Dead Before Dinner: A FREE laugh-out-loud New Mexican cozy mystery

Name: Dead Before Dinner: A FREE laugh-out-loud New Mexican cozy mystery
Rating: 4.5726494789123535 (117 reviews)

Kat Bellemore

Jul 2022 · A Maddie Swallows Mystery Book 1 · KB Press

4.6

117 reviews

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Green chile has never been more dangerous.

Psychologist Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a good idea at the time, considering the divorce and her two teenagers she’d dragged along for the ride.

But that was before the New Year’s Eve party she was guilt-tripped into attending. Before a member of the town council wound up dead and everyone at the party became a suspect. And before she was forced to unravel the secrets of her former hometown in order to clear her name.

Of course, with the help of two precocious teenagers and one meddling mother, the real murderer doesn’t stand a chance.

Dead before Dinner is the first book of the Maddie Swallows series. If you love small towns, quirky characters, and an intriguing whodunit, you’ll love this cozy mystery.

Pick up Dead before Dinner and get swept away in this New Mexican mystery series today!

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cozy mystery, light hearted mystery, mystery books, amateur sleuth, New Mexican fiction, women sleuths, mystery books for older women, clean mystery books, cozy mystery books, humorous mystery books, mystery short reads, murder mystery novels, mystery ebooks, cosy mystery, green chile

Ratings and reviews

4.6

117 reviews

Kristen Sniadowski

August 9, 2022

This was a good clean book by Kat Bellemore. The story line was interesting and the characters were quirky and likable. This is a book about starting over and amateur sluething. My one negative about this book is that it is kind of a cliff hanger. The ending leaves you wanting to read the next book. Otherwise I enjoyed reading this book. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Gloria Watson

August 1, 2022

Book 1 of a new series. After the break up of her marriage Maddie Swallows and her two teenagers move back to her hometown. There she gets involved in a murder mystery. Good cozy. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

MaryEllen Cox

February 16, 2024

Dead Before Dinner is an enjoyable story and a great intro to the series. The characters are kinda cookie-cutter types, but I expect to see them flesh out more as the series continues. (Not a whole lot of time to fully flesh out characters in a short story!) I like that the story has a lot of light moments mixed in with the murder and family drama. I can't wait to see what's next.

About the author

Kat Bellemore is a small town romance and cozy mystery author. Deciding to have New Mexico as the setting for two of her series was an easy choice, considering its amazing sunsets, blue skies and tasty green chile. That, and she currently lives there with her husband and two cute kids. They hope to one day add a dog to the family, but for now, the native animals of the desert will have to do. Though, Kat wouldn't mind ridding the world of scorpions and centipedes. They're just mean.

You can visit Kat at www.kat-bellemore.com.

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