Cozy on Up in NC Cardinal discussion

June's books - Title Wave by Lorna Barrett - book #10 in A Booktown Mystery series; Murder for the Halibut by Liz Lipperman - book #3 in A Jordan McAllister, or, A Clueless Cook Mystery series. These books take us into the cruise ship cozy mystery subgenre. They are available in NC Cardinal, and Title Wave is in Large Print too. Title Wave is also in Libby (https://www.overdrive.com/media/24623...), and the audiobook is in Hoopla (https://www.hoopladigital.com/audiobo...).



Amazon and Goodreads reviewers state they like the Title Wave pace, series, and plot, particularly how a new setting suddenly opened up a new list of suspects and characters to meet (but other readers find the main character Trisha tiresome or irritating). For Lipperman's title, it's another fun title especially to read when you're on a cruise yourself; but, some readers did not find it engaging, or the title character's development by this book to be disappointing.

What did you think? What did you like most and least about the book (plot, pacing, character introduction & development, balance of mystery + small town setting & life)? Was the writing good (some people have not quite found one or the other up to par)? How soon were you able to figure out who the killer or culprit was; was it too easy or too hard due to a jolting surprise turn at the end? Who was your favorite character and why? What was your favorite moment in the book? Would you read more by either of these authors?