Murder in Cottonwood Springs: A Cottonwood Springs Cozy Mystery

Cottonwood Springs Cozy Mystery Series, Book 1

By: Dianne Harman

Narrated by: Kasey Logan

Sheriff Rich got the call every lawman dreads – a relative’s murder. And it’s even worse when it’s your sister.

Brigid moved back to Cottonwood Springs to be with friends and family when her marriage and her publishing company both ended. When her best friend’s murdered, she’s determined to find the killer.

A new romance and an adopted big Newfoundland are pretty comforting at times like these. Recipes included!

This is the first book in the Cottonwood Springs Cozy Mystery Series by two-time USA Today best-selling Author, Dianne Harman. Scroll up this page, click "Buy", and download it now. Enjoy!

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First time author to me, I enjoyed the story!

This is the first book of Dianne Harman’s that I’ve listened to. Although I enjoyed the story, I struggled at times with the narration. Something about the dialect or inflection, I don’t know. I will read the print version, maybe I’ll grt a better feel for the characters. I hadn’t read a cozy mystery in a while and this was a good one to get back into the genre with. I liked how she set several people up to be suspects, it was easy to figure out who did it. The killer’s Name was never mentioned when the killer was talked about being a rural, small area someone would have remembered the name. I will be reading more of this author.

Enjoyable

What a great start to a wonderful series. Several twists to keep you guessing and great recipes too!

A new author to me that I enjoyed!

I have downloaded quite a few of Ms. Harman's cozy mysteries for free as a member of her newsletter but I have not read any of them yet so when I saw that I could get a free code from Audiobooks Unleashed to listen to one I thought it was the perfect opportunity to see what I thought of her writing. This review is my own honest opinion. I found that the writing was not quite what I like in a mystery, but this is not a fault of this book that is quoted as a cozy mystery. I personally like my books to be a Christian romantic suspense that keeps you on the edge of your seat. This book let us know what happened to the victim in the prologue and then gave us people that had a problem with the victim. So you just had to guess as the story went on to explain how they found out information. I have to say I did enjoy the book as it was much lighter than my usual reading, it was a nice break and I wouldn't mind reading some more books in this series to find out more about the characters that I was introduced to. All in all a good book I would recommend. I did listen to the audio version and the narrator Kasey Logan did a great job bringing the story to life lol although some of the voices could get on my nerves lol just like in life!

Murder in Cottonwood Springs

This is a short quick easy mystery. I thought it was a good storyline and it held my attention. It's not complicated and easy to follow. Kasey Logan does a good job narrating this book.

Cozy Mystery

*Reviewing after receiving a promotional audiobook.

Brigid Barnes, a book editor moves back to hometown of Cottonwood Springs, Colorado. Her good friend is murdered.

I was thrown a little by the murder happening first and then the possible suspects being introduced. Then back in time to tell the events leading up to the murder.

It was a typical cozy mystery. Light reading (listening) for when you're not in the mood for something deeper. I enjoyed it enough to try the next one.

The narrator did a good job with the voice of Brigid, but some of the other character voices made me want to cringe.