Thank you NetGalley, Nancy CoCo and Kensington Books for the ARC of A Matter of Hive and Death. This is my personal review.
This is the second book in the Oregon Honeycomb Mystery Series. I liked this book as much as the first.
Wren owns a gift shop called Let It Bee. Her shop features products made from honey and beeswax from the local area.
When she goes to a local farmer, she discovers he is dead. This starts the chain of events trying to figure out what is happening to beehives belonging to local farmers.
I really enjoy the cast of characters in these books. And the cast includes people as well as Wren’s cat Everett and her Aunts Havana Browns.
The twists and turns on the way to solving the mystery will keep you guessing who did what and why.

"A Matter of Hive and Death ” the 2nd instalment in the "Oregon Honeycomb" Mystery series by Nancy Coco. I LOVE this series! When a bee wrangler is bludgeoned, Let It Bee honey shop owner Wren Johnson makes it her beeswax to solve the crime . . .

I love visiting the Oregon Coast even if only in a book. I really enjoyed this story, and loved that it features a cat named Everett. Throw in a UFO festival as well as bee hive vandalism you have the makings of a great whodunnit! Plus the bonus of honey recipes at the end of each chapter was a nice addition.

The mystery is interesting and well plotted, and I loved the characters of Wren, Porsche, Aunt Eloise and Officer Jim Hampton. I kept guessing and second-guessing myself on whodunnit right to the very end. I think there is a definite romance blooming too.

I highly recommend this book to all my cozy lover friends.

I requested and received an advance reader copy of this book from Kensington Books and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I have also purchased a paperback copy for my collection.

I absolutely loved the first book so it was exciting to get the second one early from Netgalley. This is one of the strongest new series I’ve started reading lately. The honey shop is all the kinds of cozy you want it to be & Wren is a perfect heroine. This time the crime involves destruction to beehives as well as murder, so it was very interesting to learn about how to keep bees & such. If you’re an animal lover, this is also a good series for you. Besides the bees, Wren & her aunt rescue cats. The mystery is dealt with perfectly & I like that people around town already think of Wren as a mystery solver, after already solving one. It also involves a very unique motive for the guilty party, one I’ve never come across so that was exciting.

Definitely a must read series, you’ll wish you could go & shop at Let It Bee! Hopefully there’s more books to come.

I'm giving this a like rating with the caveat that it's not as good as the author's Candy-Coated Mystery series. I did not read the first book in this series but had no problem starting with Hive.

The world Coco is building here is great for a cozy series, the town and characters are warm and interesting. The weak party is the story line. Information tends to be repeated and in cases facts are changed (Aunt Eloise's shed being used for new rescue cats, then not being used at all for cats). Wren's detecting is a bit sloppy, one doesn't expect perfection in an amateur sleuth, especially one experience only her second round of murder, but she just dismisses on the basis of nothing a suspect that fits the profile to a "T".

I liked the story enough to cheerfully finish it, but I did (obviously) notice issues that didn't bother me enough to give up or to consider not giving the first book or any subsequent book a try.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

A simple visit to a local bee keeper turns Wren Johnson's world upside down. A Matter of Hive and Death is the second book written by Nancy Coco.
Wren owns Let it Bee, a unique gift shop located in Oregon. Behind a glass wall, Wren has a bee hive, where visitors can observe them with creating a disturbance.
While making a trip to visit Elias, a local bee keeper, Wren stumbles upon angry bees and Elias, on the ground, not moving.
Who would want to hurt Elias or the bees?
Wren is determined to prove another local bee keeper is innocent, putting herself and others in the line of fire.

I read this book in one sitting. I was glued to my kindle and found the story to be interesting and exciting.
I'm looking forward to reading more in this series by one of my favorite authors.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.
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The bees didn't kill Elias, a person did. And Wren doesn't think it was Klaus, another beekeeper. Elias was on the trail of someone who had been vandalizing bee hives but who is it? Wren, along with her aunt Eloise set off to find the truth. And then Wren's ex turns up and he's messing with Everett, her Havana Brown cat. What about Officer Jim? Love interest? This is a fun cozy where you'll learn about beekeeping and honey, as well as cats (I know). The characters are good (I'm a fan of Eloise in particular) and the mystery just twisty enough. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A good read with recipes!

A clever cozy mystery. It kept me guessing wrong, even when some of the suspects were obvious. A charming series with interesting characters. Thanks to the publisher for providing a copy via NetGalley.

What a great sequel to Death BEE Comes Her! The atmosphere of the novel was excellent as well as the characters. Would recommend to a friend!

While a gift shop isn't a unique setting or career for a cozy mystery character, a gift shop with a real beehive on display behind glass and having bees be a central theme is unique. It is so interesting and educational while being murderously entertaining! Great characters, wonderful dialogue and intriguing interactions make this series the one to be reading! This book takes it to a new level as it seems someone is out to disrupt the bee world by destroying beehives of local farmers, but is there something more sinister behind this activitiy.....well, you'll have to read to find out. You could potentially read this book as a standalone, but you would be missing out on vital backstory as each book develops the characters and their interactions a bit more each time. Not to mention the hours of fabulous entertainment!

A Matter of Hive and Death is the second book in the Oregon Honeycomb Mystery by Nancy Coco. Set in the beach town of Oceanview, Oregon it follows Wren Johnson the owner of Let It Bee, a shop dedicated to all things bee-oriented. She runs the shop with the help of her Aunt Eloise, her good friend Porsche and her Havana Brown cat, Everett. She is about to celebrate her second anniversary having the shop and needs some fresh beeswax and honey supplies to stock up. She visits her bee wrangler/hive owner friend Elias, but finds him dead in his yard amongst his damaged hives.
When another of her hive owner friends is suspected of the crime and more hives get damaged and attacked, Wren takes it upon herself to investigate. Her close friend officer Jim Hampton would rather she stay out of things, especially because he has feelings for Wren.
He isn't the only one interested in Wren, her old boyfriend Travis comes to town interested in getting a Havana Brown cat of his own. Is that his only motive for coming back into Wren's life or should she be concerned?
The mystery is quite exciting and even a little out there, but it kept me guessing until the end. I'm really enjoying this series and I highly recommend!

A Matter of Hive and Death is the second book in the series the Oregon Honeycomb Mysteries but the first I have read by this author. Easy to pickup and takeoff, the story is easily read as a standalone. The author uses a light hearted narrative that puts me in mind of talking to a close friend to plunge the reader into a fast paced cozy mystery. Wren Johnson, owner of a store that specializes in honey products, stumbles across the body of a dear friend on a supply run. The swarms of bees and vandalized hives prevent Wren from getting to close but the police manage to identify the cause of death as murder. The local bee hives are under attack by vandals and Wren quickly finds danger as she searches to find answers before she loses more friends. With a adorable kitty and a hunky police man/love interest, the story has everything a good cozy mystery needs to keep the readers coming back for more. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from NetGalley.

I'm enjoying this series. I like the info/tips given. I also like the characters and the mystery kept me guessing.

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

Wren is, like so many other amateur detectives nowadays, a young woman who left the big city for a small town and opened a store. She's smart, feisty, and likeable, with an interesting group of family and friends.

There's also plenty of local color and intriguing details about bees!

The story is well written and neatly plotted.

Beehives are being destroyed and beekeepers are being attacked. In A Matter of Hive and Death by Nancy Coco which is the second book in her Oregon Honeycomb Mysteries series, amateur sleuth Wren Johnson, who is the owner of Let It Bee, gets involved in investigating the hive destruction and murder. This storyline is fast-paced and fascinating. I like how Ms. Coco includes information on the importance of honey bees but doesn't slam readers with constant information about bees. I really like the characters in this series and look forward to the next book.

Through NetGalley, I received a free copy of A MATTER OF HIVE AND DEATH (Book 2 of the Oregon Honeycomb Mysteries), by Nancy Coco, in exchange for an honest review. When Wren Johnson, bee handler and owner of the Let It Bee honey shop, goes to visit her mentor beekeeper Elias Brentwood to discuss beeswax suppliers, she wasn’t expecting to become embroiled in another murder case. However, Wren is soon swarmed by attempted murders, conspiracy theories, and destroyed hives. Wren now has to find the killer in order to get her own troubles to buzz off.

I liked this book as well as the first book in the series. I recommend this book to fans of cozy mysteries featuring murder, bees, small businesses, cats, old flames, and new love interests.

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Most appropriately named! The beekeeper community is all a buzz due to the rash of hive vandalism up and down the coast that seems to culminate in the death of Wren‘s friend and mentor Elias. It is an unwritten law that a cozy main character cannot possibly sit by and do nothing, especially when her friend and fellow bee keeper, Klaus is picked up as a person of interest. Wren refuses to be a drone and just go about her business, Let it Bee, which is having its 2nd anniversary sale requiring lots of freshly made product for the swarm of customers. She also refuses to be distracted by the sweet gestures of her old flame, Travis, who seems to have buzzed into town unexpectedly. So many unexpected occurrences and unexpected suspects and then there is the mystery of the hive vandals Gwen works her way through the clues while crafting products and treats such as Honey Peanut Butter cookies.

This is one that once you start, your NOT going to want to stop! Love the bee shop, Let It Bee. Wren is an exciting well developed character that is highly likeable. You get so engrossed in reading that you are immersed in the story! Kudos! Thanks #netgalley and #Keningston for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine.

Wren Johnson lives in Oceanview, Oregon and owns Let It Bee, a shop dedicated to all things made by bees and bee-oriented. She even has her own hive for customers to see how bees work. Her Aunt Eloise is excited to see the UFO festival in a nearby town, and is trying to convince Wren to go and bring her Havana Brown cat, Everett. Wren has misgivings, but finally agrees. But this day she needs to see her bee wrangler, Elias, who provides her with beeswax and other needed supplies.

When she arrives at Elias's home, no one appears to be there. But she finds him in the backyard, wearing his bee suit, with bees from his hives everywhere. The only way for anyone to get to him is to call another wrangler, and Wren does this, along with calling 911. When Elias is finally removed, it turns out he's been murdered, and the suspect is the wrangler Wren called. Knowing he's innocent, Wren and her employee Porche Allen are out to find a killer -- under the radar of Officer Jim Hampton, who wants her to stay out of it.

Confusing things is finding her old boyfriend Travis is in town, and he wants to buy a Havana Brown of his own, along with taking Wren out to dinner. Will she succumb to Travis's charms again? Will she be able to find a killer? And last but not least, will she be able to figure it all out before a killer finds her?

This is the second book in the series, and I do think I enjoyed it more than the first. The characters are getting some fleshing out, and we see that Wren can hold her own. She does share what information she finds with the police -- although some it might be later than they want -- and she's not running scared, nor breaking into houses or doing other illegal things (things that irritate me in cozies). Wren is a decent person, generous to her employees and her aunt, and smart enough to figure out when she needs to take care of her own. She also has a great love for her cat, which I can empathize with, owning my own and loving it just as much, if not more. I would never put my cats in danger (and they're only indoor cats, so there's that!)

When Wren starts trying to look at who wanted to kill Elias -- by all accounts a nice man who had no enemies and helped others -- she doesn't believe he was killed by another wrangler. She can't believe anyone in the bee community would do such a thing, but who else is a suspect? When it appears that the killer is watching her every move, she wonders if she's putting others in danger. That's when she realizes that drastic measures must be taken, and Wren tries to formulate a plan to catch a murderer.

It's watching her put the clues together, and figure things out that is so interesting. I never saw the killer coming, and the reasons for the murder seemed so insane; but you never can look into the mind nor eyes of a killer and tell what they are thinking. It was all put together nicely, and the motive was indeed unique; and I truly enjoyed reading this book and look forward to the next in the series.

Wren is celebrating her second year at Let It Bee, a lovely honey-themed shop in Oceanview, Oregon. Lots of exciting and fun things are happening from an anniversary sale at the shop to a UFO parade in a neighboring town. Unfortunately in the midst of all the excitement Wren's friend Elias is bludgeoned to death while tending to his beehives. Who could have wanted to gentle beekeeper dead? Was his death related to the rash of hive vandalism that's swept across the coast of Oregon?

If you have a lot of things going on, save this book for later. Once you get started, you won't want to do anything else! This book starts off very quickly and keeps the action moving throughout. There's a lot going on with the mystery and also a lot going on with the characters. A few new characters get introduced and we see more of the beekeeping aspect of Wren's newfound career world.

I really like Wren's character and her Aunt Eloise is fun too, they make a great close-knit little family. Porshe is a great sidekick for Wren. I like that there is a bit of romance but Wren is approaching it cautiously and not just falling over herself for affection.

Probably the thing I liked the most about this book was the setting. There's not a lot of description but what description it does have is beautifully atmospheric. There's a scene where Wren is working on making product for the store and she props open the window and can hear the rain and smell the ocean. I had a mini-vacation fantasizing about being in her shoes at that moment, making candles and hand cream while listening to the rain dancing on the roof.

There were a few very minor continuity hiccups that were barely worth mentioning. Those things stuck out to me as I was reading but didn't take away from my enjoyment of the story in any way.

I highly recommend this series!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.

The second book in the Oregon Honeycomb Mystery series, this book did not disappoint. Nancy Coco’s mystery is full of humor, quirky characters, cats, and romance. When Wren, the owner of the Let It Bee store goes to pick up some supplies, she finds instead a dead beekeeper. This starts her on the trail for the murderer of her friend. Along the way, she is joined by her friend Porsche, her aunt Eloise, and of course, her cute Brown Havana cat, Everett. More people are hurt and time is of the essence to find the killer or killers.
I so enjoyed this book, that I just hope it’s not another two years before we see the next book in this series. Thank you to NetGalley, he publisher, and the author for a digital ARC of this book. All opinions are my own. This review can also be found on my Goodreads page.