MURDER AT THE BEACON BAKESHOP BY DARCI HANNAH

10/1/2021

I’m so excited about this brand-new culinary cozy mystery series. These are my favorites within the genre, and I have a feeling that this is going to be a series in my top favorite reads for the foreseeable future!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: February 23, 2021
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Series: Beacon Bakeshop mystery series #1
Pages: 354 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: Purchased.

After catching her celebrity chef fiancé sizzling in the arms of another woman, Lindsey Bakewell left big city Wall Street for small town Beacon Harbor, Michigan to pursue her own passion as a pastry baker—and gets mixed up in someone’s sweet taste of revenge . . .

More interested in kneading dough than adding it up, Lindsey’s breakup inspired her to set up the shop she always wanted in a place that always made her happy. She’d spent many childhood summers near this beach community and converting the old run-down lighthouse into a bakery café and home offers a perfect fresh start for Lindsey and her devoted Newfoundland dog, Wellington.

But not everyone in town has a sweet tooth. The preservation society won’t have the lighthouse’s history sugar coated by lattes and cakes—and a protest group crashes Lindsey’s Memorial Day opening. Then her ex-fiancé Jeffrey Plank and his girlfriend Mia Long arrive to trash the place. In the ensuing chaos Mia chokes on a donut and dies.

An autopsy reveals cyanide in Mia’s bloodstream and Lindsey is the police’s prime suspect. To clear her name, she’s going to need to combine ingredients found in the town’s checkered past to uncover the identity of a desperate killer . . .

Includes Delicious Recipes!

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𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧: I’m so excited about this brand-new culinary cozy mystery series. These are my favorites within the genre, and I have a feeling that this is going to be a series in my top favorite reads for the foreseeable future!

Before I get into my review, I want to say that I purchased this book at a local B&N and it’s missing about 30 pages (a fairly large chunk of a mystery if you as me). For some reason it seems the publisher accidentally replaced these pages with ones from a completely different book. Now I won’t let this ruin my rating because I was able to purchase a kindle copy for only $0.99 but I implore those who have had the same issue to either purchase the eBook on sale or go back to the store you got it and see if you can get another copy. It sure is frustrating!

With that out of the way I have to say that I absolutely ADORED this book! I was a little disappointed to find out who the killer was though as it was someone I can to LIKE in the story but it certainly surprised me! A lot of cozies are a little too easy to figure out but this one truly stumped me. Not only that, the friendship, the community, and the delectable desserts made this book a huge winner for me. The author even adds some of the more popular recipes at the back of the book. I know I’ll be trying out a few in the near future.

If you enjoy culinary cozy mysteries then I highly recommend reading this one! I can’t wait to grab the next one when it comes out at the end of September.

𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙:
• Cozy Mysteries
• Culinary cozies and shop owners
• Authors like Joanne Fluke, Eve Calder, and Maddie Day

𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5)