The Cozy Mystery Book Club

And Then There Were Crumbs

Join the The Cozy Mystery Book Club as they discuss And Then There Were Crumbs by Eve Calder. So much coziness!

 

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She’s a talented pastry chef―with a secret recipe for solving crimes…

WELCOME TO THE COOKIE HOUSE
Kate McGuire’s life was sweet in Manhattan before she lost her restaurant job and fiancé both. But sometimes that’s just the way the cookie crumbles, and soon she finds herself starting from scratch in the island town of Coral Cay, Florida. It has everything she’s looking for: sunny beaches, friendly locals, and a Help Wanted sign in the bakery shop window. Once she convinces the shop’s crusty owner Sam Hepplewhite to hire her, Kate can’t tie on her apron fast enough. Little does she know that trouble, like warm dough, is on the rise. . .

WHERE CRIMINALS GET THEIR JUST DESSERTS
Stewart Lord is a real estate developer with a taste for a different type of dough: the green kind. He knows that he could make a killing by purchasing the Cookie House from Sam, who flat-out refuses to sell. But when Stewart turns up the heat on Sam―then turns up dead after eating a fresh batch of Sam’s cinnamon rolls―all eyes focus on the town’s beloved bakery. When the police arrest Sam for murder, Kate must somehow prove that her curmudgeonly boss is innocent. Enlisting the help of a team of lovable locals, Kate sets out to catch the real culprit with his hand in the cookie jar…before someone else gets burned...

 

GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41150295 

The Original YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3sxNhujvkc 

Death Bee Comes Her

Join Angela, Ben, and the rest of the cozy crew for The Cozy Mystery Book Club's discussion of Death Bee Comes Her by Nancy Coco. 

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A BALMY WAY TO GO

With her Let It Bee honey boutique buzzing along nicely, life is as sweet as nectar for Wren Johnson—until she takes a morning walk along the Pacific beach with her Havana Brown cat, Everett, and stumbles upon the body of Agnes Snow, the cranky queen of the local craft fairs, stiff as driftwood. More unfortunate? Clutched in the victim’s fist is a label from Wren’s homemade beeswax-and-honey lip balm. Which makes Officer Jim Hampton focus his dreamy-blue Paul Newman eyes on Wren as suspect number one.

With fabulous feline support from Everett, Wren must comb the town for clues and clear her name before someone else gets stung.

GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48613754 

You Can Watch the Original Livestream Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K01jkVveDPk 

Cake and Punishment

Join The Cozy Mystery Book Club and discuss all things cozy with your fellow sleuthers, Angela Maria Hart and Angela Cox!

Cake and Punishment (A Southern Cake Baker Mystery 1) by Maymee Bell

In the first of a delectable new Southern-set baking cozy series, a pastry chef must craft the perfect cake for an old friend’s wedding while sifting through the suspects in a murder

Bucolic Rumford, Kentucky has glowing fields of bluegrass, a fine selection of bourbons, and now a professional pastry chef. Broken-hearted Sophia Cummings has come home from New York City. She’s not there a minute before she’s charmed into making her high school friend Charlotte’s wedding cake. The kitchen at the Rumford Country Club seems perfect until Chef Emile’s body is discovered, sprawled near the stove, a cast iron skillet on the floor close by.

With one look at the shiny, new frying pan, Sophia knows it’s not Emile’s. She offers her knowledge to Sheriff Carter and her talents to Evelyn, the manager, who needs an interim chef. The mood in the country club is grim: Emile’s peppery personality had burned members and staff alike. Sophia wonders which one of them burned him?

GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36698245 

YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgCyDX9s7X4&t=4077s 

Crime & Punctuation

Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club! Enjoy the livestream discussion of Crime & Punctuation by Kaitlyn Dunnett, hosted by Angela Maria Hart and special guest, Bree Hill. 

 

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After splurging to buy her childhood home in the Catskills, recently widowed Mikki Lincoln emerges from retirement as a freelance editor. With her ability to spot details that others fail to see, it's not long before Mikki earns clients--and realizes that the village of Lenape Hollow isn't the thriving tourist destination it was decades ago. Not with a murderer on the loose . . .

When perky novice writer Tiffany Scott knocks at her door holding a towering manuscript, Mikki expects another debut novel plagued by typos and sloppy prose. Instead, she finds a murder mystery ripped from the headlines of Lenape Hollow's not-too-distant past. The opening scene is a graphic page-turner, but it sends a real chill down Mikki's spine after the young author turns up dead just like the victim in her story . . .

Mikki refuses to believe that Tiffany's death was accidental, and suspicions of foul play solidify as she uncovers a strange inconsistency in the manuscript and a possible motive in the notes. Then there's Tiffany's grandmother and husband, who aren't exactly on friendly terms over the local area's planned rejuvenation efforts . . .

Unable to convince police that they are focused on the wrong suspect, Mikki must rely on her keen eyes to catch the truth hidden in Lenape Hollow. As she gets closer to cracking the case, only one person takes Mikki's investigation seriously--the cunning killer who will do anything to make this chapter of her life come to a very abrupt ending . . .

YouTube Livestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2buNj6WlYs&t=4s

One Poison Pie

Angela Maria Hart and Colleen (aka I Like Old Books) discuss One Poison Pie with The Cozy Mystery Book Club family. Listen and enjoy this cozy episode.

 

One Poison Pie (Kitchen Witch Mysteries 1) by Lynn Cahoon

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 In the first in New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon’s Kitchen Witch series, Mia Malone is starting over in Magic Springs, Idaho—where murder is on the menu . . . What’s a kitchen witch to do when her almost-fiancé leaves her suddenly single and unemployed? For Mia Malone, the answer’s simple: move to her grandmother’s quirky Idaho hometown, where magic is an open secret and witches and warlocks are (mostly) welcome. With a new gourmet dinner delivery business—and a touch of magic in her recipes—Mia’s hopes are high. Even when her ex’s little sister, Christina, arrives looking for a place to stay, Mia takes it in stride. But her first catering job takes a distasteful turn when her client’s body is found, stabbed and stuffed under the head table. Mia’s shocked to learn that she’s a suspect—and even more so when she realizes she’s next on a killer’s list. With Christina, along with Mia’s meddling grandma, in the mix, she’ll have to find out which of the town’s eccentric residents has an appetite for murder…before this fresh start comes to a sticky end. . . .

Class Reunions Are Murder

Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club. Myself, (Angela Maria Hart here!) and Jeanne Epstein will be chatting with our family of sleuthers about Libby Klein's Class Reunions Are Murder.

 

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ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤 ℝ𝕖𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕄𝕦𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣 (𝔸 ℙ𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝕄𝕔𝔸𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕄𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪 #𝟙) 𝕓𝕪 𝕃𝕚𝕓𝕓𝕪 𝕂𝕝𝕖𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕝𝕖-𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕦𝕟𝕜, ℙ𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕖-𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕤. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖'𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕙 𝕤𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕪-𝕗𝕚𝕧𝕖-𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟--𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕓𝕚𝕫𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕓𝕚𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕥𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝. 𝔸𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 ℙ𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕪'𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥 . . . 𝕌𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔 𝔸𝕦𝕟𝕥 𝔾𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕪, ℙ𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝕧𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 ℂ𝕒𝕡𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕩 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕥. 𝕋𝕠𝕠 𝕓𝕒𝕕 𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕓𝕚𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 ℙ𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕪'𝕤 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣. 𝕊𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣, 𝕚𝕥'𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 ℙ𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕘𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕟-𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕥, 𝕔𝕒𝕟 ℙ𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕧𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕄𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕃𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝔻𝕚𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕦𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕣?