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Landscape Planning

Judith Adam

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This book takes the guesswork out of planning any landscaping project. Landscaping a property can...

Primo Levi's Resistance

Sergio Luzzatto

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No other Auschwitz survivor has been as literarily powerful and historically influential as Primo...

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez and Gregory Rabassa

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Equally tragic, joyful and comical, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece of magical realism, One...

Real Fast Puddings

Nigel Slater

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Discover the delicious yet speedy desserts in Nigel Slater's classic Real Fast Puddings. An...

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Jan 15, 2021

Murderous Contest

It’s autumn, which means that tourist season is winding down in Ashland, Oregon. Fortunately, The Pastry Channel has come to town to film the newest season of Take the Cake. They’ve asked Jules Capshaw to use Torte’s kitchen as a location some of the contestants use to prepare their pastries. Then they ask Jules to be a last-minute contestant. She’s thrilled until she finds Chef Marco, one of the other contestants, dead before the first day of filming. Since she is part of the show, she can’t help but learn things about her fellow contestants. Can she figure out which one is a killer?

It’s been too long since I read the first book in the series, but I was quickly back in Jules’s world with this fun second in the series. The pacing was a bit off at times, but overall there is an enjoyable mystery with plenty of secrets for Jules to uncover. The suspects are good and do their part to keep us guessing. Jules has some personal stuff she is trying to work through, and I enjoyed seeing the growth in her here. This book really made me want to visit Ashland at some point in the future. We get seven recipes at the end for a wide variety of things. It’s easy to see why this series is so popular. I need to pick up the next soon.