Espresso

A Zion Sawyer Cozy Mystery, Book 3

By: M. L. Hamilton

Narrated by: Kelley Hazen

Tate left the LAPD after his partner Jason died. He didn’t want to discuss the traumatic experience with anyone, but when a former brother in blue arrives in Sequoia, Tate is forced to confront his demons or start running again.

Zion has made a home in Sequoia, but her conflict between her past with David and her future with Tate must be reconciled. However, when her best friend Rebekah winds up on her doorstep, Zion finds her attention divided between her life and the train-wreck that has become Rebekah’s.

With the first annual Halloween festival fast approaching, the townspeople in Sequoia are confronted with the possibility that violence might once again visit their town, and both Tate and Zion are caught right in the middle of it.

©2017 M.L. Hamilton (P)2019 M.L. Hamilton

Too much romance

This is a good story but the romance overshadows the mystery at times. It was still good, and, I look forward to the next book.

I love this series

This series keeps getting better and better. I loved crawling inside this book as I was an actual part of this world. The characters work well with each other and the narrator does a great job of maintaining the personalities she has created for each. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Espresso

ML Hamilton has done it again by writing another cozy mystery featuring characters that I love. Espresso continues the relationship of Zion and Tate, and has cameo appearances of other characters from previous books. This is both a standalone listen and another mystery in the series. I love how the author writes great imagery of the town of Sequoia, and adds humor and unexpected twists. Kelley Hazen does a fabulous job bringing the characters to life. She gives them distinguishable voices, so I know who is speaking. Her expressions are spot on! I am looking forward to the next book in the series.

LOVE THIS NEW SERIES

I'm really enjoying the characters in these books, fun to find another good author to listen to.

Another murder in the quiet town of Sequoia...

The third book in the series starts quite slow, with Zion and Tate dancing around with their feelings for each other, with Rebekah's unexpected visit and its consequences, and with Logan's personal problems becoming the focal points for about one third through. It's only when Tate's former 'brother in blue' makes an unexpected appearance that the action speeds up and violent incidents start piling up... Cause this time all that is happening now in the quiet town of Sequoia has its roots in Tate's past...

The fact that the pace is not as fast as in the previous two books or that the focal point is more on our favourite characters' personal lives than on the murder case at hand doesn't take away anything from the story. It's as engaging, emotional and entertaining as the other two. You just can't stop listening, you keep your fingers crossed for Zion, Tate and Logan, and you eagerly follow them in their journey to uncover the truth...

Narration by Ms Hazen is impeccable. The pace of her reading is perfect and the voices very well done and matching the personalities of the individual characters. It's a great interpretation of the book.

DISCLAIMER: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.