Well this was a cute little read.

If you've ever wondered what its like to be the more official side of an armature detective duo, this is the book to read. Our main character, Phee works with her husband and friends in a private detective agency. It is, however, her mother - a whirlwind of a character that knocks you over every time she calls - who is the Jessica Fletcher or Dr. Sloane of the piece. With her book club friends, she is determined to solve the murder of the puzzle club (there are a lot of clubs in this book) chair, who has been killed in the library. Not only that, but the giant puzzle they are working on is sabotaged time and time again.

I had to laugh at poor Phee's predicament, rushing after her mother as she came up with one hairbrained scheme after another to solve the various mysteries that were unfolding in the book. A very cool look at what its like to be the sensible one in these cosy mystery cases. Enjoyed it a lot.

But, with the amount of food that is described constantly, I'm now pretty hungry...

This long running series keeps getting better. Liked the characters, plot and setting. Great cover! Great title!Thanks to #NetGalley and #Puzzled4Murder for advanced digital copy

I enjoyed reading Puzzled 4 Murder.
The heat of the Phoenix area has set in early and everyone is looking forward to places and ways to stay cool. Harriet and her book club ladies are going to help with the huge puzzle at the library. It gives them a cool place to gather. Then one of the puzzle committee heads is found dead.
I could see that the different cases in the story would connect, but I wasn’t sure who was hiding in plain sight.
There were plenty of shenanigans. I felt like the foreshadowing was a bit heavy handed, then when we got to the events foreshadowed things weren’t as bad as I expected.
The mystery wrapped up successfully and Streetman had a chance to shine.
I like this series and am always glad when Netgalley and Beyond the Page Publishing give me to opportunity to read the book.

Set in Sun City West, Arizona, Phee lives near her mother's retirement community. Since summer is arriving, the retirees are planning some indoor activities. Each year they have a large puzzle contest. Large as in the 40,000 pieces. The activity starts out heavily disputed as the group who selected the puzzle selected completely monotones puzzles. As the start date arrives, the group settles on a local puzzle that has never been put together. As usual the group of the retirees are over the top. But somehow the puzzle ties in to a cold case that Phee’s office is working on. As usual, the retirees will keep us entertained. I enjoy this series and highly recommend. #netgalley

Phee finds herself trying to keep her mother and the folks in her community from getting hurt while trying to finger a killer. For some reason, the killer does not want the Sun City West gang to complete a jigsaw puzzle. Will they kill again, or will the residents, or Williams Investigation, solve the case first? Phee can only hope it’s the latter.

With a group of seniors we can all put names from out own lives to and an anxious chiweenie dog, this series is like a visit with grandma and her crew. If they were living in an episode of Monk. Love it! Cute, clean and cozy!

The silly little chiweenie definitely caused his fair share of trouble but he did end up doing something pretty cool at the end. That little dog’s a Houdini when it comes to escaping his carrier. Poor Phee felt like she was herding cats once again trying to keep her mom and the book club ladies from getting into danger or trouble, whichever came first.

I always laugh a lot when reading in this series and this book was no exception, those book club ladies crack me up! After a crazy murder mystery that somehow tied into Nate and Marshall’s cold case they were looking into, the showdown was a good one and the ending was super satisfying. Maybe poor Phee’ll get a break—at least until the weather gets cooler lol.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book provided by Beyond the Page via NetGalley, and my opinions are my own.

You can’t go wrong with cozy mystery’s it’s so much fun to read them and enjoy the simple who done it with less gross scenes. I will definitely be reading more books by this author.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and J. C. Eaton for providing me with a complimentary digital ARC for Puzzled 4 Murder coming out February 25, 2025. The honest opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I actually haven’t read the other books in the series. This is the first book I’ve read by this author. I really love cozy mysteries. Sometimes I will just read any of them in the series. It doesn’t matter what order they are in. This was a really fun book for me. I thought the puzzle was interesting. I love the library setting. I think Sophie was a fun character. It was interesting to see how she solved the mystery. I would definitely check out more books by this author.

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

This is endearing much loved cozy series that I enjoy with every release. Thank you to the publisher, to Net Galley and the author for the opportunity. This is the 14th in this delightful series that readers adore.

Phee, her Mom and their lovely feisty dachshund (chiwiennie) are back in a hilarious romp with the retirement home residents. The temperatures in the desert community are miserably hot so the residents decide to join in a large puzzle project in the library community room. All are not on board with the woman in charge and soon she is murdered. Phee is on the case with the help of her Mom and her detective friend. Soon clues abound as well as red herrings and the investigation takes a concerning turn. Phee may be able to tie this case to a cold case as well as the suspect list grows.

A endearing addition to the series with humor, great characters and a wonderful well crafted sleuth. Well done to the authors. Looking forward to the next in series.

Phee, Marshall, her mother and that crazy group of seniors in Sun City West are back with a new mystery to solve. Summer is approaching fast in Sun City West and it is time to plan the “summer entertainment,” a giant 40,000 piece jigsaw puzzle to help the seniors forget about the heat. As the feisty group tries to decide which puzzle they are going to do, the puzzle chair person, Samantha, is found dead in the puzzle room at the library. Murder? Coincidently at the same time, the Detective Agency that Phee works with is assigned another murder, this one a very cold case. Are they related? As Marshall and Nate work on the cold case murder, of course Phee’s mother is coming up with all kinds of outrageous ideas to solve Samantha’s murder. I love this series and always look forward to seeing what kind of “trouble” the Sun City West crew can get themselves into! Even though it is a series, it is easily readable as a stand-alone, although you may end up wanting to read the complete series after reading the first one!

As a nurse in a nursing home and a cozy mystery lover I had to pick this up and it didn't disappoint! I loved the banter and antics of the characters, it was entertaining and kept me turning pages. Plus, you can't get much cuter than that cover!

Puzzled 4 Murder the 14th instalment in the Sophie Kimball Mystery series by J.C. Eaton. I love this series, it always has me laughing at Streetman’s and Phee’s mums antics. Soaring temperatures and a giant jigsaw puzzle combine to form a picture of murder . .

I found myself engrossed in the story and reading it in almost one day. I love the characters which are well developed. There is plenty of humour and we can’t forget Streetman the chiweenie in the library causing havoc with the puzzle pieces. I laughed at the chaos he caused.

The mystery is interesting, well plotted as well as full of twists and turns. Always an entertaining, fun read. This is one of my favourite series and I always buy in Paperback as I know I will read again.

I highly recommend this series to all my cozy loving friends.
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I requested and received an advance reader copy of this book from Kensington Books and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Sophie "Phee" Kimball-Gregory is married to Marshall Gregory, who works for Nate's private investigator agency as one of the investigators. Phee is their accountant, and unfortunately, her mother Harriet thinks that there are always murderers around the corner. Also unfortunately, she's usually right, which puts Phee in the position of having to give her 'tasks' to do to keep her out of the murder investigation.

This time out, the Sun City West retirees are taking part in constructing a giant forty-thousand-piece puzzle, and the finished product is going to be in the Senior Living magazine. But not everyone is happy about this: the puzzle that they're constructing is a last-minute replacement, since the three original choices no one wanted to do (seriously? A snowstorm?) This is an innocuous picture of an Arizona street...or is it?

It doesn't help that the body of one of the committee members is discovered in the library and Nate's firm is called in by the police to help investigate. Or that Nate is contacted by a woman who claims another woman killed her husband twenty years ago and she knows who it is, but not where she is now. Phee's task is to keep her mother away from both investigations, if possible...and it isn't...

Then when 'accidents' keep occurring at the library around the puzzle, and threatening messages are left, even Phee knows that something is off. Someone does not want that puzzle completed, but why? Harriet is determined that she and her friends finish it, because she's not giving up the chance to be in Senior Living. At least she's not able to bring her Chiweenie Streetman to the library. That's the best news Phee's heard in a long time. The 'little prince' causes chaos, and Phee has enough of that right now.

But when a major clue is revealed on air, and something else is discovered, not only does it upend everything, it puts Phee right in the middle of it. And not only does she not want to be, she wants to be as far away as possible...which isn't going to happen...

This is the fourteenth book in the series, and I have read them all. I have also loved them all. The author(s) have done a wonderful job in the character department. Harriet and her friends are a riot, especially Herb and her loony Aunt Ina. Poor Phee is the voice of reason -- that none of them listen to anyway.

Things get going right from the beginning, and it seems there are two murders to solve, both of which get Phee drawn into. In this book, I figured out most of it before the middle, but I love reading about Harriet and her antics, and Phee's attempts to rein her in, which make the book the most fun ever.

Reading this series makes you want to sit back and watch the action, because you know you don't want to be anywhere near the scary seniors, who think they're actual sleuths (they're not). There's always something going on, and it is a great enjoyment to read. The ending comes and it's way too soon; when we find the murderer the motives are given, and as old as time (as they all are everywhere). It's a funny climax and I couldn't ask for more. I look forward to the next in the series. Recommended.

I was given an advance copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley but this in no way influenced my review.

Lots of fun antics in this cozy set in the retirement communities of sunny Arizona. Phee while working as the accountant at her husband's detective agency, tries to keep her retired mom and her entourage under control. This time the retirees are puzzling at the local library in order to be featured in a magazine. However, one of the puzzlers turns up dead at the library. It's then that the search for the killer begins! Lots of slapstick and humor ...Thanks to NetGakket and the publisher fo rthe arc.

I cannot get enough of this series. I loved this book. It was so much fun to read. Every time I pick up a Phee Kimball mystery, I know I will have a good time while reading it.

This book was funny to me because of the type of drama it had. My favorite character was obviously Streetman the chiweenie who in the midst of a puzzling murder mystery still found a way to cause even more chaos only Arby’s could cure and calm. The murder mystery itself was progressively more confusing as the story unraveled because the answer seemed so obvious.

A huge puzzle at the library is being put together, but it keeps getting sabotaged before much progress can be made. One of the puzzle committee ends up murdered and Williams Investigations is on the job. There's also a cold case that begins to heat up and keeps everyone guessing. Phee tries to reign in her mother and the book club but they continue to come up with wacky plans to catch the killer. A fun read, A little less over the top than usual, but all the characters are in rare form.
I received an advanced copy of the book in exchange for a review.

Puzzled 4 Murder is the latest mystery in the Phee Kimball mystery series. I adore this series! The humor in it usually has me laughing out loud before the first chapter is finished. The combination of quirky characters in this series are the best and if I am feeling down I can count on this series to give me a chuckle. Harriet (Phee’s Mom) and her group of senior citizen friends are working on a giant puzzle at the library in this books’ mystery and it features murder, mischief and some fun Streetman antics. The murder took awhile for me to figure out and I enjoyed the fun if improbable connections between the past and the current puzzle project at the library. I understand that James Clapp who was one half of this husband and wife writing team has passed away, but that the series will continue. My deepest sympathy to Ann Goldfarb and thank you to both of you for such an enjoyable series of books.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book. All opinions are my own.

This is book 14 in the Sophie Kimball mystery series. It works well as a standalone because the story is easy to follow and there aren’t any gaping holes from information in previous books that isn’t included in this one.

I love that the author paired the main character, Phee (Sophia) with her mom, Harriet, Harriett's somewhat bad dog Streetman, and Harriet’s friends: a group of seniors who have a lot of interesting personalities. If you’re in the midst of those child-rearing, working-for-a-living years, it almost seems as if these seniors might be having a lot more fun than you are. (You might very well be right!) However, it isn’t all fun and games when the seniors are helping to put together a very large crossword puzzle at the library, and the head of the puzzle committee ends up dead. The seniors try to solve the mystery of who killed her. Phee ends up being dragged into the action, and the seniors are a riot.

I thoroughly enjoyed the three books I read in this series, and I hope this one catches your eye because it is definitely worth reading!

Puzzled 4 Murder is set in the Sun City area and populated by eccentric, outrageous senior citizens. The main character works as the accountant at a PI firm (her husband is one of the detectives), and her mother and her friends drive her crazy and bring a lot of fun to the reader.
The library (popular for its air conditioning) has an immense puzzle for the puzzle club to work on during the hot Arizona desert summers. This year, no one can agree on a puzzle, a body is found in the library, and the puzzle keeps getting sabotaged! Couple that with a cold case and the madcap adventures of the seniors and you have a fun read with a good mystery.
Thanks to Beyond the Page Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC.