The Moonshine Shack Murder is the first book from Southern Homebrew Mystery and also the first Diane Kelly's book that I'd read. I buy the book because the cover is charming and actually the story also have its charm as well although some of its weakness were apparent. While Moonshine Shack cross all the cozy mysteries trope, the book also manage to subvert some trope such as the detective that handle the case is a Africa-American woman in her fifty-ish. The love interest is part of law enforcement too though, although he's an officer and apparently his great grandfather was a sherrif that caught the heroine's great grandfather who was a bootlegger.

The mystery is pretty solid and actually our heroine Hattie Hayes is not bad herself. She seems positive without too much sunshine (aka grating my nerves) and kinda business savvy. Although, if I read some of the reviews, I agree that Hattie's decision to share free jar and jug of moonshine in her opening party to local business owner kinda hard to believe although I think Hattie did it because of "to make money, you must spent money in order to do a marketing". But when Hattie didn't installed a camera system for her store, I just kinda face palm. Like, girl, why no security camera? I think maybe because of plot, because with the lack of camera system in the outside of store, Hattie can't caught the murderer that kill the Limerick's owner, a local bar and therefore Hattie was suspected. 

Anyway, I still enjoy reading this book and also enjoy the relationship between Hattie and her love interest, Marlon Landers. Some of the reviewers state that the way Marlon called Hattie as "little filly" is cringey. I don't get it after I google it and then I was like "ahh, I understand, lol". Yep, it can be a little cringey though, lel. There also some of sexist remark toward Hattie although Hattie try her best to face it. Some of the story can be too mundane to read but overall the mystery still enjoyable and I'm looking forward to see Hattie's moonshine business to shine through.