A review by peggyemi
Slay in Character by Lynn Cahoon

4.0

This is one of my favorite Lynn Cahoon series. When I pick up a Cat Latimer mystery I know I am in for hours of enjoyment. Slay in Character if the 4th book in a series I hope is around for a long time. What I enjoy most is the theme. I think the writer's retreat gives Ms. Cahoon the ability to bring her readers a regular cast of characters with a rotating cast of secondary characters that can be different and diverse each time. Cat, Shauna, Seth and Uncle Pete all are at the center of another suspicious death that happens during one of Cat's writer's retreats. This time, it's a retreat for a group of romance authors who are actually a writer's group in their hometown. The guests this time were fun, mischievous and actually wanted to help Cat solve the murder of a young university student. There are plenty of twists and turns and as each new clues is uncovered I was not sure exactly who I thought was the killer or why. Toward the end of the book I started to get a strong suspicion which turned out to be correct, but it was not long before the reveal in the books so the fact that I was right for a change didn't take away from any of the enjoyment of the reveal.

This is a series that I return to over and over again because it is well written, with strong, developed characters that have real chemistry, the setting and the terrific mysteries.

I voluntarily read a digital ARC provided to me by the publisher, Kensington, through Netgalley.