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Murder Has a Sweet Tooth

Murder Has a Sweet Tooth, December 2009
Cooking Class #5
by Miranda Bliss

Berkley Prime Crime
Featuring: Annie Capshaw
256 pages
ISBN: 0425231607
EAN: 9780425231609
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"A well-written whodunit with believable, entertaining characters - and recipes!"

Fresh Fiction Review

Murder Has a Sweet Tooth
Miranda Bliss

Reviewed by Paula Myers
Posted December 16, 2009

Mystery Culinary | Mystery Amateur Sleuth

Annie Capshaw's life is just about perfect. She's set to marry Jim MacDonald, owner of the pub where Annie is business manager, and her best friend Eve is knee deep in Annie's wedding plans. This gives Annie something to occupy her time while Jim's cousin redecorates his house to make it more to Annie's tastes. Yes, things couldn't be better, until Jim's cousin, Alex, is arrested for the murder of a local woman. Alex has no memory of events after he left the bar, but he does admit to a relationship with the murdered woman. Knowing Annie's reputation as a sometimes-amateur- detective, Alex asks Annie to investigate. More than willing to help her soon-to-be cousin, Annie insinuates herself into the woman's inner circle. In a world of Stepford-like families, Annie is sure things cannot be as perfect as the little neighborhood leads her to believe. When a second woman is murdered, it's up to Annie to discover who is killing these seemingly perfect women before Annie becomes a victim herself. MURDER HAS A SWEET TOOTH by Miranda Bliss is a well- written whodunit, the latest in the Cooking Class Mystery series. The characters are well-rounded and the interactions between them are entertaining and believable. This is the first in this series I've read, so I feel like I've missed some backstory, but knowing the past history of the characters isn't necessary to enjoy this current story. The mystery is cleverly plotted and the reader is treated to both a surprise plot twist and a happy ending for Annie. I look forward to going back and catching up on earlier stories in the series, and am hopeful that another will soon follow, though the ending did make me wonder if Annie was going to settle into domestic bliss and give up her career as an amateur detective.

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SUMMARY

Annie Capshaw has found that the way to a man's heart is through his cooking class. But just as she and her best friend, Eve, are planning Annie's big day with Jim, her former cooking instructor turned boss, murder takes the cake. Make that the wedding cake...


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