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Midge (525 KP) rated Batter Off Dead in Books

Dec 11, 2018 (Updated Dec 20, 2018)

Batter Off Dead

Maymee Bell | 2018 | Mystery, Thriller

9.0

(2 Ratings)

Book Rating

Thoroughly enjoyable read (3 more)

I liked the author's descriptive style

Great for foodies - you can almost smell the cakes baking while you are reading!

Good portrayal of the lead character's relationship with her best friend

Not a lot of romance (0 more)

Absolutely Delightful!

Sophia Cummings, the owner of For Goodness Cakes, is catering for a charity fundraiser at Grape Valley Winery and must make it a successful event to win more catering jobs and pay the bills. Ray Peel, the Winery's landlord, has pledged to pay off a library loan in her hometown of Rumford, however, the event turns sour and Ray is murdered before the loan and Sophia can be paid. Can she figure out who the murderer is before the bakery collapses?

I have never read any of Maymee Bell's novels before, but I thoroughly enjoyed this. I particularly liked the author's descriptive style, especially the many references to the cakes sold at the bakery which were described so well that you could almost smell them baking in the oven! The portrayal of Sophia's relationships, especially Madison, her best friend, and Bitsy, her mother were also very good, although I think that there could have been a little more spark between Sophia and Carter Kincaid, her sheriff boyfriend. You were introduced to many characters very quickly at the start of the book which was a little confusing at first, however, I like that I was kept guessing all the way through as to the identity of the murderer. The ending to the book was finished off very nicely and I will be reading more Maymee Bell novels in the future.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book, supplied by Netgalley.