This is the second in a series and I really enjoyed this one as well. I think characters and plots are getting better as we continue in this series and has a very comfortable feel and thats all I can ask of a cozy series.

I appreciate the publisher allowing me to read this book. This is the 2nd in a new mystery series and its off to a great start.I'm really enjoying the characters and can't wait to see where they go.

Charlotte almost turned me against her, when she allowed herself to get railroaded by Marcus’s and his shenanigans. Brodie and Charlotte made a hilarious couple, making me thirsty for more of them. This was an entertaining, intriguing, and fun read, especially the bantering and seething attraction between Brodie and Charlotte.

This is book two in a series which got off to an excellent start with 'A Shot of Murder'. This book is even better!

Charms and Brodie, our lead characters, are really developing and the erratic chemistry between them is wonderful to witness. They either gel nicely or spark off each other, there are no half measures!

The pace is brisk, the wit dry, the action intriguing and the plot ingenious.
Absolutely one for any cozy lover.

Princess Fuzzypants here: I read and reviewed the first book in the series last week and loved it. Taking care of her ailing grandfather and trying to save the family whiskey business proves challenge enough for Charlotte without having to be caught up in murder investigations. The head cop is one of the Gett family with whom her Lucky family has been embroiled in generational feuds- both being whiskey distillers in the Florida Everglades. He clearly does not like Charlotte. He likes her less when his younger brother seems drawn into her adventures more and more and this latest one is a doozy.

Her Hollywood star ex shows up unexpectedly in Gett and then proposes to her in front of the crowd who have come to celebrate grandfather Jacks’ she 75th birthday. Even though she does not accept, a large ring is stuck on her finger in the chaos of the death of a prominent citizen. Then he has the temerity to get murdered himself the next night, shortly after Charlotte confronted him and said she would not accept his proposal. He does not take her rejection well and when Brodie, the Gett with whom she skates on the edge of romance, learns about his reaction, he goes to motel where the actor is staying.

Of course, that means both Brodie and to a lesser degree Charlotte are accused of nefarious deeds by a paparazzo who just happens to be on the scene. The two are compelled to find out what is going on. Why did Marcus show up and propose and who killed him and why? There are other mysteries that will be revealed by the end of the book and like the first outing, what the reader thinks is a slam dunk resolution, turns out to be a diversion. It is all very neatly done.

I do hope this series continues as like a good whiskey, it has “legs”. Five purrs and two paws up.

I've been on a murder mystery binge lately and Still As Death sounded like a perfect pick! I've never read a book with a distillery as part of the setting/plot before. Where I live we have quite a few of them, so it was easy to find myself immersed in the story. The characters were interesting, and I loved slowly trying to unravel the mystery. I'd highly recommend if you like "small town" stories and thrillers.

Still as Death is the second instalment in the Lucky Whiskey Mystery series. I requested it as an ARC from NetGalley before I had read the first in the series. Which is a bit of a risk. As it turned out, I didn’t like the first book. So with some hesitation I picked up the second book.

It’s a few months after the events of the first book. Charlotte throws a surprise birthday party for the granddad and Marcus Savage shows up in town. Savage is a hot shot actor and former boyfriend of Charlotte. And very intent on getting engaged to Charlotte.

Actually, at the party he manages to slip a ring on her finger that she can’t get off. When Charlotte visits Marcus the next day to end the accidental engagement, he gets violent and says she has to marry him. Charlotte escapes. The next morning sheriff Danny Gett informs her Marcus is dead.

Charlotte and Brodie team up again to investigate a murder. But after dismissing themselves, their only suspect is cousin Evan. No one else in town knew Marcus (other than as the famous actor, I guess). Rather then focus on who knew Marcus, their investigation should focus on why was it so important for Marcus to marry Charlotte? What would he have stood to gain by it? <spoiler>That question is asked, about 90% into the story.</spoiler>

A lot of pretty obvious questions are not asked. Such as how was Grace able to see the colour of the car in the dark - after she stated she could barely make out the cars - and even notice it had rust on the hood? Colour is the first thing you stop seeing when it gets dark. Heck, Charlotte doesn’t even ask why she’s turned down for a loan when the bank calls to inform her of such.

As a result, Charlotte only considers the usually suspects. And though I recognise that every series needs some recurring characters, it’s quite different when they are recurring murder suspects.

I did not like (as much as I wanted to) the first book in the series but this one's surely a very impressive addition to the series.
First things first, the people of Gett have finally 'forgiven' Charlotte for painting the overhead tank green. They also seem to have forgotten Charms' role as a seductive girlfriend in an STD commercial. (Phew!)
There are two mysteries for Charms and Brodie to solve. Both the mysteries are equally interesting and kept me guessing until the end. We also see Charms and Brodie joining hands once again to solve a crime. As the story ends there is a twist regarding the Lucky distillery and Getts - I am curious to know how this is going to work out for Charms and Brodie in the next book.
The characters are well developed and the storytelling is excellent. I definitely think the author has outdone herself with the second book in this series.
This book has made its way into my best reads of 2020.
A highly recommended read. (Can be read as a standalone)

In the second Lucky whiskey mystery Charlotte's past has comes back to haunt her. Her ex Hollywood boyfriend, Marcus Savage, shows up just in time for her Grandfathers birthday bash. Just as he asks her to marry her the local banker dies. Causing the accidental engagement of the two.

When Charlotte goes to break off the upcoming nuptials she finds her fiancée dead. The local sheriff/ grandson of the rival whiskey manufacture is determined to pin it on her as well as the now murder of the dead banker on her.

Brodie Gett the brother of the sheriff is determined to help clear her name as well as getting the engagement ring off her finger. Due to the history they share Charlotte is not sure she can trust him. Considering she has no-one else in her corner she allows him to accompany her on her investigation. Besides he can get information about the investigation from his brother.

There more twists and surprises ahead for this duo. The facts interspaced thru out the novel about whiskey and its production added to the story line and was interesting.

I would recommend this book as well as the first in the series to any cozy mystery lover. The actual mystery is a stand alone story . However there are several references to events n the first novel.

This is the 2nd book in this series and it's thoroughly enjoyable. The characters are developing nicely and the storyline is well written. There's plenty of humor in this cozy and the setting is great. I love the 2 rival whiskey distilleries, its great fun!

I love a good cozy mystery and this is definitely one of those.
This is the second book in this series and I have really enjoyed both of them. I loved the small town of Getts Flordia, the residents, especially Charlotte and Brodie.
I mean whats not to love about a small flordia town, 2 rival whisky distilleries, alligators, and a town that keeps having murders?
Also a fiercly loyal granddaughter and a town that never forgot that she painted the watertower in highschool, and wont let her forget it either..
Brodie and Charlotte are teaming up again to solve the mystery of the murder of Charlottes ex Marcus. Both of them had motive and opportunity. They are a great team, and I love the way they work together. With a little bit of trust, some hostility, and some sparks..
This is definitely a series that I will be continuing. I can't wait to see what Brodie and Charlotte and the town of Getts.. get up to next!

I received an arc of this book through Netgalley for my honest opinion..

I was lucky enough to get books #1 and #2 at the same time which helped bring the series alive for me. Well written and entertaining with great characters, so much that I hope #3 is being written now.

Because I was fortunate to read the first book in this series, this book was alive for me from start to finish. The characters were even more developed than in the first installment of this series and the story was more fleshed out.

Thank you to NetGalley and Beyond the Page Publishing for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this book.

Still as a Death is an entertaining and well written murder mystery. Good plot and character development. Great Florida setting. A good addition to the series. I look forward to reading more books in this series. I received an advance ebook from the publisher and this is my unbiased review.

Murder comes to small town Florida where whiskey distiller Charlotte Lucky is struggling to keep the family business going. She's returned home from Hollywood to help out and is less than amused when an old flame from Hollywood arrives and proposes marriage, in full public view at her grandfather's birthday bash.. She's daft enough not to say no at the time but later has a blazing row with him - still remaining "engaged". Naturally he is killed (no bad thing seemingly) and she's a suspect, of course. The local policeman, part of a rival whiskey family, sees her as guilty, his brother sees her as probably his wife. She is shallow, naive and silly so things do not go well. More and more of the story is about the bickering between Charlotte and the swain with the detecting coming in and out only. A cosy detective yes, but rivetting no.Thanks to NetGalley and Beyond the Page Publishing for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Charlotte Lucky is throwing a surprise birthday party for her grandfather, but she is the one who receives the real surprise when her ex-boyfriend, semi-famous actor Marcus Savage, makes an unexpected appearance. As if that’s not shocking enough, in the middle of Marcus proposing to her, the town’s banker drops over dead and faceplants into the cake. Finding herself accidently engaged, Charlotte is trying to figure out a way out of her predicament when someone does it for her. Unfortunately for Charlotte, she becomes the local sheriff’s number one suspect in Marcus’s murder. Determined to prove her innocence and find the real killer—as well as save her grandfather’s distillery—Charlotte teams up with her frenemy and rival whiskey-maker Brodie Gett for another round of amateur sleuthing.

STILL AS DEATH is the second novel in the Lucky Whiskey Mystery series. It picks up a few months after A SHOT OF MURDER and continues with some of the storylines that were developed in the first novel. The Lucky Whiskey distillery is still struggling, Brodie Gett is still annoying, and the townspeople are still mad at Charlotte for something that happened ten years prior. While an interesting concept, the story kind of fell flat. The suspect pool was exceedingly small—there were only three or four viable suspects since the victim was not from the area and no one (aside from Charlotte, her grandfather, and her cousin) had ever met him before. The killers were secondary characters that were never considered suspects throughout the investigation. Their involvement and motive came out of nowhere. As in the first novel, Charlotte’s main suspects are her cousin, the town’s local drug dealer, and Brodie Gett. Yes, the same Brodie who is helping her investigate. As in the first novel, Charlotte comes off as very immature and a bit of an airhead. She’s likeable, but only to a point. And her constant back and forth bickering with Brodie—not to mention her feelings for him—got a bit tedious after a while.

Loved it. I sure hope the author is busy writing Lucky Whiskey Mystery Book 3. All the characters are entertaining. The murder mystery kept me guessing, although not surprised by one of the culprits.

I really enjoyed the mystery, not sure why Charlotte is so oblivious to Brodie's intentions. I do like the interactions of all the different town's folks and Charlotte & her grandfather's relationship. This is the second book in the series and did like it more than the first.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for my eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am becoming a huge fan of the cozy mystery genre due to books like this. You can read this as an escape from the everyday in a weekend. A really good mystery.

This is the second book in this series and I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed the first book. It’s interesting to learn about distilleries and the story was easy enough to read in a weekend.