DEATH BY CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHEESECAKE By: Sarah Graves
A Death by Chocolate Mystery
Kensington
February 2018
On Sale: January 30, 2018
Featuring: Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree; Matt Muldoon
240 pages ISBN: 1496711289 EAN: 9781496711281 Kindle: B072812S81 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Life just got a little sweeter in the island fishing village of Eastport, Maine. Jacobia βJakeβ Tiptree and her best friend Ellie are opening a waterfront bake shop, The Chocolate Moose, where their tasty treats pair perfectly with the salty ocean breeze. But while Jake has moved on from fixing up houses, she still canβt resist the urge to snoop into the occasional murder.
Jake and Ellie have been through a lot together, from home repair to homicide investigation. So when they decide to open a chocolate-themed bakery, they figure itβll be a piece of cake. With Ellieβs old family recipes luring in customers, they expect to make plenty of dough this Fourth of July weekend. Having family home for the holiday only sweetens the deal for Jakeβuntil the ill wind of an early- season hurricane blows up her plans. When the storm hits, Jakeβs grown son Sam is stranded in a Boston bus station, and her husband Wade is stuck on a cargo ship. But as bitter as the storm is, something even more sinister is brewing in the kitchen of The Chocolate Mooseβwhere health inspector Matt Muldoon is found murdered.
Ellie never made a secret of her distaste for Matt, who had been raining on their parade with bogus talk of health code violations. Now, with no alibi for the night of the murder, sheβs in a sticky situation with the policeβand itβs up to Jake to catch the real killer and keep Ellie living in the land of the free.