It's a small town where everyone knows each other. Kelly is back home running the store her grandmother had and loves being home again. Especially since her cousin has come home for a visit. But she doesn't show up for scheduled meeting, so Kelly goes to look for her. She finds her but she's dead...
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The cops warn Kelly to leave the investigating to them but she doesn't listen. It's her cousin, why would someone kill her? She gets warnings to leave the case alone from the killer but that doesn't slow her down either.

As she asks questions and follows clues, she also has two men she interested in.

Romance and mystery all at the same time.

She finally figures it out but so has the killer. Will Kelly survive?

Terrific addition to an engaging cozy mystery series. Some intriguing personal issues are revealed. A hint of romance. I look forward to reading the next one. Thanks to the publisher for providing a copy via NetGalley.

'Beauty and the Deceased', the latest addition to Debra Sennefelder's Resale Boutique Mystery series is extremely personal. Kelly's beloved cousin comes to spend the summer in Long Island and is murdered, with Kelly finding the body. I feel as if the trauma of that could have been dealt with in a much more realistic manner. One isn't flitting off investigating the murder within hours of discovering the body. That being said, the characters are all likeable, the murder wasn't easy to figure out and the touch of romance is interesting and well-done. There is a set-up for real fireworks in the next in the series and I look forward to it.

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A lovely addition to the Resale Boutique Mystery series and a delightful cozy. Fun to figure out who did it.

Author Debra Sennefelder presents an excellent multi-layered mystery with roots in the cut-throat world of the beauty industry and the roots you discover with DNA test results. Fans of this cozy series know and love Kelly Quinn, owner of the Lucky Cove Resale Boutique in a charming coastal town in Georgia. Kelly’s cousin, Becky Quinn, owns a very successful cosmetics company, Define Beauty, and is on vacation in Lucky Cove at a beach house along with her business partner, Jessica.

This intriguing story begins to unfold as Kelly makes a horrible discovery on the beach that means many changes for many people. Becky’s visit seems to have brought her and Jessica’s enemies out of the woodwork. There is also a mini-mystery concerning DNA results that will cause pain and heartache for more family members. The author blends both mysteries together seamlessly, and accomplishes the feat of an action packed, intriguing story with the ease of a seasoned writer. My heart was sad for some of these characters.

I’m definitely #TeamNate as the love interest for Kelly; however, I did make note of another male character who could give him some competition. I enjoyed the humor inserted into the plot, plus the energetic pace of the story. At approximately 78%, I was totally confused as to who the main perpetrator could be. I suspected several characters! The last fourth of the story really revs up as answers began to unravel. Some things certainly weren’t what they seemed! I was satisfied at the conclusions.

I honestly reviewed an un-edited digital arc provided by NetGalley and Kensington Lyrical Underground. All opinions are my own. Thank you.

Beauty and the Deceased is a winner!

I quite enjoyed reading about Kelly Quinn and her Long Island consignment shop. As she finds a body on the beach and is warned to stay away she cannot. Her amateur sleuthing skills come in very handy in this story.
Great storyline and very well-crafted characters.

Such a pleasure to read!

This is the fourth in a series about resale shop owner Kelly Quinn. Kelly has given up a high powered fashion career in Manhattan and moved to tiny Lucky Cove to take over her grandmother’s shop. Of course she’s updated the shop, four books in, and dragged it into the future. As the book opens she’s off to pick up some clothes on consignment from a woman whose house is stuffed with clothes. As she arrives, the woman is receiving another box from a clothing subscription service.

This aspect of the book is fascinating. I always like specific details of, really, anything, and Sennefelder’s feel for retail seems completely authentic. There’s also a nice inclusion of clothing Kelly wears and as this book involves her cousin, Becky, who owns a make up company, there are makeup details as well. This is the background for the story, where unfortunately Kelly discovers her cousin’s body on the beach the morning after they’ve had a kind of reunion dinner with another cousin.

Kelly, while being told NOT TO INVESTIGATE by every police officer in town presses on anyway, and she unravels a skein of possible reasons for her cousin’s murder, all tied to her cosmetics company. There’s a love interest (or two) in the offing, and a secondary plot line about her best friend, who was crippled by a car accident in high school.

This was a brisk, well told and pleasant tale with an excellent and unexpected villain, and a bit of a hanging thread to be unraveled in the next book. Kelly is appealing and relatable, and makes a great series heroine.

Excellent addition to the Resale Boutique Mystery series. You'll be kept guessing with all the twists and turns. The characters are intriguing. Strong story plot that moves at a fast pace. Thanks #netgalley and #Keningston for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine.
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Beauty and the Deceased, the 4th book in the A Resale Boutique Mystery by Debra Sennefeder, left me ambivalent. It has the warmth and realism of the interpersonal relationships that makes the series stand out and the fun of the resale shop. I would love to spend more time with both but the much of the book takes place inside the MC’s head. Kelly really needs a counterbalance to point out when her thinking is too narrow or just plain off and we don’t get that in this series very often and not at all in this book when I think it is really needed.
What bothers me most is the fact that when Kelly’s cousin’s business partner verbally attacks a new but bright employee and claims that she had a breakdown therefore she is dangerous, Kelly buys all of it. We have no way to judge at that point whether or not Terry, the one-time internet fashion influencer did indeed have a breakdown other than that she ended her on-line career with a rant about major influencers bully rising stars in the field and sabotaging their sponsorships. The rant was over the top but not proof of a breakdown. Even more disturbing was the assumption that someone who had a breakdown was dangerous. The only evidence of anything I saw was that the partner was a bully; Kelly was not impressed with her at all which I did appreciate.
The heart of the story was strong and touched me greatly but I couldn’t forget that prejudiced towards mental health issues.

I got enough pleasure out of the book overall that I want to thank NetGalley and Kensington for allowing me to read the ARC for Beauty and the Deceased and to share my feelings about it with my friends and followers.
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Kelly is thrilled when she gets a visit from a cousin she hasn’t seen in years. Becky’s cosmetics company is taking off, and she just might have laid the foundation for a big-money buyout. It’s a time to celebrate—but Kelly is heartbroken when a killer puts an end to their happy reunion during a mysterious midnight meeting near the shore.
 I really enjoyed this one and found it more challenging to figure out. The characters are fun overall a great series.
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