Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 316 pages
Length: 9 hours, 24 minutes.
Genre: Historical Mystery / Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Release date: April 2020
Content Rating: PG + M: Mature themes, mild swearing
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She’s on the rise to fame and fortune, but her sudden notoriety comes with some deadly consequences.
Annie Oakley thrives as a sharpshooter in the Wild West Show. Finally, she has a chance to save her family’s farm—and make her dreams come true.
But her act misfires when she discovers her Indian assistant dead in her tent. Uncovering a shocking secret from her assistant’s past, the girl with the gun believes it’s murder. Determined to find the truth, she ruffles some horse feathers, making enemies along the trail.
But, when her prized gelding is stolen, Annie realizes she might have been the target all along.
Can Little Miss Sure Shot save her equine friend and find the killer before everything she’s worked for is destroyed?
If you like a cunning mystery, a feisty heroine, and a fast-paced plot that keeps the pages turning, you’ll love this wild ride with the iconic Annie Oakley in the saddle.
Girl with a Gun is a light historical mystery. Growing up, I always had a stack of mysteries and biographies to read from our local library. This series is a fun blend of my favorite books. While the actual mystery is not difficult to solve--the setting and characters create an entertaining novel for readers. Being from Ohio, Annie Oakley was a family favorite as a little girl. The books in this series are very loosely based on Annie Oakley and the circle surrounding her--and there are times when the author modernizes the plots a bit. Readers will find a light mystery with familiar names--but shouldn't be too caught up in total historical accuracy.
The author creates a fast-paced, standalone mystery. As with Folly at the Fair, the author's writing style reminds me of Nancy Drew Mysteries--or Murder She Wrote. Everything isn't entirely believable, and the characters are superficial. However, it is still entertaining to watch the cast solve the mystery at hand and face some side stories and personal obstacles. The mystery isn't a complicated one to solve--but it is still fun to watch the story play out with Annie and the characters. This novel, and Prequel Shoot Like a Girl, begin the series--so it is an excellent place to start! While the mysteries are standalone and Bovee does fill readers in on essential details and backstories--I always prefer to begin a series at the beginning.
Would I recommend Girl with a Gun from the Annie Oakley Mysteries by Kari Bovee? I enjoyed the story and the characters. I did feel that this book was a more fictionalized account of the life of Annie Oakley and her Wild West Show cohorts than Folly at the Fair--but it is a fun trip back in time with some well know names and places. The author's writing style creates a simple, easy-to-read, and easy-to-follow storyline. For readers seeking a light, historical mystery--the series does not disappoint. I have not listened to the audiobook versions--but, would be interested to listen to them as well.
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Book Title: Shoot Like a Girl (A PreQuel Novella to Girl With A Gun) by Kari Bovee
Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 84 pages
Length: 2 hrs, 14 minutes
Genre: Historical Fiction, Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Release date: November 2019
Formats available for review: audiobook (audible download), MOBI (for kindle), EPUB, PDF)
Tour dates: Jan 10 to Feb 4, 2022
Content Rating: PG + M for mature themes and some swearing (damn, bitch)
About the Book
Young Annie Oakley never expected to be saddled with responsibility so soon. Following her father's sudden death, the spirited girl finds herself shipped to a nearby county working for a couple promising a good wage. But when she discovers they are not what they seem, Annie suddenly fears her life may be in peril.
Determined to help her mother and siblings, she endures the hardships and mistreatment from the couple. But when that cruelty is targeted at the beautiful Buckskin horse who is her only friend, Annie decides to take matters into her own hands.
Will the spunky teen return to her loved ones, or will her decision land her in jail?
Shoot like a Girl is the prequel novella to the Annie Oakley mystery series. If you like a fiercely loyal heroine who won’t be anyone’s victim, then you’ll love Kari Bovée’s thrilling story of America’s best-loved sharpshooting sensation.
Book Title: Peccadillo at the Palace (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee
Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 332 pages
Length: 9 hours, 52 minutes
Genre: Historical Mystery, Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Release date: April 2020
Formats available for review: audiobook (audible download), MOBI (for kindle), EPUB, PDF)
Tour dates: Jan 10 to Feb 4, 2022
Content Rating: PG +M for mature themes, mild swearing
She’s outgunned her opponents at every turn, but will it be enough to solve a royal case of murder? Annie Oakley can’t believe her good fortune at an imperial invitation.
Queen Victoria wants Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show to perform for her Golden Jubilee. But during the voyage to England, a royal escort is murdered and the gun-slinging star finds herself at the center of an assassination plot against the crown.
Determined to catch the killer, Annie tracks down the clues. And by the time they reach London, she thinks she’s right on course. But when her husband falls mysteriously ill, and an assassination attempt is made on the queen, the sharpshooting amateur sleuth may find herself out to sea before her ship comes in.
Can the clever markswoman solve the double-barreled mystery before it’s too late?
Peccadillo at the Palace is the second novel in the Annie Oakley Mystery Series. If you like a fast-paced mystery with unexpected plot twists that will keep you guessing until the very end, you’ll love this riveting historical mystery featuring America’s favorite sure-shot.
Book Title: Folly at the Fair (An Annie Oakley Mystery) by Kari Bovee
Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 322 pages
Length: 9 hours, 48 minutes
Genre: Historical Mystery, Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Bosque Publishing
Release date: June 2020
Formats available for review: audiobook (audible download), MOBI (for kindle), EPUB, PDF)
Tour dates: Jan 10 to Feb 4, 2022
Content Rating: PG +M for mature themes, mild swearing
She never misses a target. But unless she can solve this murder, she’ll become one…
Chicago World’s Fair, 1893. “Little Sure Shot” Annie Oakley is exhausted from her work with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. But when a fellow performer scuffles with a man who threatens her harm, she has to keep her eyes peeled. And when the heckler is found dead under the Ferris Wheel, Annie won’t rest until she proves her defender is innocent.
Before she can rustle up any clues, an old friend asks Annie to protect her young daughter. And as more bodies turn up around the grounds, she’s going to need all her sharpshooting skills just to stay alive.
Can Annie live up to her reputation and put a bullseye on the killer?
Folly at the Fair is the third book in the Annie Oakley mystery series. If you like strong heroines, Wild West adventures, and suspenseful twists and turns, then you’ll love Kari Bovée’s fast-paced whodunit.
When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined, and helping them to find order in the chaos of her
action-packed novels. Bovee writes the award-winning Annie Oakley Mystery Series and the Grace Michelle Mystery Series, and has more ideas than time for many, many more.
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ReplyDeleteGirl with a Gun, sounds like a great book as does the rest of the series! Thanks for sharing it with me! Thanks, Book Corner News and Reviews, for sharing your review! Have an awesome week!
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