This is the third book in the Sunshine Vicram series which should be read in order and not stand alone. it begins with a plot in book one which is gradually revealed through the following books. What doesn't change is the witty sarcasm that makes Sunshine Vicram a likeable protagonist. She is a single mother to teenage daughter, Auri, who returns home to Del Sol, New Mexico to act as sheriff. She discovers that her parents had somehow rigged an election for her to become the new sheriff. It's a small town with many well-meaning characters who make you laugh with their attempts to help.

At this point, Sunshine has resolved the issue of her abduction when she was 17 years-old. She is also trying to keep track of her inquisitive and crime solving daughter, Auri, who seems to find trouble while investigating some missing girls in town. Sunshine discovered that Levi Ravinder, her first love, wasn't as involved with his family's shady distillery business as once thought. Sunshine can't help but feel the attraction she once had for him all those years ago. Her parents help out with keeping an eye on Auri as plays amateur detective and possibly finding a crush of her own. Good friend Quincy Cooper, the deputy sheriff, is always available to provide support as well. Aside from the case of the missing girls, they have to investigate the town flasher who is found with knitting needles in this neck.

This is addition does not disappoint with the mystery, wit and humor. A fun cozy mystery series.

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A Hard Day for a Hangover
Sunshine Vicram, Book 3

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Media Type: Audiobook
Source: CC Public Library
Dates Read: 2/13/24 - 2/15/24
Stars: 5

Everything I want to gush about is a major spoiler. I’ll just say if you were into the first two books you will not be disappointed by this last installment. Actually, you might be disappointed that it is the last installment, I know I am. Ms Jones has built something pretty special in Del Sol. ( )

This is a bittersweet read, bitter as it's the conclusion to the Sunshine Vicram trilogy and sweet because it's Sunshine Vicram. Sunshine and her irascible daughter are working to identify a victim dumped off the side of a mountain. The only difference is, Aurora is doing it on the sly, without her mother's knowledge and most definitely, without her approval. In the meantime, Sunshine is trying to track down Levi before his uncle tries to kill him. All in all, a pretty standard week in Del Sol, and a fun read!

Thanks to St. Martin's Press for access to a digital ARC on NetGalley. ( )

I am so sad that this is the last book! It was such a great read and series! Funny, suspenseful, and so much LOVE! I WANT more Levi, Sunshine, and Auri. Auri has such a great heart and she's headstrong and so freaking smart! I want to see more of Aurora Dawn Vicram with her dad Levi Ravinder. I wish Levi talked more sometimes but maybe we can get a book from his POV *praying hands*. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram is amazing, Caring, and hilarious. Del Sol has one hell of a Family on their hands and I HOPE *crosses fingers* that there will be some type of Spin-off cause I want more *Ugly Cry* ( )

A Hard Day For A Hangover

A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones is the third book in the series that began with A bad Day For Sunshine. Things remain very unsettled as Sunshine Vicram has told Levi Ravinder that he is a father and the man up and disappeared. The fact that he took her deputy’s patrol car, said Deputy is Quincy Copper who also happens to be her best friend, is another issue that could cost the new sheriff of Del Sol New Mexico her job. If that is not enough, Sunshine and Quincy are looking at some sort of assault as the book starts.

Doug Pettyfer apparently flashed the wrong person as he has a knitting needle firmly implanted in his neck while he sits in the local medical center. He claims a gang attacked him, but considering Del Sol is a small tourist town in the middle of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, gangs aren’t an issue. Doug keeps talking and with every statement it is clear he is lying about what he was doing, where he was at, and how he got impaled.

Sheriff Sunshine Vicram and her team do not have time for Doug’s nonsense. They have two missing people to find.

One is Levi and it has been two days since he stole (or borrowed in Sunshine’s mind) the cruiser. After all, the car was quickly recovered, so it was just temporally borrowed.

Clay Ravinder needs to be found and put into protective custody before Levi finds him and settles some things. The reason Levi is looking for him is complicated and ties into the previous books of the series and therefore is a spoiler.

All that and a couple of other things are already going on when Deputy Salazer informs her that they may have a body out at Copper Canyon. Drew Essary was out hunting and spotted it through binoculars. The body is on an incline deep in the canyon. He was going to try and reach it, but doing so will cut him off from cell service. Salazer is headed out to cordon off the area and Vicram and Cooper will respond with their rappelling gear.

It isn’t long before they receive word that dead body is not dead. The person is a badly injured female in her late teens or early twenties. Rescuing her and then finding out what happened to her drives the novel forward alongside several complicated secondary story lines that have been playing out this entire series.

A book and a series that is very good and well worth your time. Because A Hard Day For A Hangover by Darynda Jones resolves several things that have been going on in various secondary storylines, it is best to read in order, starting with the first book. You will be glad you did.

My reading copy came courtesy of an ARC through NetGalley.

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