Hot off the presses! Today's choice for my Better World Books August book drive is one which was just released today.
"The day Emily Hargraves disappeared after visiting my donut shop, I had no idea that it would be the beginning of a series of seemingly unrelated events that would ultimately lead to the death of one of my dearest friends." Thus started Tragic Toppings, the fifth of the Donut Shop Mystery series by Jessica Beck. And as anyone who reads a series knows, such a sentence leaves you nervous with anticipation to see which character is getting bumped off.
Suzanne Hart owns Donut Hearts, a small shop in April Springs, North Carolina. Suzanne's day (and the story) start off strange when a regular customer orders a donut and then seemingly vanishes. When she joins the search for Emily, she finds her ex-husband Max seems to be missing in action as well. It turns out that they are hanging together, but that body up in the tree is hanging all by himself.
Emily begs Suzanne to find out what led someone to kill the handyman the whole town seemed to adore. Never one to back away from a friend in need, Suzanne agrees to investigate and calls in her friends Grace and George (an ex-cop) and her boyfriend Jake (a police officer) to assist her. As they get closer to the truth, the killer zeroes in on Suzanne and her friends might not be able to save her.
Love the setting of this series as well as the characters (especially Chief Martin and Momma, who are finally going to go on a date if it kills them). And there are donut recipes in each story for you to try at home. You don't even have to get up at 1:30 in the morning to make them like Suzanne does.
All in all, a sweet series and a welcome addition for any cozy mystery lovers who love small town settings and who never met a eclair they didn't like. Read them in order (beginning with Glazed Murder) and you won't be disappointed.
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