September Mourn

Murder by Month Mystery, Book 5

By: Jess Lourey

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya

A festive fairground becomes an unexpected backdrop for a grade A murder in a deliciously funny mystery by Edgar Award-nominated author Jess Lourey.

The Minnesota State Fair wows again with 4-H exhibits, rides, a Neil Diamond concert, and deep-fried everything on a stick. Covering it is a breezy assignment as fluffy as cotton candy for reporter Mira James, until the main attraction becomes murder.

Ashley Pederson, crowned Milkfed Mary, Queen of the Dairy, is getting her all-American likeness carved in a block of unsalted butter when she drops dead, her face as red as a stoplight. Cause: malicious poisoning. Despite Ashley’s creamy good looks, her reputation was pretty rancid. Still, who’d want to take out the soon-to-be college freshman and Battle Lake resident? Mira’s made a vow to the dairy darling’s grieving mother to find out.

Amid queenly competitors, rumors of sordid love affairs and embezzlement scandals, small-town secrets, and big business cover-ups, can Mira find the murderer on the Midway? You bet your corn dog she can.

Revised edition: This edition of September Mourn includes editorial revisions.

©2009, 2018, 2024 by Jess Lourey. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Mishap, murder, and mayhem at the county fair

Except for murder, very much like county fairs where I grew up. I like the character continuity from book to book and Variety of settings as backdrop of action in each book.
A pet peeve of mine is the mispronunciation of ethnic words, for example: mispronunciation of food item gyro. NOT jī rō, but yeer oh, when gyro is a food.

Loved this!

I really enjoyed this a murder mystery with a lot of laughs! Just my cup of tea!

Easy listening while busy

Easy to listen to while busy. I have been busy doing fall cleanup while listening, and the characters are fun and story unique.

A cute cozy mystery

I am normally not one to read these short mysteries but I enjoyed it to get to the end. The banter is great and the characters are believable. A cute short story.