An Interesting cozy mystery that I didn't really character for the main character. I have to admit that she drove me nuts. But the mystery part did keep my interest and was interesting that did make up for the unlikable characters. .

Death Crashes the Party is the first book in the Liv and Di series set in Dixie, Tennessee. Liv is a party planner, and her friend Di is a postal worker.

Liv is planing an anniversary party for a difficult client and when she goes into their garage to inspect the freezer she finds not one but two bodies! The bodies are brothers, one of whom worked for Liv's husband's haulage firm.

With the various police agencies putting pressure on her husband and her father-in-law regarding possible smuggling activities, Liv decides she need to help clear the family name.

What I particularly like about this new series is that Liv and Di actually do some real life investigating. They follows suspects and even break and enter to steal surveillance footage and a diary (in two separate instances). The story is well paced with plenty of activity in its sub 300 pages and the main characters are likeable. There are even a few party planning tips at the end of the book. I was possibly slightly predisposed to like this book as I'm slowly working my way through the engaging Hart of Dixie tv series but I think I would have liked it anyway! It reminded me of the cozies I used to read a few years ago where the main characters actually did detecting rather than waiting for information to come to them.

There are currently two available sequels, It's Your Party, Die If You Want To and One Fete in the Grave, which I very much look forward to reading.

I liked this first book in this cozy series. Liv and her husband live in the small town Dixie, Tennessee. While meeting with a Party Planning Client she discovers 2 dead bodies. When the mystery seems to involve her husband's family trucking business she and her best friend DI set out to solve the mystery. I liked that they did work with the police. The mystery was OK. I did figure out the who did it. There were enough suspects and red herrings to keep it interesting. The characters and small town setting were really good. The author did a very good job with southern setting. The author also does include party planning tips in the back. I look forword to reading the next one in the series. Enjoy this fun cozy