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Up In Smoke (Hart of the Smokies Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Chanacee Ruth-Killgore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 60 ratings
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Abigail Hart is once again between jobs. She’s also still between boyfriends, which means it’s time for her semi-annual change of scenery. A new job in a new town is Abby’s favorite tactic for finding a fresh path. But when she learns that the uncle who raised her has been found dead, the result of a suspicious fire, Abby’s next path leads home.Abby returns to the small town of Unahu, Tennessee, nestled in the heart of the Smoky Mountains, to bury her uncle and sift through the ashes for answers. Things heat up quickly when she finds herself caught between a deadly firebug and the romantic advances of not one, but two handsome friends from her youth. After another body turns up, though, all of Abby’s longtime friendships and loyalties are called into question as it becomes clear she's next on the killer’s list.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01FG8TSP8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peiridae Press, LLC; 1st edition (May 24, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 24, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 913 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 273 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 60 ratings

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Chanacee Ruth-Killgore

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Chanacee Ruth-Killgore is a wife, writer and pup-wrangler. She lives in East Tennessee with her husband, Michael, and their two wild pups, Wrigley and Arkkis Pond. Her short stories and poetry have appeared in numerous journals including Poetry Quarterly, The Abstract Elephant Magazine, Haiku Journal, Dual Coast Magazine, Every Day Fiction and Jitter Press. You can follow her on Facebook @ withpaperwings or visit her website www.withpaperwings.com.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
60 global ratings

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Rebecca Wolfgang
5.0 out of 5 stars SUCH a good read!
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2016
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First off I love mysteries, but can usually predict the outcomes... I love how this one has twists and turns and is a great story!! I felt excitement, sadness, and fear right with the main character and that is what I look for in a book! I finished the book not wanting it to be over, and hoping there will be more to come!!!
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T. Kennedy
5.0 out of 5 stars Smooth read with subtle twists
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2017
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A masterful work or mystery and humor mixed throughout the story. There is a good feel for the key players in the mixed up world that came crashing down around Abby.
Can't wait for the next!
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Ryan J Slattery
4.0 out of 5 stars Up In Smoke - Reviewed by Ryan J Slattery
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2016
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Ruth-Killgore’s cozy whodunit takes aim in small-town America where everyone knows everyone’s secrets, until the death of the community-beloved owner of the camp-grounds is discovered to have been a murder.

Abigail Hart returns to bury her Uncle only to find that things are not as they seem. She’s aided by many friends, but not everyone has her best interests at heart.

What worked:
The small-town atmosphere was inhalably realized. The town had its quirky personalities, history, and a great deal of funny stories shared between the characters.

Abigail (Abby) as a protagonist was relatable and easy to get behind.

The prose was smooth and had a great balance between description and narrative. Never once did I get tripped up reading the book.

Important in any whodunit is the list of suspects. Early on in the book, I thought I had pegged the correct killer. I was both pleased and displeased to have gotten it wrong in the end.

What I would’ve liked more:
The pacing felt staggered to me at times. That said, at about the halfway mark, things moved at an energetic and enjoyable pace.

Abby as a protagonist was easy to relate to, but ended up being a little generic. I would’ve liked to see her conflicting with more of the characters in the story to draw out her defined edges a little more.

The list of suspects in whodunits usually stand out clearly since it is usually shown that many different people all had motive (and opportunity) for the crime. This book didn’t follow that genre cliché (whether intentionally or not on the author’s part, I’m not sure) and it left me guessing not only whodunit, but whydunit. Perhaps that was intentional, but it left me feeling a little too much in the dark. Perhaps re-reading the book will prove this point moot, but I can only go with what I’ve done so far.

Final Analysis:
A fun, cozy murder mystery. Well-written with a few pacing hiccups. A whodunit that does set up some good red-herrings (which actually got me), and an unconventional twist on the genre formula (I’ll let you decide how you like that).

4/5 Stars – Recommended for fans of the Genre and non-Genre readers to whom the setting/style appeals.
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Deepow
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2017
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Loved this book. I read it in one sitting. It kept me interested until the very end. It was so very good. Thank you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Up in smoke
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2016
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Up in smoke has been such a reading pleasure! I'd recommend this book for all ages and know that romance, mystery and suspense readers will enjoy it as much as I did! Wonderful
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Jeannie Ruth
5.0 out of 5 stars A really good cozy mystery
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2016
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A really good cozy mystery. I loved not being able to figure out who did it. I like a mystery that is not predictable. Well done.
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Mamaduke 60
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2018
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Great read. Couldn't put it down!
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Beckett Shiona
4.0 out of 5 stars I would remove a star to a half-star, because....
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2018
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First, a well-plotted book with excellent, three-dimensional characters and a believable mystery; a lot of detail on the small town where the events take place. Some romance, but not so much that it intrudes upon the story--none of the "tight buttocks, heaving chests" nonsense that infests so many mysteries written for women. Those are the high points, and good reasons to read and enjoy the book. Now, the low points... I nearly didn't select the book at all due to the cutesy, middle-school art class cover art, which does no favors to the seriousness of the mystery. The book is not precisely badly written, but comma splices abound, and incomplete sentences are scattered throughout. There are some carelessly misspelled and/or misused words; i.e., the British spelling for "balk" is used multiple times, but the setting (Cherokee National Forest) is hardly in the U.K., and the author does not seem to be of British extraction according to her bio. The word "wreaks" is used when the intent within the sentence was "reeks". The main character puts on her favorite dress...after (spoiler alert!) everything she owned was lost in a fire. Careless errors such as these are the reason I would really award only 3 1/2 stars, if that could be done on Amazon reviews.
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Ian Smith
3.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of surprises
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2022
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I thought this was a perfectly reasonable mystery story, with a likeable lead character and a decent "supporting cast". It mildly annoyed in places, especially where the lead character saw something relevant to the story but the reader wasn't "shown" it.
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