Author: Elizabeth Logan
Published: May 5th 2020 by Berkley Books
Format: eBook, 304 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Alaskan Diner Mystery #1
From the beginning, you can tell this is not a new writer, though the series is new, the writing is more polish than a first attempt. Camille Minichino, who writes under many pseudonyms, is now taking her readers to the Bear Claw Diner in Elkview, Alaska.
The plot does fall into the usual hometown girl returning to familiar places when Charlie Cooke returns to take over her mother’s diner with hopes of bringing it up to date with new ideas and recipes. This last attempt resulted in a full out fight with the head chef and when he turns up dead Charlie not only is a suspect but needs to find the true killer before she loses what her mother worked so hard to build.
The usual he/said, she/said runs rampant, the perfunctory handsome law enforcement person is prominent, and of course there is a beloved pet, this time a cat. ‘Mousse and Murder’ will be a hit or miss type of read. Some will love it, others who have been around the cozy mystery world for a while, will not find anything new in this first Alaskan Diner Mystery series.
The plot does fall into the usual hometown girl returning to familiar places when Charlie Cooke returns to take over her mother’s diner with hopes of bringing it up to date with new ideas and recipes. This last attempt resulted in a full out fight with the head chef and when he turns up dead Charlie not only is a suspect but needs to find the true killer before she loses what her mother worked so hard to build.
The usual he/said, she/said runs rampant, the perfunctory handsome law enforcement person is prominent, and of course there is a beloved pet, this time a cat. ‘Mousse and Murder’ will be a hit or miss type of read. Some will love it, others who have been around the cozy mystery world for a while, will not find anything new in this first Alaskan Diner Mystery series.
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