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Model Suspect

TK Sheffield
Cozy Mystery
Making Hay Press, November 2023, 302pp ebbok
$17.95 paper
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About the Book:

A frugal fashion model hangs up her second-hand stilettos and returns to her small town to open a business—but then she's forced into the role of amateur sleuth after becoming a suspect in a murder.

Melanie Tower is done with the drama of New York City and returns to her Wisconsin hometown to open an art mall. At the start of the holiday season—her jewelers', bakers', and crafters' busiest time—a social media influencer is found dead, pinned under a vintage door. Mel immediately becomes a suspect in the holiday mystery because the victim had been recruiting her best artists to open a competing store! Mel embraces her feisty inner Midwesterner to find the "poser" while polka-ing at the Cheese Ball, judging entries in the Devil's vs. Angels Bake-off, and starring in a hilarious readers' theater at Midwinter's Night at the Library.

Model Suspect is The Devil Wears Prada meets a Wisconsin supper club. It's a Midwest whodunnit, a holiday cozy, a humorous small-town mystery served with a brandy old-fashioned sweet and a side of cheese curds.

My Review:

Sheffield’s delightful debut mystery introduces a snarky and witty former model turned accidental sleuth. Filled with every imaginable Wisconsin-ism, this fun read hits all the high points of a perfect cozy.

Small town, check; pet, check; amateur sleuth, check, offstage crime, check. Supper club, bonus, library-double bonus; every type of Wisconsin-themed fun character and lore? Triple bonus! Where else besides Cinnamon, Wisconsin, can you find a yacht club on a small lake? A rescue horse farm, a cousin Lou who supports and pushes you, the local loveable delivery guy with a secret, a construction crew that doesn’t have a three-month wait list, and a fresh twist of revolving victim/suspect keeps the reader in stitches and turning pages into the wee hours.

Nicely done. Readers of witty repartee with a side of murder mystery will love Model Suspect. First in a planned series, but stand alone, leaving you hoping for the next addition.

About the Author:

TK Sheffield writes books for readers who want to laugh and escape. She is a former public relations professional and educator who now writes mysteries, romantic comedies, children's horse stories, and screenplays from her home in rural Wisconsin.

Her debut mystery, Model Suspect, won the Southwest Writer's award for opening chapters and Honorable Mention for Excellence in Mystery in RWA's Daphne du Maurier awards. Her debut screenplay has been nominated for awards in Austin, Houston, Chicago, and Florida film festivals.

TK has degrees from UW-Madison (BA) and Mt. Mary University (MA), and is building audiences on Instagram and TT. She is a contributor to Valerie Biel's popular writing blog and a member of the events committee of Wisconsin Writers Association.

She also is a fierce advocate for older women who have had families and careers--and now seek to write their first novel. On social media, she offers book reviews, writing tips, and encourages aspiring authors.