I just felt Mwah for most of the book.

I didn’t engage with Chloe. She took a leave from her job as a librarian to go to the memorial service of her best friend and then stayed in Florida because that friend had asked her to help his grandmother if anything should happen to him. It seems she didn’t take the promise seriously when she made it - she didn’t aks what his grandmother was like or what sort of help she would need - but she does take it seriously now, even though the grandmother seems to be quite capable to take care of herself.

But Chloe made the promise, so she is going to stick around until the grandmother needs help. OK, sure.

Then Chloe finds a body behind the dumpster behind the bar of the grandmother. It’s one of the bar’s regulars. It seems the grandmother, Vivi, is the main suspect - she’s called in for questioning a few times - and finally Chloe has her opportunity to help.

Vivi is not a particularly nice person. At least not to Chloe, she’s rather dismissive towards her. While she also could have been like: Wow, you drive all the way from Chicago to Florida to attend my grandson’s memorial service; you must have really liked him. Pull up a chair and we’ll share fond memories.

Finished it because I started it, but not excited to read the next in the series. Or any cozy for the moment. Books shouldn’t do that, turn you off the genre.