Another quick visit to Idaho with the staff of the County Seat. I prefer the full length stories but still enjoy the novellas enough to read them. This one did not disappoint! There wasn't much of a mystery but I loved the idea of the staff retreat being an in-service day of helping out at the veterans' home. Can't wait for the next one..

A Pumpkin Spice Killing by Lynn Cahoon is the 5.5 novella in the Farm to Fork Mystery series, and another great addition to the series. Angie Turner and the employees of her restaurant, The County Seat, are having a team-building retreat, by helping a women running a military veteran's home. Angie and the team feel something is just not right in the home, and Angie is determined to figure it out. Once I started this book I could not stop reading it. It was a quick read that kept me guessing. I look forward to the next book in the series. I recommend this book/series for all the cozy mystery book lovers, you will not be disappointed.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I did not read the other books in this series but I felt I got a little bit of a background to know who they all were. It took less than 2 hours to read.
Angie owns the restaurant, The County Seat, and they use farm fresh produce.
Angie and her County Seat staff are all prepared for some much-needed R&R. Hope’s been hinting at an arts-and-crafts themed retreat. Instead, they end up at a military veteran’s home, where it’s their job to get it spic and span for summer.
As they are weeding, cooking, and painting, Angie gets close to one of the Vets. During their conversation he tells her that he hasn't spoken to his son in 20 years and would like to apologize to him. He asks Angie if she can help find the son.
There seems to be something sinister going on at the Vets home and the caregiver at the home is not nice at all. She actually wants them gone.
I want to thank Kensington books and NetGalley for ARC to review.

A Pumpkin Spice Killing
Farm-to-Fork Mystery, Book #5.5
Lynn Cahoon
5 Stars

Synopsis:

Angie Turner’s Idaho restaurant, the County Seat, owes its success not only to its farm-fresh fair, but also to its devoted and passionate staff. But a team-building retreat turns into much more than they bargained for . . .

Angie and her County Seat staff are all prepared for some much-needed R&R. Hope’s been hinting at an arts-and-crafts themed retreat. Instead, they end up at a military veteran’s home, where it’s their job to get it spic and span for summer. In between weeding the garden and painting the rooms, Angie starts up a conversation with an older vet who wants to make amends with his son before it’s too late. Unfortunately, he has no idea of his son’s whereabouts. It’s the perfect side job for the County Seat team, but someone keeps blocking their efforts. And the more they try to find out why, the more they’re certain someone’s life might be in danger . . . (Goodreads)

Review:

This time for their team-building retreat, the gang heads to a military veteran’s home to try to clean it up and do some repairs. The woman in charge of the home is not very happy having outsiders being involved with the house and residents keep getting sick. Angie knows that something is going on and she is determined to figure out what is going on.

The author is very talented in her descriptive writing and these descriptions pulled me into the story from the very beginning. The writing style flows smoothly and this novella is an easy read. The mystery was well plotted and there were enough clues to sift through and suspect to consider.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a well crafted cozy mystery. I enjoyed getting a chance to catch up with Angie and her friends.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book provided by the publisher, Kensington Books, and NetGalley, which I greatly appreciate.

A Pumpkin Spice Killing is a novella by Lynn Cahoon in the Farm-To-Fork cozy mystery series. It is a quick read but there is enough going on to keep my interest. Angie and Felicia own County Seat Restaurant. A few times a year they get their crew together and go on an outing and usually it involves charity work. In this novella, Angie, Felicia, boyfriends, restaurant crew and Angie's dog Dom go to help at a veterans home. There are only 2 men living there with the home owner, Carol. There is something suspicious going on. Carol doesn't want them there. One of the men, Randy, is trying to find his son. The characters are likable and it is a feel good novella with a little bit of mystery and a lot of heart. Very enjoyable quick read!

In this book we are back with the County Seat crew on another retreat for some R&R. What they get is a Veteran's home in need of some major work or it will be shut down. The owner at first seems happy that they have come to help but when the crew starts taking an interest in the residents that quickly changes and they find themselves trying to be showed the door. Wondering why the change of heart they soon find that things are not what they seem. With one resident dead, another hospitalized and Angie's dog Dom seriously protective of the last one, will the crew figure out the mystery before someone else dies? This is a short novella that still manages to pack a lot of story into it. Great easy read.

Angie and the crew from The County Seat restaurant have joined together to do some rehab work on a Veteran’s home. Angie tries to a quarterly bonding activity and loves to include service in the activity.

Although the home needs work, the owner seems unhappy with their presence. The crew tries to figure out what the issue is. As Angie talks to Randy a boarder, he confesses he is estranged from his son and would like to find him. This gives the group a second mystery to investigate.

I enjoy these Farm to Fork mysteries. The characters are great and diverse. The length of the novella provides a quick summer read which I often enjoy. Great book!

Another great installment in this wonderful series. This is a novella so it makes for a quick read. Angie and her team go on a team building mission to help out a home in need of repairs. But of course there is trouble lurking. Can they help before it is too late?

Angie and the kitchen crew of The County Seat volunteer at a state home to bring it up to code when it is in danger of being closed. The woman who owns the business wants the crew of the county seat gone. Now Angie wants to know what the woman is hiding.

I enjoy reading Lynn Calhoun's novella mysteries. I wish she would write a cozy mystery novella series.

I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher and/or author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I throughly enjoyed this page turner, in an established series. A quick read A Pumpkin Spice Killing will keep wanting more. Thanks Lynn Calhoon for keeping it fun.

I am confused by this book. I am a big fan of this series by Lynn Cahoon, but this book falls incredibly short of the main series and the other novellas. I am disappointed. I did not get beyond chapter 4 of the 8 chapters. I just couldn’t finish.

I received an advanced reading copy of A Pumpkin Spice Killing by Lynn Cahoon from NetGalley and Kensington books in exchange for my honest review..

I thoroughly enjoyed this cozy mystery series and lloved how Angie and her friends volunteered at a veterans center and solved a mystery there while visiting with the residence.. I have always enjoyed Lynn Cahoon’s various cozy mysteries and this one definitely was a winner.

A Pumpkin Spice Killing by Lynn Cahoon is the third companion novella in the cozy Farm-to-Fork Mystery series. There are also five full length books in the series in addition to the three novellas with this third novella coming after the fifth full length book. Each of the books in the series however could be read as a standalone or in any order if choosing to do so with all containing their own mystery that is solved within. There is always a bit of character building carrying over from book to book though for those who follow from the beginning.

In this series Angie Turner has moved back to her hometown in rural Idaho after her grandmother’s passing and opened up a new restaurant, the County Seat. Angie’s restaurant has really taken off in the small town offering fresh ingredients straight from the surrounding farms. Angie has also gotten pretty good at solving the murders that keep turning up in the area although she keeps hoping to be done with her crime solving.

This time around Angie and her employees of the County Seat restaurant have planned to have their quarterly team building activity to take place at a military veteran’s home. The group volunteered to help get the home up to code by doing repairs, painting, and cleaning etc. After arriving at the home however Angie finds things don’t seem quite right with the veterans there. Making friends with one vet Angie agrees to help him find his son after years of separation and also plans to do some snooping into the events happening at the home.

I have been a fan of the Farm-to-Fork Mystery series from the very beginning and have really enjoy this small town quirky series. The characters involved are lovely people which shows in this latest novella with their volunteering their time. The mysteries are always fun and there’s always some laughs to be had too so I will happily continue picking up this series in the future.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

Angie Turner owner of Idaho restaurant, the County Seat, and her staff are looking forward to their team building session. Her boyfriend Ian McNeal is also joining them.

Their task would be to work at a military veteran’s home called River Vista Veteran’s home, for four days. Angie and her kitchen crew would be helping Mrs. Carol Stewart—the woman who runs it— get the home set up for new residents. But Mrs. Stewart isn’t too pleased when she finds out Angie has been talking with the senior residents. Is Carol trying to hide something?

Included in this book is a Baked Apple Cider Muffins recipe.

Thank you to Lynn Cahoon, NetGalley, and Kensington Books for the ARC of this book.

A Pumpkin Spice Killing is a new novella in the “A Farm-to-Fork Mystery” series. Angie and crew are off on another team-building excursion to help at a veterans home, the place needs a lot of work, and they are there to paint, garden, scrub, and cook. It doesn’t take long for the County Seat crew to realize that something bad is going on in the home, and they set out to solve the puzzle before they leave.

This latest novella comes out on July 6th, right in the middle of summer, but this book will have readers longing for fall, pumpkin spice lattes, muffins, and cooler temps. The County Seat crew finds that their hostess and the Veterans caregiver, Carol, may be hiding a secret or two, namely the suspicious death of other vets under her care. They also have another mystery to solve; one of the veterans wants to reconcile with his son, but he has no idea where to find him. There aren’t very many suspects in this story, and really there is only one motive. The evidence is thin, as they don’t know if any of the men who died were murdered. Readers will need to put their thinking caps on to put the pieces of this mystery together.

Although A Pumpkin Spice Killing is short, it packs a lot of punch in its pages. The characters are always charming and loveable. The veterans were great, and it was an original idea to have the County Seat crew helping those who need it most while relaxing with each other. The story is written well, and the plot believable. I would have liked the book more if it had been a full-length novel; it jumps from the beginning to the end in a few paragraphs. Overall I enjoyed the fast-paced, easy read. I love this series and can never get enough of it to make me happy, and I look forward to the next in the series.

I received an ARC of A Pumpkin Spice Killing. I have read many Lynn Cahoon books and really enjoy them. I didn’t realize that this was a novelette but it was the perfect length to read during a pedicure. Angie and her “family” from The County Seat (her farm to fork restaurant) are using the annual employee retreat to repair and spruce up a veteran’s home. When they get there, the owner isn’t exactly happy to have them there. There are only two residents and Angie’s group quickly befriends them. As things go downhill, Angie and her group work to save the residents along with their home. I have to give it four stars, only because it is quite short.

Through NetGalley, I received a free copy of A PUMPKIN SPICE KILLING (A Farm-to-Fork Novella #5.5) by Lynn Cahoon in exchange for an honest review. It’s time for the County Seat to have another team-building exercise. This time, they’re headed to a ramshackle veteran’s home to help rehabilitate the facility. When they arrive, things seem a little off. Though initially welcome, the staff becomes hostile when the group tries to make personal connections with the residents. Then, the group learns information that indicates the residents may be in danger. Can they figure out what’s happening before someone gets hurt?

I like this series. I recommend this short story to fans of the series. I recommend this series to fans of cozy mysteries featuring murder, restaurants, farms, and animals.

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I appreciate the publisher allowing me to read this book. A mystery I really enjoyed with interesting characters.

Angie Turner and the team from her restaurant ,The County Seat, are on a mission of sorts. They're off to help Carol Stewart pass state I election for her veterans home. But she's not too keen st having their help. But why? And why doesn't she want anyone talking to her current 2 residents? Is there more to this place that Carol doesn't want revealed ? The answer lies within the pages. Great novella and a great cast of characters. N

I didn't realize this was part of a series, so I would recommend reading them in order to get a better appreciation for the characters and their backstory.

I enjoyed the fun mix of characters. I really enjoyed Randy, a veteran. Some parts were bit predictable, but there were a few unexpected twists. This charming cozy mystery is a quick read. I look forward to checking out others in the series.