Gnome Alone: A Hilarious Holiday Cozy Mystery

Kirsten Weiss

Oct 2021 · At Wits' End Book 5 · misterio press

About this ebook

Christmas is coming… and so is murder…

It’s holiday season in small-town Doyle, and the town is pivoting from UFO tourism to Bigfoot Days. What’s the owner of a UFO-themed B&B to do? Stop the shift, of course. And control-freak Susan Witsend is just the woman to put the alien back in… Christmas?

But when Bigfoot is blamed for a mass garden gnome theft, Susan is drafted to track down the kidnapped gnomes. The holiday season hits another sour note with the murder of a member of her caroling group. Are Susan’s organization skills up to juggling missing gnomes and tracking down a killer in time to ring in the festivities?

Because as Susan and friends unwrap motives and alibis, she finds herself adding more names to the naughty list. She may have to face some hard truths about her own limits and about just how far a not-so-jolly killer will go…

Gnome Alone is book five in the laugh-out-loud Wits’ End mystery series. A fast-paced and funny mystery packed with quirky characters, pets, and murder, it’s perfect for fans of Jana DeLeon, Janet Evanovich, and Donna Andrews. Get cozy and beam up this hilarious mystery today!

Susan’s Bigfoot Investigation Protocol at the back of the book!

Ratings and reviews

Gnome Alone: A Laugh-out-loud Cozy Mystery is the 5th book in the Wits' End Cozy Mystery series by Kirsten Weiss. Susan runs a UFO-themed B&B in a town celebrating Bigfoot Days. There were a lot of businesses unhappy with the expense of the celebration. Did that lead to murder?On top of that, Bigfoot has been seen stealing garden gnomes. This was the first book I’ve read in this series. This was an ok book for me. Humor is subjective, but I didn’t find any humor in this let alone any laugh-out-loud moments. There was a lot going on with Christmas, caroling practice, missing gnomes, and murder. If you are a fan of UFOs, Bigfoot, and gnomes, this may the book for you. Check it out. I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

Disclaimer: this is the first of this series I've read, which I picked because I love gnomes This story was a perfectly fine cozy mystery with a good set of misdirects to keep your focus shifting from suspect to suspect. That said, I didn't find myself caring about any of the characters or the situations they found themselves in. This very well could have been due to joining mid-series, but some character development or social components throughout would have been welcomed. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

I work in a locale known as Murphys in the motherlode, which might just be a close kin to Doyle. Generations of my family attended one of the two nearby rival high schools, and I am reasonably convinced big foot attended classes with us - if you had ever attended a community potluck, you might well be convinced too given the number of grandma ladies who are involved with one if the local gun clubs, and the large number of other I have seen comparing key chains equipped with bear spray versus pepper spray versus other noxious substances at the local senior center and the humane society thrift store, I doubt that gnome thieves would have much success- but I could be wrong Susan seems to have found a certain niche in Doyle, embracing the other-ness of Doyle and the residents It is sad for the community, and especially disheartening for Susan to think murder, petty theft and vandalism have struck close yo home, and within her home- likely perpetrated by folks who knew her, perhaps who knew her well Mysteries, the bizarre and the soul damaging are part of holiday mayhem and some friendships for Susan, Aarsen and her caroling cohorts in the always engaging Doyle cozies I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

About the author

Amazon bestselling author Kirsten Weiss writes laugh-out-loud, page-turning mysteries. Her heroines aren’t perfect, but they’re smart, they struggle, and they succeed. Kirsten writes in a house high on a hill in the Colorado woods and occasionally ventures out for wine and chocolate. Or for a visit to the local pie shop. Kirsten is best known for her Wits’ End, Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum, and Tea & Tarot cozy mystery books. So if you like funny, action-packed mysteries with complicated heroines, just turn the page…