evident in every book in this series and continues with humor, pathos, terror and just plain love (my word). I can't wait for the next book in this series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Call for Kelp by Bree Baker is the 4th A Seaside Café Mystery. It can be read on its own if you are new to the series. Personally, I would read the series in order so she can follow the characters from the beginning. I thought A Call for Kelp was well-written with friendly characters in a cozy seaside town. The story moved along steadily thanks to all the action in the story. Everly lives in Charm, North Carolina where she owns the iced tea café called Sun, Sand and Tea (in a Victorian on the beach). Her great-aunts, Clara and Fran live in the family home where Everly was raised. There are some delightful characters in this series. They are the highlight of this character driven series. Everly is upset when Mitzi is killed before she can talk to her about her grandmother. She was looking forward to learning more about her grandmother and maybe the identity of her mysterious grandfather. The mystery starts off with a bang when Mitzi is found dead inside a plexiglass educational hive. There are several promising suspects, a variety of clues and misdirection. Detective Grady Hays does not want Everly investigating, but we know her curiosity will win out. Everly gets several scary threats. They frighten her, but it does not stop her from sleuthing. All the details of the whodunit are wrapped up at the end. There is a side story involving Detective Grady Hays and the case he has been working on for his mother-in-law, Senator Olivia Denver. I like the humor sprinkled throughout the story as well as the hint of magic. There are recipes at the end of the book for items served at Sun, Sand and Tea (the Swan Family Rum Cake is one of them). A Call for Kelp is an enchanting cozy mystery with buzzing bees, threatening texts, sharp stings, documentary drama, and tasty teas.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5north-carolina, cozy-mystery, law-enforcement, amateur-sleuth, family-dynamics, friendship, romance, murder-investigation, small-town, small-businessDeath by bees, no kelp in sight. Obnoxious journalist, creepy fan, cozy tea and lunch shop, and more of the story dedicated to shop owner/sleuth's problematic relationship with the local police detective than to sleuthing. If this is what you're looking for, you'll love it!I requested and received a free ebook copy from Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley.