Olivia "Livie" Greyson owns The Gingerbread House, a
speciality cookie shop. She is aided by her best friend
Maddie. Together, Livie and Maddie design cookie-themed
parties and marketing ploys for the quaint shop. However, a
fellow shop owner is not as taken with their delicious
treats as most other locals are.
Livie wakes up one morning to find that her store's lawn has
been covered with flyers telling everyone about the dangers
of sugar. And, going further, the flyers advertise The
Vegetable Plate, the shop next door. Of course, the logical
conclusion is that Charlene Critch, the Plate's owner, is
responsible. When Livie goes next door to confront her, she
witnesses somebody running out the back door and finds that
the Plate has been ransacked.
Charlene believes that Livie actually did the damage herself
and refuses to buy the story of the mystery man. But the
mystery escalates when Livie discovers a dead body (who
greatly resembles the man she saw running out of Charlene's
store) one rainy night. While the police investigate, Livie
can't help but be a little curious herself, since she's a
bit too involved than she'd like.
First, there's the matter of the cookie cutters that have
disappeared from her store. Then there's the matter of her
own brother confessing to the murder, although she's
convinced he's only doing so to cover up for someone else
who may not even be the guilty party! There's the new guy in
town who no one really knows anything about -- not to
mention the mysterious dancing woman who may be a ghost!
Can Livie sort all of this out before her brother is falsely
convicted of a murder? Or did her brother actually do it?
And will she ever recover those vintage cookie cutters?
I really enjoyed the mystery found in A COOKIE BEFORE DYING.
There was a great combination of wit and mystery, and the
characters were a lot of fun to read. Although there were a
lot of characters, there weren't too many that it got
confusing. There were also enough clues that I kept having
that "I know this an important clue" feeling, but it was
just enough to keep me guessing without making the ending
predictable or obvious.
On a stormy night, Olivia Greyson and her Yorkie discover
the body of a man stabbed to death-which looks suspiciously
like the intruder seen fleeing the local health food store
The Vegetable Plate. Charlene Critch, owner of The Vegetable
Plate, has a grudge against Olivia's cookie cutter shop, but
could Charlene be hiding a secret serious enough to kill
for?
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