Vicki Delany brings the reader another Year Round Christmas mystery in A Slay Ride Together with You. Rudolph, New York, has Merry Wilkinson, shop owner, busy with her friend Vicky Casey who is engage to chef Mark Grosse. The duo have bought an old house with a haunted reputation and have the ill luck to have a body dead on the ground. Whodunit The dead man is well hated and there are lots of suspects including the chef. Good cozy.

I'm not going to lie I didn't love this one as much as I did previous ones in the series. And it wasn't because of the Easter time setting. Nor the characters I love getting to see Merry and Mattie and Alan and the rest of the gang again. With this one it was the mystery that fell flat for me. But even so I'll still pick up the next book in the series as well as anything else the author writes.

I love this series. Merry Wilkinson and her best friend Vicki have another mystery to solve in the Christmas Town of Rudolph, New York. A Slay Ride Together With You is the 6th installment in the Year Round Christmas cozy mystery series by Vicki Delany.. A great read any time of year..

This was not what I was expecting but still enjoyable. More of a mystery than a romance but still very good.

A Slay Ride Together with You is the seventh cozy mystery in the A Year-Round Christmas Mystery series. Back in Rudolph, New York it is Easter time and Vicky Casey’s wedding to local chef, Mark Grosse, is just weeks away. She wants a quick affair because of the crazy schedules of both of their jobs. When Vicky and Mark buy a the historic Cole House they aren’t ready for what’s coming. This house is surrounded by drama and mystery with a possible haunting, they knew all of that going in, but the dead body that turns up is the last thing they suspected. With her friend’s fiancé as a prime suspect in the murder case it’s time for Merry Wilkinson to put on her sleuthing hat and try to get to the bottom of this mystery before it’s too late.

I am a fan of everything I’ve ready by Vicki Delany and fell in love with this series when I started reading it a few years back. A cozy mystery in a year round Christmas town is exactly my type of book and this series has yet to disappoint. I always love revisiting Rudolph and Merry and wish I could visit for real. The mystery in this book was intriguing and kept me guessing. The town itself, even at Easter time, has me wanting to curl up by the fire with some hot chocolate as I devour this book. I really enjoyed getting to dive into the personal lives of the regular characters and learn more about them in a way I don’t think we have before. This was an entertaining cozy mystery and I can’t wait to see what comes next in this series. If you haven’t read this series yet and are a cozy mystery fan with an affinity for Christmas this series is a good one to try. This book can be read as a stand alone, but it might be better to start from the beginning to meet a lot of the characters first.

“A Slay Ride Together With You” – the seventh book in Vicki Delany’s Year-Round Christmas cozy mystery series, is another great entry in the series. In this book it is almost Easter and things are a bit slow in Rudolph, New York which gives shop owner Merry Wilkinson some free time to help her best friend Vicky Casey plan her upcoming wedding. Merry is thrilled that Vicky is marrying Mark Grosse but questions their decision to buy a run down, supposedly haunted, house. Unfortunately, Merry’s doubts are soon realized when someone is killed on the property and Mark is the chief suspect. It’s a great mystery with a great setting – not only the house with its rich history – but the town of Rudolph itself and the people that live there – including Merry’s parents – her retired opera singer mother who is a diva in every sense of the word and her father who channels Santa Claus when it is most needed. The mystery is well done with just the right amount of suspects to keep readers guessing whodunit. The motive for the murder was a bit bizarre, sad, yet believable. All in all, another nicely done mystery by Vicki Delany.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley.

This is A VERY GOOD COZY MYSTERY READ. The amateur sleuth is Merry and a good one she is. Her best friend Vicky is marrying Mark and they buy the old Cole house which is said to be haunted and needs lots of TLC. A murder happens there when Vicky, Merry and Mark hear noises. The girls check inside and Mark goes outside and what does he come up on but a dead body. At this time he is a suspect but as we go along the list gets longer. So much to tell but I don't like spoilers so as I always say, you will need to read this to find out who done it.

It's Christmas all-year long in Rudolph NY and I love visiting through each book. I would definitely live in this town, despite all the murders. The mystery is well-crafted and the conclusion satisfying. Looking forward to my next visit.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Vicki Delany for providing me with a complimentary digital ARC for A Slay Ride Together With You, which was released September 24, 2024. The honest opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I’ve read a lot of books by this author and I love her writing! I think this is the first book in the series that isn’t set during Christmastime. I thought it was fun though. I absolutely love this series! The Christmastime cozy atmosphere is really fun. I loved the possible haunted house. I think a lot of the book was focused on Merry’s friend Vicky and her fiancé. I loved the mystery. I’m excited to see what’s next.

I would recommend this book to anyone who loves cozy mysteries!

Thank you NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A Slay Ride Together With You is the seventh book in the Year-Round Christmas Mystery series. In A Slay Ride Together With You, Merry, the main character, has to investigate in order to clear the name of her best friend's future husband. Merry and her best friend, Vicky, are great characters. They really are a key ingredient for the book to be pleasant to read, along with a great setting, namely the town of Rudolph, and a strong storyline. This series is always a pleasure to read, and A Slay Ride Together With You was a wonderful cozy mystery. A perfect book for readers who enjoy nice mystery books and Christmas time.

Easter has come to Christmas town, but not all is fuzzy bunnies and chocolate when a body is found that leaves Merry's friends in danger! Merry is back to sleuthing in an attempt to save her friends from rumors and potential arrest! This series just keeps getting better and better. The plot is so well crafted that you'll be looking one direction when you should be looking another! All the right clues are there for you to see, but lots of red herrings to have you guessing the wrong villain! The mystery is of course the meat of this Easter story, but the characters' personal stories will also be integral to the plot as well! I must say that this book is my new favorite in the series as the author very creatively wove the mystery to be engaging and compelling. I can't wait to see what happens next in the series especially the Muddle Harbor vs Rudolph aspect not to mention all the events in the personal lives of the characters. I am already excitedly waiting for the next story to be written!

The newest year-round Christmas cozy series finds Merry helping her best friend Vicky, when Vicky moves into the town's supposedly haunted house and she is actually hearing things at night. When a man ends up dead outside the house, things because even more grim. Merry and Vicky investigate so that Vicky's wedding can go ahead as planned.

Another good entry in this series! I felt like the whodunnit felt a smidge random, but ultimately the explanation kind of leans that way too. Despite that, this series is very fun. It also seems like we will get some interesting developments with Muddle Harbor next book!

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

Merry and Vicky have been friends for a long time. Vicky owns Victoria's Bake Shoppe.

Vicky announced that she and Mark were going to buy a house together. They were going to get the Old Cole House which everyone knew in town as the old Haunted House. Merry asked her if she was sure because that house was going to require a lot of work to fix it up properly. And people thought the house was haunted. Vicky said that was the only way they were going to be able to buy a house like that on Lakeview Drive.

This book was really good and they had a mystery to solve which brought them closer together. Check out the story I don't think you will be disappointed.

I love this series! I didn’t know who the killer was and was surprised at the solution. I like Merry, Vicky, and the whole crew. Mattie, the dog, is always a hit, because my dogs have a favorite person as well, and it also is not their owner.

I also love the fact that the residents at the Muddle Harbor Cafe know Merry and Vicky and make bets as to when they will arrive. I think its amusing that they don’t get mad but find it fun.

Overall, I rate this novel 5 out of 5 stars.

This was such a good, solid cozy. Vicki Delany gave me all the things I want in a cozy; interesting, complex characters; a town I want to live in and a multi-layered mystery.

Merry's best friend Vicki and her fiance Mark just bought the town's "haunted house" and when someone dies in their garden, Mark becomes a suspect. But it turns out the person wasn't well liked, and soon there are many suspects.

Merry was a terrific character and I loved her interactions with her family, and with Vicki. She has a solid love interest and a Saint Bernard. What more could a person want?

I need to go back now and read everything I haven't read from Vicki Delany. Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for an Advance copy of this book. This is my honest review.

A Slay Ride Together With You is book #7 in the Year-Round Christmas Mystery series by Vicki Delany.

Just weeks before shop owner Merry Wilkinson’s best friend Vicky Casey is set to be married, there is a murder and Vicky’s fiancé was the one standing by the body. Can Merry help her best friend save the wedding? I enjoy trying to solve the mystery along with Merry. At one point I had the right person but I changed my mind after following some red herrings. I enjoyed this mystery. As a bonus, we get a few recipes from Vicky’s cookbook at the end of the book.

Thank you to the author, Crooked Lane Books, and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) copy of this book and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

This Year-Round Christmas book was set around Easter but it was perfect to read now because of the possible haunting. It definitely had me a little on edge when Merry and Vicky were searching the house. I felt like I was walking along searching with them. My cat even came down the stairs and scared me when I was reading that scene (LOL). We got a lot more of Vicky in this book and it was great. The fight at Vicky’s Bake Shoppe was unexpected. I always enjoy when Merry and Vicky visit the diner in Muddle Harbor. It is always comical and a little dramatic. I love how Merry thinks and enjoy being along for the investigation.

I so enjoy this series. I love Merry and her friends and family. Her mother's grand appearances always make me smile though I'm glad I don't have to deal with her on a regular basis. Any time spent around Merry's dog Matterhorn is always a good time and has me seriously considering getting a St Bernard. For this book in particular I especially enjoyed the focus on Merry and Vicky's friendship and seeing more of Vicky and Mark's relationship.

While the book is set in Spring with mentions of Easter dinner and bunnies it has enough creepiness to be a perfect fall read. I mean chunks of the book take part in a dilapidated mansion with some serious tragedies in its past as well as a modern day one. The victim was a horrid little man and more than a few people had a motive to breathe a bit easier once he was no longer breathing.

This was one of thoese right books at the right time for me. I thoroughly enjoyed the reading experience from the beginning to end and was sad when I put the book down. This is one of my favorite cozy series and Delany is an author I'm always on the lookout for. While you could jump into this mystery with no issue I do think you would enjoy it more if you started out with an earlier book. You won't be disappointed!

It’s spring in Rudolph, NY and Merry’s good friend, Vicki is getting married. Vicki and Mark have bought an old mansion that hasn’t been lived in for years. Needless to say, major renovations are needed but Vicki and Mark plan to take them gradually. Unfortunately, the nighttime noises are keeping them both awake and when Mark finds a dead body in the yard, he becomes a suspect. Merry and Vicki are trying to find the murderer but new suspects keep appearing. Former wives, wives-to-be, daughter, son-in-law are just a crazies. Don’t miss this book, great for the upcoming Christmas season.

The seventh book in the Year-round Christmas mystery series. I started at book six and one day would like to play catch up from the start.

The series is set in a town called Rudolph where the shop owners like Merry Wilkinson celebrate Christmas nearly all the time, with some extra fun thrown in at Easter. Merry's best friend Vicky is about to get married and move into an old house which appears to be haunted. A dead body turns up in the garden and Vicky's future husband is a suspect. Will there be a wedding? Merry sets herself to investigate and clear his name.

I enjoyed the setting, the story and the characters and it was an entertaining read.