Author: Elizabeth Logan
Published: November 24th 2020 by Berkley Books
Format: eBook, Paperback, 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 #2
This book would have been better served by removing the unnecessary fluff and replacing it with an engaging secondary plot. The straight line from beginning to end was tedious, and with a large cast of characters, you would think Elizabeth Logan could have come up with something else, other than her parents, that was going on in the periphery.
Still trying to get her feet underneath her as the new owner of the Bear Claw Dinner in Elkview, Alaska, Charlie Cooke wasn’t expecting a customer to fall unconscious. Now with rumors circulating that it was her food that did the poor guy in, all Charlie can think of is her mom, the woman who had started the diner but is now enjoying some time away somewhere in San Diego. Without her there, it is up to Charlie to save the reputation of her restaurant by jumping in to answer the questions surrounding the young man’s death. With Trooper Cody Graham away most of the time at a seminar, of course, the local diner owner and newspaper columnist, Christ Doucette, must save the day but first, there is a cat to entertain and a diner that seems to run on its own with a handful of trusted employees.
The one redeeming quality of this book is the hidden talents of Chris. Out of nowhere, he suddenly has the skillset of both a spy and an assassin. Hopefully, Elizabeth Logan will shift her attention in this direction and leave Charlie to her online shopping, snack packs, and jerky making.
Still trying to get her feet underneath her as the new owner of the Bear Claw Dinner in Elkview, Alaska, Charlie Cooke wasn’t expecting a customer to fall unconscious. Now with rumors circulating that it was her food that did the poor guy in, all Charlie can think of is her mom, the woman who had started the diner but is now enjoying some time away somewhere in San Diego. Without her there, it is up to Charlie to save the reputation of her restaurant by jumping in to answer the questions surrounding the young man’s death. With Trooper Cody Graham away most of the time at a seminar, of course, the local diner owner and newspaper columnist, Christ Doucette, must save the day but first, there is a cat to entertain and a diner that seems to run on its own with a handful of trusted employees.
The one redeeming quality of this book is the hidden talents of Chris. Out of nowhere, he suddenly has the skillset of both a spy and an assassin. Hopefully, Elizabeth Logan will shift her attention in this direction and leave Charlie to her online shopping, snack packs, and jerky making.
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