Janet Finsilver has produced another perfectly pleasant cozy in 'Murder at the Mushroom Festival'. The mystery had me guessing and the characters are likeable. The locale of Northern California and a mushroom festival was engaging and educational. This all equates to another high recommendation for the Kelly Jackson Mystery Series.

Murder at the Mushroom Festival by Janet Finsilver is a light cozy mystery. Fans of this author will be pleased with this addition.

It's time for the Mushroom Festival in Redwood Cove.
Kelly, beginning her new position as manager, is hosting a cooking class at the Redwood Cove Inn. It's all about the mushrooms until tempers flare up due to a nosy reporter.
When the reporter winds up dead, Kelly is on the case, her friend Daniel stands accused of this dreadful crime.
With the help of the Silver Sentinels, a group of elders keen on solving mysteries, Kelly begins poking into people's lives, putting a huge target on her back.
In the meantime, it seems someone is involved in illegal redwood logging and Kelly finds herself in the path of a murderer.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book provided by the publisher and NetGalley.
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Murder at the Mushroom Festival is the fourth installment in the A Kelly Jackson Mystery series set in Mendocino County, CA and featuring Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast manager, Kelly Jackson. Mushroom hunters are descending upon the area for the Week of the Mushroom Festival and Kelly is letting down on her luck Elise Jenkins hold a cooking class at the B&B.

Always looking to learn more about her new hometown Kelly immerses herself in the activities planned around the area for the mushroom hunters and quickly discovers that the foragers are very secretive about where they find their treasures. When Ned Blaine, reporter for the Redwood Cove Messenger, is rumored to be writing a book giving up all the best locations and is also publishing articles on the Internet, it's really no surprise when he's found murdered in the midst of a mushroom patch.

Kelly also begins to learn more about the black market for Redwood lumber, specifically the sinker logs. Harvesting Redwood trees is now illegal without a permit and someone is sneaking around cutting down trees and retrieving the sinker logs from the river.

Daniel Stevens, manager of a neighboring property, becomes a person of interest in the murder. The lumber thieves have destroyed his tribe's sacred land and Ned's body was found on the site too. Determined to help her friend, Kelly calls on the Silver Sentinels to hunt down a killer.

Another great plot, the return of many well developed main characters and pets, this series gets better with each new addition. With the hint of romance in the air, readers will be looking forward to the next adventures of Kelly and her band of Senior Citizens.

I received an advanced copy of Murder at the Mushroom Festival from NetGalley via Kensington Publishing. While not required to write a review I am more than happy to offer my honest opinion.

I always enjoy visiting the regular characters in the Kelly Jackson mystery series. They have established a family-like closeness which contributes to the charm in each new book. Book 4 is a light mystery dealing with illegal redwood logging. A reporter’s life is cut short when he’s researching and planning to do an expose on mushroom patches. Is he killed because mushroom hunters want the locations of their private patches kept secret, or because he stumbles upon more high stakes secrets in his investigation? Kelly, Daniel, and the Silver Sentinels are on the hunt for clues!

The book was a little slow-paced for me, and I admit I’m not a fan of mushrooms. I also thought it was obvious who the culprits were fairly early on in the book due to their actions. Nonetheless, MURDER AT THE MUSHROOM FESTIVAL is a pleasant addition to the series and fans should enjoy it.

I reviewed a digital arc from NetGalley and Kensington.

I received a free copy of Murder at the Mushroom Festival by Janet Finsilver in exchange for an honest review. During the local mushroom festival, Kelly Jackson’s bed and breakfast hosts classes on mushrooms and where to find them. When an attendee is murdered, Kelly, guided by the Silver Sentinels, investigates and discovers the victim had been using his position as a reporter to cause lots and lots of trouble: blackmail, scaring children, challenging property rights, disrupting local livelihoods, and exposing illegal activity. With so much motive, who murdered the meddlesome man?

The cover is adorable - I’m not a dog person, but I can still imagine that tail wagging a mile a minute while he’s sniffing his new smells. I have never read any of the Kelly Jackson books prior to this one, but I had no trouble catching up and making a connection with them despite the lack of background. It was a fun read, and the characters were either likeable or not as intended. The author did a good job of not revealing whodunit before the end.

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This book has Kelly Jackson whose all geared up to be hosting a cooking class on Mushrooms to go with the week of mushroom festival. Of course not is as it seems. Peter is determined that only humans hunt for mushrooms when the arrival of a dog and pig add to the mix the mood changes. Kelly also learns about Redwoods being impossible to take as there are laws about the removal of Redwood trees. With reporter Ned involved it's not long before someone winds up dead and it's up to the Silver Sentinels to determined who killed Ned the reporter and why? Was it someone who had a grudge against Ned? Or was it someone else he burned in a older article? So many possibilities the sentinels definitely have their work cut out for themselves. Will Kelly solve the murder in time or will she be capped as well?

This book had everything from missing redwood trees to people conspiring over mushrooms and finds Kelly and the sentinels in the middle of it trying to figure out who committed the crimes. When pressure gets put on Daniel a Native American gets caught up in being a suspect Kelly is determined to find out what is going on and why.

I love this series as one of it's characters has Asperger's syndrome which is rare to see. It's great to incorporate various things in a book. This one definitely has it with Native American's, Asperger's, and so much more I really enjoyed it!

This series has quickly become one of my favourites. This fourth in the series exceeded my expectations.
These characters are among my all time favourites. Pair this with a first rate whodunit and you have a true gem of a series.
I hope there are more books in this series to look forward to!
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

Murder at the Mushroom Festival by Janet Finsilver is the fourth book in this series and the best one yet.

Kelly has settled into Redwood Cove now and loves joining into the local festivals and celebrations. Ms. Finsilver's writing is so descriptive that I always feel like I am right there with Kelly as she travels around Redwood Cove. I really appreciate the in-depth research of mushrooms. I learned a lot regarding the different types of mushrooms and all of the different ways to use them in food preparation. The Silver Sentinels are such a great group of quirky seniors. I really admire them as they strive to help within their community. The mystery was swiftly plotted with plenty of suspects and enough twists that I never guessed the identity of the murderer until the reveal and that was scary. I found myself on the edge of my seat as I read. I am already anticipating the next book in this series

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book from Lyrical Underground via NetGalley. All of the above opinions are my own.

I’ve read all of the books in this series, but you could start with this book and still understand what is going on. I’d love to visit Redwood Cove and meet the cast of characters. The mystery was well crafted.