Review: She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke

She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke

Blurb from Goodreads:

With a colorful cast of characters and a cellar full of wine, anything can happen―from murder to a second chance at love―in Jenny Elder Moke's half mystery, half romance adult debut set at a lavish destination wedding.

A high-end wedding on a private island off the coast of Seattle sounds like something out of a magazine. But for bestselling mystery author Kate Valentine, it’s more like a nightmare.

Why Kate agreed to attend her ex-fiancé’s wedding is its own enigma, but she’ll plaster on a fake smile for two nights, with the aid of free champagne, naturally. And because the groom happens to be her editor, she’ll try to finish a draft of her latest Loretta Starling mystery as a wedding gift. But when the bride is poisoned and Kate stumbles across a dead body, she finds herself in a real-life mystery that eerily echoes the plot of her latest novel. And the only person who seems willing to help Kate catch the killer is Jake Hawkins, aka: the Hotstralian; aka: Kate’s biggest romantic regret.

As the wine flows and the weather threatens to hold every guest hostage, bitter resentments and long-held grudges surface amongst the colorful crowd. Anyone could be capable of murder, it seems. What would Loretta do? Unfortunately, Kate doesn’t have a clue.

 

This was a little silly and more romantic than I anticipated but mixing fake dating with a cozy mystery?  Count me in! The setting was good but there were parts of a book within a book that didn't always work for me.  Still, love a good cozy mystery and the characters were great.  Give this a try!

She Doesn't Have a Clue comes out next week on January 21, 2025 and you can purchase HERE.  

"For the record, the only reason I didn't kiss you last night was because you were clearly drunk, clearly upset, and clearly still hung up on your ex. Who you were just embracing in the dark, I'd like to point out again." 

"Well, joke's on you, because you already kissed me," Kate said, crossing her arms. "At the rehearsal dinner." 

"I didn't kiss you," Jake said. He'd dropped his voice low, the vibration of it changing her heartbeat. "You kissed me. And you were doing it for him. When I kiss you, it will be for you and me. Nobody else. And you'll be stone-cold sober."