Murder, Moon Pies & Mobile Homes: A Sunset Palms Trailer Park Mystery (Sunset Palms Trailer Park Mysteries Book 1)

Murder, Moon Pies & Mobile Homes (Sunset Palms Trailer Park Book 1)

~Benny Bumster

Welcome to Sunset Palms Trailer Park - Florida’s quirkiest retirement community where gossip flows faster than sweet tea and reality tends to get a little blurred. Into this colorful chaos moves Cassie Rae Cooper and her loyal (and slightly nosy) dachshund, Sugar. Inheriting her Aunt Jolene’s Lot 12 - and the rundown trailer that comes with it - Cassie Rae has no choice but to settle in and make the best of her new home.

Life at the park is anything but quiet. The annual Chili Cook-Off is the highlight of the season, and the competition is fierce. Marlene’s Legally Delicious Hot, Hot, Hot, Tony DeLuca’s Numbers Don’t Lie, and Beulah Mae’s Famous Flame-Kissed Chili are just a few of the contenders vying for bragging rights. But before the judges can crown a winner, the festivities come to a screeching halt - because a body drops face first into chili.

Now it’s up to Cassie Rae and Sugar to sniff out the truth. With nosy neighbors, porch sitters, and meddlers at every turn, the park is full of suspects and secrets. Luckily, Cassie Rae’s sharp intuition - and the reluctant help of Duke Lawson, the gruff Marine-turned-handyman who’s clearly soft on her - make for a sleuthing duo that’s hard to beat. The real question: can they solve the case before someone else gets burned?

Benny Bumster has created a vividly quirky cast of characters who bring Sunset Palms to life, from the yard flamingos and barbecue potlucks to the community rec hall buzzing with bingo and gossip. The short, snappy chapters keep the pace brisk, pulling readers right into the middle of the fun (and the chaos).

Murder, Moon Pies & Mobile Homes is a charming start to the Sunset Palms Trailer Park series - part cozy mystery, part small-town romp, and all heart. If you’re looking for a quick, lighthearted whodunit with plenty of laughs, Cassie Rae and the Sunset Palms crew are well worth a visit.

 

I would like to thank Benny Bumster and Sigil Mark for the opportunity to Alpha/Beta/ARC Murder, Moon Pies & Mobile Homes. As always, all opinions are of my own volition. I have not been promised any compensation, present or future, by the author or publisher for a fair and honest review.

Sunset Palms Trailer Park is full of sass, secrets, and just the right amount of danger. Between nosy neighbors, a chili cook-off gone wrong, and a dachshund with more personality than most humans, Cassie Rae’s new life is equal parts hilarious and suspenseful. Quirky, twisty, and fun—this is small-town Florida drama at its finest!