Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry

Available May 24, 2022

Rating: 5 stars

Dynamite fishing, Bigfoot, escaped tigers, a bookmobile, and a handsome-but-curmudgeonly sheriff, what more could you want?

Tess Harrow is a bestselling author who's looking to get away from it all after a painful divorce. By her side is her daughter, Gertie, who's been ghosted by her father and is not looking forward to roughing it at a rustic mountain cabin where her father couldn't reach her even if he wanted to. In a picture-perfect harbinger of doom, the ladies are greeted at their family's cabin by the thunder of dynamite and a rain of body parts from the sky. And things go downhill from there.

The town of Winthrop is a throwback to the old days, but nothing is as simple as it seems. Everyone in town seems to be keeping secrets, from the bookmobile librarian to the female deputy/science fiction writer. One person Tess can see right through is Sheriff Boyd - who is the brought-to-life version of her fictional hero, Detective Gonzales - and she likes what she sees!

The plot of this book may follow more closely with a suspense-thriller but the writing is cozy all the way. The things that happen are quirky and the people are sweet and funny. I absolutely love anything with Bigfoot and the perspective of the main character is unique and often hilarious. Reading about a writer internally building the plot for a book out of the things that are happening in the book you're reading made for a delightful literary labyrinth.

Though I love the cozy genre, I'm always kind of tickled when an author does something a little different and puts a twist on the story. As many cozies as I've read, this doesn't happen very often but it certainly happens in this book and I loved it! I highly recommend this book!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.