by Maddie Day
Part of Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, book 7
First published 2025
Mac Almeida runs a bike shop in Westham, Massachusetts, where Halloween brings new thrills to Main Street. Cape Costumers opens as an upscale costume shop, run by Shelly, who once designed costumes on Broadway. The shop stands out from typical seasonal stores with quality outfits instead of cheap plastic. But Halloween turns deadly when Shelly finds her elderly boyfriend Enzo dead under suspicious circumstances. Enzo was a retired Broadway star who had settled in the Cape Cod town. Mac has solved mysteries before, and she knows the skills stick with you like riding a bike. She rallies her book club, the Cozy Capers Book Group, to set aside their current read and focus on the case. The group must see through deceptive appearances to catch a killer who blends into the Halloween crowd. Someone in Westham hides behind a mask of normalcy while planning murder.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, adult-fiction, cozy-mystery
Vibes: community-driven, cozy, puzzle-solving, seasonal, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, community-investigation, found-family, masked-killer
Setting: Westham, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Main Street, Cape Costumers, bike shop
Period: Halloween, contemporary
338 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Kensington Cozies
Content warnings: death, murder