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gave thisbecause the mystery was actually pretty good, If I had to rate it based on the main character, I would give it a Negativebecause I disliked her that much.
That woman screamed, yelled, berated, flew of the handle, at people for literally breathing next to her, She threw better tantrums than ayear old, She threw tantrums when people offered to HELP her Make that make sense ughhhhh I never knew chickens could be so interesting! Throw in a murder and a women starting a new life with a hint of romance and you have the recipe for a good read.


I recieved a free copy of this book for an honest review,

You won't want to fly the coop on this book! Hillary Avis brings yet another wonderful mystery into our homes,

When Leona Davis buys and moves into the Old Chapman Farm, she had no idea of the dirt she'd be digging up in her home town of Honeytree, Oregon, when she plans to build her own chicken coop.


Leona knew that moving back to town would stir up some old memories, but she's ready to put them in their place if those memories try to give her whatfor especially if one of those old memories happens to be a now hunkier exboyfriend from high school turned Sheriff that wants to make sure she's safe after she digs up part of a skeleton.


Of course she won't take any guff from any masagionistic male, especially after dealing with her exhusband's shenanigans,

This story is plucky and a bit clucky, What with all the chickens, . . It has the potential to turn into a wonderful series with humor and a bit of amature detecting, I look forward to seeing where this clucky heroine goes in the future, Premisa típica de Misterio cozy, o acogedor, nuestra protagonista vuelve al pueblo en el que se crió y del que huyó en cuanto tuvo edad para ello.
Divorciada, en torno a los sesenta y pocos si no me equivoco y un "pelín" despechada, Además, tiene su toque de Romántica aunque no sé cómo se irá desarrollando a lo largo de la serie,
Tiene la típica ambientación de pueblo pequeño rural, la cual cada día me gusta más porque es donde vivo ahora, en un pueblo perdido de la mano de las diosas
Y, mi criptonita, porque vivo obsesionada con tener gallinas, o mejor dicho: fascinada.

Nuestra protagonista, Leona, vuelve a su pueblo natal para montar una granja de gallinas, Me muero.



Si no le han caído más estrellas es porque me ha parecido un poco flojo en ciertos aspectos.
Por ejemplo, los protagonistas tienen las evidencias de quién es el asesino en las narices y no se enteran, Parecen demasiado ingenuos. Sobre todo, Leona. Por cierto, hablando de personajes, tanto Leona como su ex el poli del título me han parecido personajes interesantes, Más o menos complejos y me han caído bien, Él, Eli, me parece que promete
Ya veremos cómo se desarrolla en futuros libros,

He escuchado el audiolibro, la narradora me ha encantado, Le va genial

a la historia y al personaje,
Y me estoy pensando comprar la edición en papel, por mi obsesión con las gallinas
Si me gusta el siguiente libro, lo haré.


Newly divorced and relocated back to her hometown, Leona Davis is making a new start for herself on her newly purchased farm.
When she discovers a skeleton while digging a trench and marking the border points for her new chicken coop, Leona pushes to discover the identity of both the slain and the murderer in order to get her plans for her dream chicken farm back on track.

Ms. Avis creates a solid cast of quirky and fun core characters that are a good foundation for a great series, Main character Leona is believable and relatable as a woman trying to find a new path for herself postdivorce, The line of independent and brave occasionally blurs with brash and impulsive as one might expect of someone redefining herself and navigating new boundaries after freeing herself from a confining relationship.
Ms. Avis writing is solid, engaging and includes a good amount of humor,
Solid first book in this new series, I look forward to seeing how Ms, Avis develops and strengthens Leona into confident, savvy, and smart sleuthand including just the right amount of creative eggsellent clucking chicken puns,
I absolutely loved reading this plucky, clucky, cozy mystery, This story has more puns than you can shake a rubber chicken at, The book was extremely well rounded, the cluck in cheek humor was a bonus, On a more serious note, this book has a lot of different characters, At no time during my reading, did I ever get confused, which is not always the case, I look forward to reading future books in this series,

I was sent an advanced reader copy at my request, for an unbiased review, which I did gladly, I truly enjoyed the book, First in the new CLUCKS AND CLUES COZY MYSTERY Series, A COP AND A COOP seesyearold Leona Davis returning to her hometown, tiny Honeytree, Oregon, afteryears of Beverly Hills marriage.
Leona purchases an apple orchard and plans to raise chickens for egg sales, Very feisty and independent, she refuses male help and instead digs her own coop foundation, never expecting to uncover buried bones,


I love a mystery with convolutions and this Cozy definitely delivers! First book in the Clucks and Clues series, This is set in Honeytree, Oregon with Leona Davis as the main character, She can't wait to start work on building a chicken coop now that she's back home, The sheriff in town, Eli Ramirez, happens to be an old high school boyfriend, After digging for quite a while, she manages to dig up a couple of boots along with lots of trash, Upon closer inspection, the boots appear to have bones inside them, Looks like her plans for the chicken coop are going to have to wait when homicide takes precedence,

Great change from regular cozies since this one has a farm setting, The mystery hooked me in from the beginning, I loved the fact that Leona is in her midfifties with hot flashes and not a spring chicken pun intended, There's plenty of humor in this book along with a great smalltown cast of characters, I laughed all through the book, The crazy rooster, hens and baby chicks will steal your heart, I just bought book two because I loved this one and gotta read more, This gets a definite recommend for cozy mystery readers, You gotta try this series for yourself! Quirky and fun small town crime mystery, Leona returns home after a divorce and wants her independence, Shes a determined older heroine whos decided to start a chicken farm, Before she can finish her coop she finds a dead body, Will admit it took me a bit to warm up to, but I did and I plan to read the next book in the series too.
Adored her chickens, including Dr Speckles, Boots, Phyllis, Cher, the Magdas, and Alarm Clock,

Leona moved back to her home town from the city life, She bought a old farm there, She wanted to raise chickens, She was digging in the backyard and come across a pair of boots with bones in them, Human bones. Well that put the crimps to building her chicken coop for awhile, They dug up more of her yard looking for more bones, Eli the local cop was Leona's old school boyfriend from way back when she was younger, So of course she had to find out more about this buried boots and bones, She wanted to build her chicken coops ASAP, Eli said stay out of it, But she didnt. She'd speed down the road and so he pulled her over, She yelled just give me a ticket okay, But on the ticket all he wrote was his phone number, LOL. She was a determined lady who wanted to do everything herself with no help from anyone, But now they were searching for a murderer of the man who owned those buried boots,
The writing is excellent, the story line compelling for the most part, Lots of jumping to conclusions here at one point the main characters were racing down so many rabbit trails in their suspicions about whodunit that I did get tired of their muddle.


I really didn't like Leona's character, If there's a female equivalent of a misogynist, she's it, Having been betrayed by her exhusband she despises men in general and resents being told anything by a man, Whatever a man says or even suggests, she does the opposite, regardless of common sense, If the sheriff tells her to stay back, she barges right in, But his character seems so weak he needs and accepts this help,

I kept on reading because I wanted to find out who really did do it though I guessed the guilty party a lot sooner than Leona, who discovered the body while digging on her property.


All through the story she hops back and forth suspecting everybody she knows, The town sheriff, Eli, comes across as having no clue Leona has to suggest suspects, His main role in the story seems to be minding Leona, which makes him appear clingy, No matter how often she rebuffs, snarls at and insults him, he pops up regularly, hoping she'll accept his offer to help her on the farm and hinting at the romance they once had.


However, if you like the Agatha Raisin type, truculently independent, with a hyper imagination, who's not afraid to tackle anything or confront anyone, and is kind to lame chicks, you may enjoy this story.
And Leona's abrasive nature may soften if she relaxes in her new role and locale as the series progresses, This is a wonderfully smart and sassy tale, Leona Davis has returned to her roots in Honeytree, Oregon following a nasty divorce and is trying to establish her new farm raising chickens to sell eggs.
Within hours of her beginning preparations for an extra large chicken coop, she unearths an old boot, . . filled with human bones. Unfortunately for Leona, her old boyfriend, Eli Ramirez, is now a Captain in the sheriffs department and a constant presence since her return.
Leona turns to him for advice regarding her discovery and Eli calls in the officials, Instantly, all progress on a chicken coop is halted, the rest of the corpse is unearthed,baby chicks are delivered, along with a handful of random unwanted chickens from locals, and Honeytree is deeply immersed in gossip and conjecture as to the identity of the dead guy and a possible murderer.
And dont assume anyones memory or conjectures are even close to a solution!

Hillary Avis has created a fabulous leading lady in Leona Davis and a great cast of characters in the charming community of Honeytree.
I look forward to reading the continuing series, Cluck and Clues Cozy Mysteries, Its a motherclucking murder!
When Leona Davis hatches a plan to return to her beloved hometown of Honeytree, Oregon, she hopes to build the egg farm of her dreams and leave behind the marriage of her nightmares.

But the yolks on her when she breaks ground on her chicken palace and unearths a skeleton in her front yard, Its clearly fowl play. The bones may be decades old, but theres no statute of limitations on murder,
With a county forensics team roosting on her lawn and a flock of town gossips poking their beaks where they dont belong, Leonas welllaid farming plans may be nothing more than a wing and a prayer.

Her spicy high school ex, Sheriff Eli Ramirez, assures Leona hell crack the case, but hes not exactly a hardboiled detective, Her best hope to get back to a life with more hens and less mens Scramble to uncover her small towns buried secrets before everythings totally plucked.

A Cop and a Coop is the first book in the clever, irreverent Clucks and Clues Cozy Mysteries series that will keep you chuckling and guessing until the end.


This was a very delightful read that had me laughing out loud in parts,
The plot and story line is so engaging from the start,
Lots of twists and turns that keep you guessing til the end,
The characters are so well fleshed out and enjoyable to read about,
Really enjoyed reading.
Recommend reading highly.

I read a complimentary advance copy of the book this is my voluntary and honest review,
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