The Legend of Sleepy Harlow (League of Literary Ladies #3) by Kylie Logan Published October 7th 2014 by Berkley
Paperback, 304 pages
Series: League of Literary Ladies
Genre: Cozy MysteryAmazon | Goodreads
Summary from Goodreads
It takes more than a lurid legend to scare off the League of Literary Ladies…
For Halloween, the Literary Ladies have chosen to read Washington Irving’s spooky classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with its infamous headless horseman. But South Bass Island has its own headless legend—of a Prohibition bootlegger named Charlie “Sleepy” Harlow. Decapitated by rival rumrunners, Harlow appears once a year in spectral form to search for his noggin.
This October, the Elkhart Ghost Getters (EGG) have returned to the island. The group claims that they have film footage of Harlow’s ghost, and are determined to get more. They’re staying at Bea Cartwright’s B and B, but it’s Kate Wilder who isn’t happy to see them after they trashed her winery last year. When the EGG leader turns up dead, Kate becomes the prime suspect, and the other League members need to scramble to crack the case.
It takes more than a lurid legend to scare off the League of Literary Ladies…
For Halloween, the Literary Ladies have chosen to read Washington Irving’s spooky classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with its infamous headless horseman. But South Bass Island has its own headless legend—of a Prohibition bootlegger named Charlie “Sleepy” Harlow. Decapitated by rival rumrunners, Harlow appears once a year in spectral form to search for his noggin.
This October, the Elkhart Ghost Getters (EGG) have returned to the island. The group claims that they have film footage of Harlow’s ghost, and are determined to get more. They’re staying at Bea Cartwright’s B and B, but it’s Kate Wilder who isn’t happy to see them after they trashed her winery last year. When the EGG leader turns up dead, Kate becomes the prime suspect, and the other League members need to scramble to crack the case.
It's almost Halloween time and the Literary Ladies of South Bass
Island, had chosen to read the spooky classic The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow. But even South Bass Island carries its own legend of a headless Prohibition bootlegger named Charley Sleepy Harlow who possibly comes out on Halloween searching for his treasure.
When EGG (Elkhart Ghost Getters) show up at Bea's B and B to film yet another episode for their show. The leader has only one mission and that's to enter Kate Wilder's winery and get another shot of the infamous Sleepy Harlow that they claim to have a shot of from last year, that made their show oh so popular. Kate won\'t have any of them crossing their property. Not after destroying some of her really expensive grapes while filming last year. Disagreement and arguments fly, tensions rise and the leader of EGG turns up dead in a casket. Now Kate is getting blamed and Bea and the other Literary Ladies will not stand by and allow for their friend to go down when they are sure that she is innocent.
Oh I thought this would be a fun Halloween read and it certainly was. It had a mystery, it had a bit of magic and I loved the tie in of the legend of Sleepy Harlow. When Bea is requested by one of her dear friends to read her book before she gets it published and a cat pees all over her copy, Bea is on the mission to recreate her friend's book. So while trying to figure out who actually killed the leader of EGG, Bea is also snooping around town trying to dig up the history of Sleepy Harlow and someone is trying to get in her way. I loved following the story line and learning more about Sleepy, I found that a really nice side addition to the story that tied and made it that much more interesting. Thought I did not understand how Bea could actually recreate her friends book. If she was rewriting the entire thing, doesn
But the mystery was fun, even if I had it figured half way, everything else made this quiet a delightful read. From the wonderful storytelling by Logan, to the interesting plot and great characters!
't it then really become her own book? Since most of it is not actually her friends words?
When EGG (Elkhart Ghost Getters) show up at Bea's B and B to film yet another episode for their show. The leader has only one mission and that's to enter Kate Wilder's winery and get another shot of the infamous Sleepy Harlow that they claim to have a shot of from last year, that made their show oh so popular. Kate won\'t have any of them crossing their property. Not after destroying some of her really expensive grapes while filming last year. Disagreement and arguments fly, tensions rise and the leader of EGG turns up dead in a casket. Now Kate is getting blamed and Bea and the other Literary Ladies will not stand by and allow for their friend to go down when they are sure that she is innocent.
Oh I thought this would be a fun Halloween read and it certainly was. It had a mystery, it had a bit of magic and I loved the tie in of the legend of Sleepy Harlow. When Bea is requested by one of her dear friends to read her book before she gets it published and a cat pees all over her copy, Bea is on the mission to recreate her friend's book. So while trying to figure out who actually killed the leader of EGG, Bea is also snooping around town trying to dig up the history of Sleepy Harlow and someone is trying to get in her way. I loved following the story line and learning more about Sleepy, I found that a really nice side addition to the story that tied and made it that much more interesting. Thought I did not understand how Bea could actually recreate her friends book. If she was rewriting the entire thing, doesn
But the mystery was fun, even if I had it figured half way, everything else made this quiet a delightful read. From the wonderful storytelling by Logan, to the interesting plot and great characters!
't it then really become her own book? Since most of it is not actually her friends words?
Charlie Sleepy Harlow? Ha! I love it. This sounds like a fun read.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like such a cute, season-themed read--glad you enjoyed it, Lily! :)
ReplyDeleteOh this looks like a fun cozy! I haven't heard of it and you are right, it is perfect for this time of year.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like this was fun besides the secondary story of a cat peeing on someone's story. Seems a little far fetched she'd need to recreate the story especially since most people write on computers. Wouldn't there be a backup copy? Nice to hear you enjoyed the mystery. Great review, Lily. :)
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds like a fun read. Did Sleepy Harlow show up??
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like the perfect book for this period. I didn't know about this one but it sounds really fun!
ReplyDeleteLOL cute cover.
ReplyDeleteI don't read this genre, but the cat would totally push me into buying this one if I did. :P So cute!
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This sounds cute and I love the cover!
ReplyDeleteThis just sounds really cute and fun! Glad you enjoyed it. The other reviews you have posted I'm currently reading so I'll have to come back and read those. :) Thanks for stopping by!
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