Friday, October 18, 2019

PROCESS OF ILLUMINATION by Jessa Archer


Title:  PROCESS OF ILLUMINATION

Series:  Hand Lettering #4

Author:  Jessa Archer

Publisher:  Archer Mysteries

Publish Date:   09.23.2019

Category /Genre:  Cozy Mystery

Recommended for:  14+ due to murder

Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused

Received from:  Jessa Archer

Goodreads link: Process of Illumination

Date completed: 10.09.2019



Description from the publisher:

Fall in Cedar Valley is hand letterer Jamie Lang's favorite time of year—the fall farmers' market, the glass pumpkin show, and the annual Zombie 5K Fun Run, zombie costume contest, and zombie dummy competition.  This year Jamie and her friends are determined to win the competition for best zombie dummy.  Their stuffed zombie bride looks like she has a good shot at winning, too…  Until someone swaps the dummy for a real dead body.

Jamie would rather leave solving the murder to her handsome friend and chief of police, Ridge Calhoun.  But Ridge is short staffed and people are soon telling her gossip and secrets they would never share with Ridge.  Each sordid new revelation points to a different suspect.  Now it's up to Jamie to untangle this web of deceit before Cedar Valley's trio of zombie events are DOA.

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PROCESS OF ILLUMINATION is the fifth book in the Hand Lettering Mystery series.  Each will stand on its own, but I would strongly suggest reading them in the order of release.



A Halloween cozy mystery that was perfectly executed…. Errr…. Maybe I shouldn’t say ‘executed’ when speaking about a murder mystery… yikes!  I loved the twisted fun of zombie decorations, treats, and competitions.



Though this is all about the cozy mystery, there is also a bit of romance in the air.  Jamie has two intriguing men to keep her smiling.  Both are worth her time, effort, and ice cream.



I liked how the “Illumination” bit was worked into the story and explained.  There were even some examples!



This is my favorite of Ms. Archer’s series and I will continue to pick them up as quickly as she puts them out.



Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.



Hand Lettering Mystery series:


1.      Who Shot the Serif?

2.      In the Nib of Time

3.      Kerning to Crime

4.      Process of Illumination

5.      Script of All Dignity

Also from Jessa Archer:

Canterbury Golf Club Mysteries:



2.      A Murder at the Devil’s Ball

3.      A Death in the Hazard

4.      A Major Murder

Coastal Playhouse Mysteries:


1.      Curtains for Romeo

2.      Arsenic and Olé

3.      Offed Off-Broadway

Hidden Harbor Tea Shop Series:

1.      Tea is for Trouble

2.      Death before Decaf

Legal Beagle Mysteries:

Hound on the Sound

1.      Scales of Justice

2.      Treble with the Law

3.      Lawyer of Note

Thistlewood Star Cozy Mysteries:

Baskerville for the Bear

1.      A Murder in Helvetica Bold

2.      Palatino for the Painter

3.      A Séance in Franklin Gothic

Tink Tank Knitting Mysteries:

1.      Wrap and Turn

2.      Slip, Slip, Slay


















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