Beyond a Reasonable Stout by Ellie Alexander

This is the second book by Ellie Alexander I've read (the first being A Cup of Holiday Frar.) And I have enjoyed them both immensely.

Alexander has a gift for creating likable, sympathetic protags. I approve.

Sloan I a brewery who is in the process of separating from her husband. She lives in Leavenworth (not the prison! When I first moved to Snohomish I was so confused!) And a fanatical teetotaler (Kristopher) wants to make the village dry. And what's a Bavarian village without beer??

Then the man is murdered and the main suspect is A LOT.

This woman wears a freaking dirndl and speaks in a fake German accent. Like I said! But Sloan tries to find out whodunit at April's request.

The b plot is Sloan's tragic backstory which is really well done. Her parents ditched her as a small child so her social worker tried to look for more info and the files vanished!

Very mysterious.

I thought this book was a great mystery.

Netgalley and the publisher sent me this one in exchange for my opinions.