Hop, Skip and Die
(2025)(The fourth book in the Blues and Brews Mysteries series)
A novel by Emily Brewster
When a tour guide's murder exposes a century-old family conspiracy, former lawyer Mackenzie O'Brien must confront her grandfather's darkest secrets before more people die.
Mac thought her biggest challenge would be managing the harvest festival tourism boom at her Emerald Isle Brewery. Instead, charismatic tour guide Vanessa Kingsley turns up dead in a competitor's fermentation tank, and Mac discovers that someone has been systematically exploiting local families' histories for profit.
Armed with her legal expertise and brewing partner Travis Blake's technical knowledge, Mac uncovers a blackmail operation targeting generations of family secrets. But when the investigation reveals that her own grandfather collaborated with federal agents during Prohibition—leading to property seizures that destroyed Irish families—Mac realizes the killer may have committed murder to protect her reputation.
In small-town Hopefield, North Carolina, heritage tourism meets deadly exploitation, where family loyalty can justify murder.
With the help of Police Chief Alexa Carlsbad, Mac must expose a conspiracy that spans four generations while confronting uncomfortable truths about her family's past. But when the killer has spent months planning the perfect crime and eliminating all evidence, solving this murder might cost Mac everything she's built in Hopefield.
For fans of cozy mysteries with family secrets and small-town complexity—think Louise Penny meets Rhys Bowen, with craft brewing knowledge and heritage preservation at stake.
The fourth book in the Brews & Blues Mystery series featuring Mac O'Brien and the Emerald Isle Brewery.
Genre: Mystery
Mac thought her biggest challenge would be managing the harvest festival tourism boom at her Emerald Isle Brewery. Instead, charismatic tour guide Vanessa Kingsley turns up dead in a competitor's fermentation tank, and Mac discovers that someone has been systematically exploiting local families' histories for profit.
Armed with her legal expertise and brewing partner Travis Blake's technical knowledge, Mac uncovers a blackmail operation targeting generations of family secrets. But when the investigation reveals that her own grandfather collaborated with federal agents during Prohibition—leading to property seizures that destroyed Irish families—Mac realizes the killer may have committed murder to protect her reputation.
In small-town Hopefield, North Carolina, heritage tourism meets deadly exploitation, where family loyalty can justify murder.
With the help of Police Chief Alexa Carlsbad, Mac must expose a conspiracy that spans four generations while confronting uncomfortable truths about her family's past. But when the killer has spent months planning the perfect crime and eliminating all evidence, solving this murder might cost Mac everything she's built in Hopefield.
For fans of cozy mysteries with family secrets and small-town complexity—think Louise Penny meets Rhys Bowen, with craft brewing knowledge and heritage preservation at stake.
The fourth book in the Brews & Blues Mystery series featuring Mac O'Brien and the Emerald Isle Brewery.
Genre: Mystery
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