Muddled Through by Barbara Ross

Available June 28, 2022

Rating 5 stars

Winter is coming to an end and spring is rearing its ugly head in Busman's Harbor. Julia's sister Livvie scored a new winter gig working at Lupine Design making pottery with Zoey Butterfield, a likeable newcomer "from away." When Zoey's store is vandalized the finger is pointed at her curmudgeonly neighbor Phinney but when Phinney turns of dead in the basement is it an open and shut case against Zoey? Or is someone muddying the waters?

I love this series, especially not that Julia is single again. Her relationship with Chris never felt right to me and now that it's over Julia has a chance to reevaluate her life (again). There's a lot going on with Windsholme being renovated and Julia living with her mother again. There's a new man in town who is devilishly handsome and a devoted nephew to one of the town patrons, but he's got some competition...

This book was quite short and there wasn't a lot going on other than the investigation into the vandalism and murder that took place at Lupine Design, but there were plenty of suspects and lots of clues to hunt down. All this combined to make a quick, fast-paced, and very enjoyable read.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.