Review: Axing at the Antique Store by Beth Dolgner

Axing at the Antique Store (Nightmare, Arizona #7)
written by Beth Dolgner
narrated by Petrea Burchard

My Rating: 4 stars

Genre: Cozy Mystery
Age Category: Adult
Type of romance: m/f

Blurb:
Ghosts, gossip, and grim omens in Nightmare, Arizona

It’s never good when a banshee senses a death on the horizon. When that death coincides with the arrival of a frightening new supernatural creature in Nightmare, Arizona, everyone at Nightmare Sanctuary Haunted House is on high alert.

Olivia Kendrick and her friends just wanted to go shopping at the local antique store. Instead, they wind up embroiled in a murder investigation that hints at some sinister dealings in the old mining town. It seems like everyone had a reason to want the owner of the antique store dead.

While Olivia tracks down clues with the help of her growing conjuring skills, she also makes an important discovery about Damien Shackleford’s supernatural abilities. Will Olivia’s boss be able to use his powers to find his missing father, Baxter?

Before he can do that, though, Damien will have to keep Olivia safe when she becomes the target for a vengeful suspect…

Axing at the Antique Store is book seven in the Nightmare, Arizona paranormal cozy mystery series. This lighthearted series is about starting over, found family, and solving murders in a quirky old mining town with a secret supernatural community.

My Review

I received a free audio copy from Tantor Audio and voluntarily reviewed it. All opinions are my own.

Axing at the Antique Store is the seventh book in this series and I am having so much fun listening to this series. Each book has it’s own mystery and there is an overarching mystery as well as character related plot lines that progress throughout the series. The characters are fun to read about and are interesting and likable. I like the found family theme and the narrator is great.

In this book Olivia has another mystery on her hands. When Fiona gets a flash that someone is going to die they’re on all high alert and then they find the owner of the antique store murdered. Olivia is on the case and trying to figure things out with help of her paranormal powers. This mystery had plenty of possible suspects and I wasn’t quite sure who had done. I liked the reveal and wrap up and the way it made sense.

On top of the murder mystery this book has some interesting developments in the search for Baxter. Someone connected with the supernatural black market is visiting, but they’re not sure if he’s to be trusted, especially when there is a connection with the murdered antique store owner. Toward the end they find a big clue about Baxter and I am excited to see how this will get resolved.

Character wise this was a good one too. I love the found family theme and reading about Olivia and all the many interesting characters she interacts with. All of them get their chance to shine and have scenes they play a role in. There’s a character related plot line that progressed which was fun to finally see happen. And there was some new information and background about some characters which was interesting as well. I always enjoy visiting Nightmare again and spending time with these characters.

I really enjoy listening to these and they are great in audio with the narrator doing the different voices well.

To summarize: This was another fun read in this series. There’s another mystery as well as the overarching mystery and character related plot lines progressing. There is plenty about the supernatural and more information about some characters and supernatural beings coming to light. The mystery kept me guessing and I liked how it was resolved. It’s always fun to return to nightmare and spend time with Olivia and all the various characters she interacts with it. I look forward to the next book!

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