A review by vkemp
Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes

3.0

Sheriff Kenni Lowry has an opponent for her sheriff's race, her former partner, Lonnie Lemar. When Beryle Stone, Cottonwood's most famous resident and best-selling romance author, is killed the whole town gets in on the act. Kenni's life is complicated by all the out-of-towners who have showed up for the auction of Beryle's estate, not to mention handsome Finn Vincent, her new deputy. Kenni's mother practically has the church booked for their wedding. All the henny-hens of Cottonwood have their theories about who benefits from Beryle's death, including anyone who might be mentioned in the tell-all book Beryle was supposedly writing when she died. A little too cute and cozy for my tastes, but for those who love their mysteries southern-fried, this will fill the bill.