Single Malt Murder (Whisky Business Mystery #1)

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Abigail Logan never expected to inherit a whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands But in the first novel of an engaging new series blending fine spirits with chilling mystery, Abi finds that there are secrets lurking in the misty glens that some will go to any lengths to protecteven murder When Abi inherits her uncle s quaint and storied single malt distillery, she finds herself immersed in a competitive high stakes business that elicits deep passions and prejudices An award winning photojournalist, Abi has no trouble capturing the perfect shot but making the perfect shot is another matter When she starts to receive disturbing, anonymous threats, it s clear that someone wants her out of the picture But Abi s never been one to back down from a fight Arriving on the scene with her whisky loving best friend, Patrick, and an oversized wheaten terrier named Liam, Abi seems to put everyone in the bucolic village on edge especially her dour but disturbingly attractive head distiller Acts of sabotage and increasingly personal threats against Abi make it clear that she is not welcome When one of Abi s new employees is found floating facedown in a vat of whisky, Abi is determined to use her skills as an investigative journalist to identify the cold blooded killer and dispense a dram of justice before he strikes again But distilling truth from lies is tricky, especially when everyone seems to have something to hide.Melinda Mullet s delightful Whisky Business mysteries can be read together or separately Enjoy responsibly SINGLE MALT MURDER DEATH DISTILLED New Read Books Single Malt Murder (Whisky Business Mystery #1) By Melinda Mullet – kino-fada.fr 4 stars to Melinda Mullet s Single Malt Murder A Whisky Business Mystery, the first book in the new Whisky Business cozy mystery series I stumbled across this book on NetGalley as a pre release opportunity to read and review I m so glad I did It was a fantastic new cozy with all the Scottish charm you d come to expect and now I may need to take up whisky drinking eventhan the Jack Daniels I already enjoy too frequently Story Abi Logan s a semi famous photographer in London, who 4 stars to Melinda Mullet s Single Malt Murder A Whisky Business Mystery, the first book in the new Whisky Business cozy mystery series I stumbled across this book on NetGalley as a pre release opportunity to read and review I m so glad I did It was a fantastic new cozy with all the Scottish charm you d come to expect and now I may need to take up whisky drinking eventhan the Jack Daniels I already enjoy too frequently Story Abi Logan s a semi famous photographer in London, whose parents passed away in a car accident when she was 8 years old Her father s brother, Uncle Ben, raised her in his flat until she joined a newspaper and traveled the world for a story He retired to a small town in Scotland where he purchased a single malt whisky distillery and made a core group of new friends and family When he passes away from ca...When Abigail Logan s Uncle Ben passed from cancer, she was devastated He d been her surrogate dad since her parents had been killed in a car accident when she was a child his death was a dreadful loss But the shock she received when she inherited Abbey Glen, a single malt whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands had her wondering what on earth she would do Abi knew absolutely nothing about whisky and the making of it she decided to take a couple of weeks off work to sort through the est When Abigail Logan s Uncle Ben passed from cancer, she was devastated He d been her surrogate dad since her parents had been killed in a car accident when she was a child his death was a dreadful loss But the shock she received when she inherited Abbey Glen, a single malt whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands had her wondering what on earth she would do Abi knew absolutely nothing about whisky and the making of it she decided to take a couple of weeks off work to sort through the estate and work out what to do.But when Abi started to receive nasty threats she was a little disturbed what was it all about Why was she being targeted And when she decided to investigate, as well as honour her Uncle Ben s name and love for Abbey Glen, the threats became much worse Did someone want her out to the way With best friend Patrick and her loveable dog Liam by her side, Abi dug her heels...A good start to an interesting series For me, it was in the vein of a cozy but much grittier Maybe due to the theme I m not well versed on the subject of whiskey so I guess I learned a few things along the way It was a solid mystery and the characters wer...That was quick and an excellent audio performance by Gemma Dawson Let s start where all good mysteries should start with a good dram For those familiar with this series, you ll know that Abigail Logan is very good at impressions 3 carefully chosen adjectives that when read together like the interpretable notes of a Tarot card quickly pinpoint her findings So, I give you my 3 favorite impressions of this book 1 in the Whiskey Business Mysteries 1 I triple heart loved the concise no That was quick and an excellent audio performance by Gemma Dawson Let s start where all good mysteries should start with a good dram For those familiar with this series, you ll know that Abigail Logan is very good at impressions 3 carefully chosen adjectives that when read together like the interpretable notes of a Tarot card quickly pinpoint her findings So, I give you my 3 favorite impressions of this book 1 in the Whiskey Business Mysteries 1 I triple heart loved the concise notes on the distilling of a single malt whiskey Never ever will I ever again buy a single malt ...Absolutely delicious I m speaking of the book, not the booze I enjoyed every word of this one from beginning to end And speaking of words, I must point out that you ll find no e in whisky here the Scots, I ve learned, spell it whisky while the Irish and as far as I can tell, we Americans prefer whiskey It was the title, in fact, that prompted my initial interest our son was a devotee of single malt Scotch He shared a number of varieties with my husband and I, although to be hone Absolutely delicious I m speaking of the book, not the booze I enjoyed every word of this one from beginning to end And speaking of words, I must point out that you ll find no e in whisky here the Scots, I ve learned, spell it whisky while the Irish and as far as I can tell, we Americans prefer whiskey It was the title, in fact, that prompted my initial interest our son was a devotee of single malt Scotch He shared a number of varieties with my husband and I, although to be honest, thosestrongly permeated with peat one of the distinguishing characteristics to me tasted rather like drinking a pile of watered down dirt Still, because of his enthusiasm, the topic was intriguing, and now I m delighted to say the book tasted far better than that earthy Scotch The...Photojournalist Abigail Logan is devastated when her uncle Ben dies He s the only family she had left Now she discovers her uncle left her his whisky distillery She knows nothing about the whisky business, but she realizes she better learn quickly Along with her best friend, Patrick, and her faithful dog Liam, they head to the Scottish Highlands to check things out.Abigail finds herself faced with the task of selling the distillery and there are quite a few buyers in the running It s not lo Photojournalist Abigail Logan is devastated when her uncle Ben dies He s the only family she had left Now she discovers her uncle left her his whisky distillery She knows nothing about the whisky business, but she realizes she better learn quickly Along with her best friend, Patrick, and her faithful dog Liam, they head to the Scottish Highlands to check things out.Abigail finds herself faced with the task of selling the distillery and there are quite a few buyers in the running It s not long before she finds herself the victim o...When Abigail Logan s Uncle Ben dies and leaves her a whiskey distillery, the world traveled photographer is at a lost in what to do with a whiskey distillery With her best friend and whiskey expert Patrick and her wheaten terrier Liam in tow She goes to see what her Uncle Ben s life was like in the small Scottish Highlands village and this old distillery Even before she can set eyes on the place, she starts getting odd and strange threats Thinking it was just a bit of misogyny on a woman r When Abigail Logan s Uncle Ben dies and leaves her a whiskey distillery, the world traveled photographer is at a lost in what to do with a whiskey distillery With her best friend and whiskey expert Patrick and her wheaten terrier Liam in tow She goes to see what her Uncle Ben s life was like in the small Scottish Highlands village and this old distillery Even before she can set eyes on the place, she starts getting odd and strange threats Thinking it was just a bit of misogyny on a woman running a whiskey distillery, that thought is blow outta the water when a dead body of an employee is found dead in one of the vat Now Abi is trying to find out who is trying to close down the distillery and untangle everyone s hidden motives. Finding a new cozy mystery s...It s OK like a hundred other books are OK.Books like this one will either fly or crash on how the setting is handled Unfortunately this book was an opportunity missed, the mystery wasn t good enough to fly on its own but it cou...Dollycas s ThoughtsThis series is off to a spectacular start Photojournalist Abi Logan lost her parents early in her life in an auto accident She was then raised by her Uncle Ben She has been traveling around the world to some pretty dangerous places while Uncle Ben retired to Scotland and opened a single malt distillery Sadly Ben passes away and leaves his business to Abi She and her friend Patrick, a wine and whiskey aficionado, travel to Scotland along with Liam, Ami s Wheaten Terrier to Dollycas s ThoughtsThis series is off to a spectacular start Photojournalist Abi Logan lost her parents early in her life in an auto accident She was then raised by her Uncle Ben She has been traveling around the world to some pretty dangerous places while Uncle Ben retired to Scotland and opened a single malt distillery Sadly Ben passes away and leaves his business to Abi She and her friend Patrick, a wine and whiskey aficionado, travel to Scotland along with Liam, Ami s Wheaten Terrier to look the place over and decide its future No one seems happy to have Abi around They expect her to sell t...A well crafted mystery with good character development for the first in a new series.Review of SINGLE MALT MURDER by Melinda MulletI totally loved this engaging, intriguing, and delightful debut mystery, first in a series I read it in one sitting because I couldn t turn away from it Some years ago I read a Deborah Crombie mystery whose setting included a woman s inheritance of a Scottish distillery NOW MAY YOU WEEP , so when I found SINGLE MALT MURDER available for review, I leaped to it.Abi Abigail Logan is a photojournalist of war and misery, documenting the evils humans Review of SINGLE MALT MURDER by Melinda MulletI totally loved this engaging, intriguing, and delightful debut mystery, first in a series I read it in one sitting because I couldn t turn away from it Some years ago I read a Deborah Crombie mystery whose setting included a woman s inheritance of a Scottish distillery NOW MAY YOU WEEP , so when I found SINGLE MALT MURDER available for review, I leaped to it.Abi Abigail Logan is a photojournalist of war and misery, documenting the evils humans do to each other Based in London, she is also an orphan at a young age, raised by Uncle Ben, a well to do financial analyst who fifteen years ago purchased a whiskey distillery in Scotland Ben s demise from cancer leaves Abi his heir, and before she can even travel to Scotland, she is besieged by thre...Award winning photojournalist Abigail Logan is grieving the death of her uncle Ben, who raised her after the death of her parents in an auto accident Fifteen years prior to his death from cancer Ben sold up his London holdings and purchased a small whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands Abby is now the owner of the distillery but has no plans to continue She loves her globe trotting career and has no intention of taking up distilling single malt and settling down in a small village But Award winning photojournalist Abigail Logan is grieving the death of her uncle Ben, who raised her after the death of her parents in an auto accident Fifteen years prior to his death from cancer Ben sold up his London holdings and purchased a small whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands Abby is now the owner of the distillery but has no plans to continue She loves her globe trotting career and has no intention of taking up distilling single malt and settling down in a small village But Ben made a success of the distillery and she wants to make sure that any buyer will preserve his vision for the business Abi takes her wheaten terrier, Liam, for a stay at Abbey Glen in order to sort things out The village and the distillery staff are far from welcoming and a series of petty vandalisms culminate in murder and fire at Abbey Glen Distillery Someone wants Abi gone, but who is it, the various prospec...Abi Logan inherits her uncle s small distillery in Scotland The distillery has a very good reputation for producing quality single malt whisky I thought it was interesting about the difference between single malt and whisky blends The information about whisky production was one of the most interesting parts of the book for me Abi is a world famous journalist and photographer She travels to Abbey Glen to look over the business Her initial plan seems to be to sell the business and go back to Abi Logan inherits her uncle s small distillery in Scotland The distillery has a very good reputation for producing quality single malt whisky I thought it was interesting about the difference between single malt and whisky blends The information about whisky production was one of the most interesting parts of the book for me Abi is a world famous journalist and photographer She travels to Abbey Glen to look over the business Her in...

Single Malt Murder (Whisky Business Mystery #1)
  • English
  • 26 May 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 278 pages
  • Melinda Mullet
  • Single Malt Murder (Whisky Business Mystery #1)