Loco Motive: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery    by Mary Daheim Order:  USA  Can William Morrow, 2010 (2010) Hardcover, e-Book Read an Excerpt     Reviewed by Mary Ann Smyth The cleverly designed cover of this newest novel by Mary Daheim will entice cozy fans to pick up Loco Motive, the latest in her Bed-and-Breakfast mystery series. Open the first page and you're in for a fun ride with delightful characters (and there are many of them). So be sure to keep track of the good guys as well as the villains - it's often hard to tell which is which. Wee Willie Weevil, a daring and fearless actor and stuntman, injures himself when he jumps off the roof of the Hillside Manor B&B. Afterwards Judith McMonigal Flynn escapes her B&B to travel with her cousin Renie to Boston on a cross-country train trip on the Empire Builder. Familiar people (like Wee Willie) keep popping up on this train and strange happenings occur (including a disappearance, murder and mayhem). Judith has had experience in the realm of crime solving and feels this time she must put her little grey cells to work. Renie and she have a great relationship. Insults as well as compliments are part of their makeups. So they work as a team to unveil a nefarious scheme to make a dead man appear alive. Loco Motive is fun and Daheim gets better, if that's possible, with each new book. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Mystery books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews