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Kickbacks, Kayaks, and Kidnapping

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(A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series Book 12)

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDE

USA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.

Welcome to Normal, Kentucky where NOTHING is normal.

Deep in the heart of the Daniel Boone National Forest, Mae West has spent the last few years bringing the rundown Happy Trails Campground and the small southern and cozy town of Normal, Kentucky back to a thriving economic community.

Mae’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. Not only is Happy Trails Campground in the running to be named Campground Hospitality of the Daniel Boone National Park, but she landed the coveted Paddle Fest kayak competition that secures the winner a spot on the Olympic team.

When champion and Olympian kayaker Bryce Anderson turns over in his kayak dead…there’s more than paddling going on and his death has been ruled a homicide.

News of Bryce’s death spreads fast and Happy Trails becomes the center of bad publicity. Come camping with Mae West and the Laundry Club Ladies as they put their sleuthing, well nosy, caps on and put their skills to the test so they can figure out who killed the Olympian and save Happy Trails from financial ruin.

Diana L. Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars 
Funny Murder Mystery Series
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2025
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I love this series and only out of book 12. The cast of characters are hilarious and their adventures sounds fun. It all makes me want to go camping and hang out with people like these. Although I do wish that Mae would learn some self-defense and actually protect herself during her and the girls sleuthing. You’d think Hank would insist on it.

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Tents, Trails and Turmoil

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(A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series Book 11)

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDE

USA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.Welcome to Normal, Kentucky~ where nothing is normal.

Mae West knows tourism and nothing stops tourists like a dead body found in the Daniel Boone National Park.Unfortunately, Yaley Woodard, a local tour guide, is found dead at Happy Trails Campground.

Mae is determined to put her amateur sleuth skills to investigate along with the help of the Laundry Club gals. But when Yaley’s past ends up being tied to forest trails and local Joel Grassel,

Mae realizes Yaley’s death has caused much more turmoil than she’d originally thought – and the killer might want to close the tourism in the Daniel Boone National Park for good.

Jamie Gillespie
5.0 out of 5 stars 
Loved It!
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2020
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I love all of the books in the Camping and Criminal Series!! This one was no exception! Tonya Kappes writes the way she talks and I love it!! She is the BEST storyteller and her books will keep you interested from the first page! In this latest installment of the series, a young woman, Yaley, is found dead. Her body is in the trash bin at Happy Trails Campground and owner Mae West is beside herself, not only because a young woman was found dead on her property, but because the camping season is getting ready to start back up and she is worried about all her guests cancelling on her.

Mae goes back to sleuthing and trying to find out what she can to help her boyfriend Hank, the local detective , solve the case. In the meantime, she is worried about Dottie when Dottie ends up in the hospital. There are many suspects in the murder case, but the person who actually did it is someone Mae knows very well.

I highly recommend this book!

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Sunsets, Sabbatical and Scandal

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(A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series Book 10)

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDE

USA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.

Welcome to Normal, Kentucky~ where nothing is normal.

Who served up the murder at the Normal Diner? A beloved resident of Normal, Kentucky is found dead on the floor of the Normal Diner, leaving the entire town on high alert.

Faster than the short order cook can say order up… the laundry ladies are in the scene. News spreads fast about the murder and Detective Hank Sharp is hungry for answers. Mae West along with the Laundry Club ladies come up with a list of suspects and the evidence is piling up faster than a juicy double cheeseburger.

Who murdered the beloved citizen? Was it a hit to score some extra lunch money?

A. N.
5.0 out of 5 stars 
Excellent as always!
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2025
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I love this series. That didn't change with this book! I'd already read one ahead of this one, so I had some knowledge of this mystery, but not enough that it made the book any less enjoyable. I highly recommend this series to any cozy mystery lover!

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Valleys, Vehicles & Victims

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(A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series Book 9) 

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDE

USA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.

Welcome to Normal, Kentucky where nothing is normal!

The Daniel Boone National Forest is gorgeous in the fall. The leaves have painted the sides of the mountains with yellow, oranges, reds and browns you won’t see anywhere else. That’s why it’s such a popular destination for weddings! When a wedding party show up at Happy Trails Campground, Mae West is thrilled. She’s all things girly and excited to assist the bride in all things southern, which is what the bride is hankering for.

Mae recognizes the parents of the bride when they arrive. They are from her past. The past she’s been desperately trying to escape…especially since it was the time she was married to Paul West. This just isn’t any couple, it’s the owners of the famous Moonbucks Coffee Company. Determined to get the happy couple married off and on their way, hoping to see some of her past drive off forever, Mae volunteers herself and the Laundry Club ladies to become the wedding coordinators.

The wedding is set to take place in the beautiful wedding barn at the Old Train Station Motel, only Gert Hobson, the owner of Trails Coffee Shop and providing the coffee for the happy couple, has decided there’s no way she’s going to help out with Tom Moon’s daughter’s wedding since she claims how years ago Tom Moon STOLE her coffee blend recipe known today as the special Moonbucks blend. A public fight between Gert and Tom leaves Gert a prime suspect after a member of the wedding party is found dead at the wedding venue.

There might not be a happily ever after for the bride to be or Gert Hobson if Mae West and the Laundry Club ladies don’t solve the murder before the wedding party’s RV rolls out of town.

Jessica Pritt
4.0 out of 5 stars 
Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2025
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This was a great book! I enjoyed both the ebook and audio. I recommend the audio along with the book. This storyline was wonderful. I can't wait to see what happens with Hank and our main character moving forward with the series. I don't want them to break up. They are a really cute couple. The scenes were well descriptive. The characters were great. I am looking forward for more of this series.

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Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis

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For readers who crave intrigue with a taste of southern charm, discover Tonya Kappes’s ‘Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis’. Follow USA Today’s Bestselling author into the heart of Normal, Kentucky – a place where nothing is normal. Brace yourselves as you join an unlikely group of treasure hunters on a quest that intertwines humor, friendship, and a dash of murder mystery. Who knows? This book may lead you to your next adventure!

This explores Fact or Fiction❓

➡️ A quaint town named ‘Normal’ that’s anything but normal!

➡️ A 400-year-old treasure hunt that turns deadly!

➡️ A group of laundry ladies turned amateur sleuths!

All this and more in ‘Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis’ by Tonya Kappes. We dare you not to get hooked! #FactOrFiction #CozyMystery

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5.0 out of 5 stars 
Assailants,Asphalt and Alibis
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2024
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I have to say that Mae West and Agnes really had me worried this time. So much excitement with a treasure hunt going on. There is also a thief roaming around the campgrounds and dead bodies. Time for Mae and the Laundry Club Ladies to get busy. Tonya pulls you right into story as if you are right there with them. I really enjoyed this book...heck this whole series. If you haven't read the Campers and Criminals series then you really should get started on it. I gave it 5 stars.

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