No Filter

Barks & Beans Cafe Cozy Mystery

By: Heather Day Gilbert

Narrated by: Brittany Goodwin

Book one in the all-new Barks & Beans cozy mystery series!

Welcome to the Barks & Beans Cafe, a quaint place where folks pet shelter dogs while enjoying a cup of java...and where murder sometimes pays a visit. Fed up with her go-nowhere job, newly single Macy Hatfield moves back to her small hometown in West Virginia. She joins forces with her brother Bo in his crazy new venture - the Barks & Beans Cafe, which caters to dog lovers and coffee drinkers alike.

When a golf instructor is murdered at the nearby spiritual center, Macy winds up adopting his Great Dane. Just after Macy finds a mysterious message sewn under the dog's collar, her Dane is dognapped. She launches into a relentless search for her newfound canine friend, but along the way, she digs up a cruel and confident killer.

Join siblings Macy and Bo Hatfield as they sniff out crimes in their hometown...with plenty of dogs along for the ride! The Barks & Beans Cafe cozy mystery series features a small town, an amateur sleuth, and no swearing or graphic scenes.

©2020 WoodHaven Press (P)2021 Heather Day Gilbert

Great story!

Excellent storyline with unexpected ending. Thankful for a clean murder mystery novel series to read.

Cute clean mystery

This was a cute book with enough plot to keep me interested The narrative was clean enough I could have shared it with my older kids

Great Story

Such a great story narrated so well. Kept me guessing all the way to the end. Can’t wait to get started on the next book.

Loved it!

No Filter utterly charmed this reader! Coffee + dogs + a cozy mystery = pure happiness in book form. Macy Hatfield joins her brother in a new business venture - Barks and Beans Cafe. One side is a coffee shop, while the other side allows guests to visit with (and possibly adopt) shelter dogs. As the owner of one shelter dog and one foundling, I adored this idea and feel it makes a delightful set-up for the series.

Macy Hatfield's character is a fun character to me. She's a little jaded and prickly, but she also has a soft heart and an inquisitive nature. Her relationship with her brother, Beau, is endearing, and I enjoyed their banter and care for one another. Little do either of them know that adopting one of the shelter dogs leads to some dangerous consequences.

Usually I can make fairly good guesses about the culprit in mystery novels, but in this case, I really didn't have any good guesses. It truly felt like it could have been several different people. I found the mystery to be superbly done. I adore the small town setting and the varying array of secondary characters - it really makes the setting pop when people and places come to life like this. I also appreciate that it's a clean story, too, with no language or suggestive scenes.

No Filter is a great start to a new series and an all-around delight to read - the perfect read for a hot summer afternoon - or really anytime you want to while away the time in a fun fictional world.

Brittany Goodwin is an excellent narrator. Being from
Tennessee, I often find southern accents overdone, but she gets it right!

Dogs? Coffee? Murder Mystery? Yes, please!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The storyline was easy follow and the narrator was pleasant to listen to. Despite being a murder mystery, it was still a relaxing, casual listen. It kept me guessing "who dunnit?". Just when you think you've figured it out, another piece of evidence brings a new suspect to light.