Review: Much Ado about Nauticaling (Whit and Whiskers Mystery #1)

 Review: Much ADO about Nauticaling (Whit and Whiskers Mystery #1) by Gabby Allan

Whitney Dagner is your tour guide to a Pacific paradise that's to die for--only to find it's a place people are also willing to kill for--in Gabby Allan's Much Ado About Nauticaling, first in the Whit and Whiskers Mystery series.

After far too many years in the Los Angeles corporate world, Whitney Dagner has come home to Santa Catalina Island off the California coast to help her brother Nick run Nautically Yours, the family tourism business. Between gift shop shifts selling all manner of T-shirts and tchotchkes and keeping her feline Whiskers in fine fettle, she pilots the Sea Bounder, a glass bottom boat showing tourists the underwater sights of aquatic plants, marine life--and a murder victim?

The self-proclaimed Master of the Island, Jules Tisdale was a wealthy man with business interests throughout Catalina who was about to be honored as Person of the Year before someone strangled him with his own tie and tossed his body into the water. That someone appears to be Nick, who had a raw deal from Jules and no alibi the night of his murder. To clear her brother's name, Whit will have to investigate Jules' shady associates and not exactly grief-stricken family members--with the unwelcome help of Felix Ramirez, police diver and Whit's ex-boyfriend who's looking to rekindle their relationship.

-summary and cover via Goodreads

Plot: This was a really good mystery! I don't want to add too much about the plot here, for fear of spoiling something. But I will write that I did NOT guess who the culprit was (I had a suspicion, but I thought it wasn't going to be that person.), so that was nice that the author was able to surprise me!

Characters: All the characters were really entertaining! From the main character, Whitney, to her family, friends, and the other residents of the island, they were all a well written cast of people!

The Cover: It's cute and bright!

Overall: I really enjoyed this cozy mystery! I liked the characters, the plot was good, and I loved the descriptions of the location. I look forward to reading the next book in this series! Overall, this is a cozy I would definitely recommend reading!

I received an e-ARC of this book from the publisher.