The Zion Sawyer Cozy Mystery Box Set

Volume One

By: M.L. Hamilton

Narrated by: Kelley Hazen

Now available in one volume - the first five books in the Zion Sawyer series in one audiobook.

Get the first five books in the Zion Sawyer series in one audiobook: Cappuccino, Café Au Lait, Espresso, Caffe Macchiato, and Americano. Listen to the narration and enjoy the mystery and intrigue in everyone’s favorite tourist town, all in one volume.

Follow Zion, Tate, and the other quirky residents of Sequoia as they solve mysteries while getting their favorite brew at the Caffeinator.

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

Enjoyable if a little corney

Nice relaxing cozy mystery series. The author focused more on the cozy aspect of things than the mystery side which i really liked. It was nice to just be inside these peoples lives for a while. Wonderful, lovable characters that makes the story enjoyable no matter whats happening. I really liked the believability of the timeline of events. Alot of the cozy mysterys ive listened to lack imagination or ability to make a semi plausible plot by having someone move to a small town then every week theres a new murder which is highly unlikely and makes the story seem absurd 🙄. In these books however every single happening was spaced apart which made things more plausible and kinda fast forwarded peoples relationships and stuff and also had realistic events that led to someone dying. They also didnt rush into the murder part of the story. Theres always a nice gradual lead in where we're just going about their everyday lives with them and its very relaxing and enjoyable. Alot of fun, touching, entertaining, and just plain lovable characters in these books. Cant stress that enough, thats the main selling point for me. However now ill get to the reason this set only got 4 stars. The actual mystery part of the books were all pretty elementary and almost mediocre in their simplicity. Not always the actual solution to the crime would be clear but theres alot of glaringly obvious things leading up to it that it seems Mercer and Zion purposefully stuble over for a few hours until they finally have this "big reveal" and im sitting here like"😑......rly?" Then theres Tate and Zions relationship. I wasnt a big fan of how air headed the author made Zion seem in the first book when she kept having this internal dialog where its soooo painfully obvious she doesnt like the lawyer guy shes with and she really likes Tate but for some unknowable reason she kept trying to deny the obvious feelings she has for him becaaaaauussee...... i have no idea why... to make romantic tension and suspense? No. It was just annoying and made the characters seem dumb. Then when Tate finally mans up and goes for it ( in the dumbest way possible, instead of telling her how he feels he just kisses her without her permission which in turn makes her upset with him) the author creates some illogical bs reason for her to be upset with him about it. Like there were so many reasons for zion to leave the lawyer but she ignores all of them and still is planning on going on the trip even tho she doesnt really want to. I almost stopped listening after all that because i thought it was guna be one of those aggravating books where the 2 people who like each other are always destined to never let themselves try for happiness but it ended up being resolved and afterwards got back to the cozy vibes.
As for the narration i was tempted to give her 3 stars but i dont think thatd be fair but a full 4 stars seems generous. More like 3.5. Half of her voices sound like south park characters and all younger people have this nasally annoying voice that sounds really weird. She does differentiate all the character's and does a good job on some of them but others not so much. Its not so bad as to detract from the listening experience but it was just pretty weird. All in all id definitely recommend the book to anyone who may be interested, its a very good value getting all the books in one set for one credit and as i said its a very relaxing cozy kinda series.

Wonderful story

This was one of th best audible books I have listened too! I truly enjoyed every moment of this book.

Great

I have read several books by Hamilton. They are good. She has a great ability to hook you.

GREAT story lines!

These books were entertaining and kept my interest. Well written and consistent themes! I enjoyed each character and the fact that the author bright their quirks to life! Easy and relaxing listening! TEN STARS I could!

Zion Sawyer Mystery Set

I absolutely enjoyed this whole series. It keeps your interest and it has turns in the story that makes you want to listen on for hours.