"Don't read this cozy mystery if you're hungry because you'll just get hungrier!"
Reviewed by Sharon Salituro
Posted January 1, 2015
Mystery Cozy
Suzanne owns the Cackleberry Club along with her
two best
friends, Toni and Petra. Suzanne is also an amateur
detective. While getting her hair
done, she smells smoke and runs out to find the building
next door on fire. Not only did the place burn to the
ground, but her good friend Hannah is killed.
At first Doogie, the town sheriff feels it is just a fire
caused by neglect. Later he finds out that the fire was
set on purpose. Now the town has a murder on their hands.
As
much as Suzanne doesn't want to get involved, several of
the
town's residents want her to see what she can find out.
Kit and Rich are getting married and Doogie shows up to
arrest Rich after finding explosive caps in his trunk.
Suzanne knows that Rick had nothing to do with this. So
when Kit asks for help, she has no problem saying yes.
As Suzanne is looking into what really happened, several
other suspects come to mind.
Suzanne is doing her best to weed out several of the
suspects and she still has to keep her cafe running
smoothly.
SCORCHED EGGS is the second book by Laura Childs that I
have read in the
Cackleberry Club mystery series. I enjoyed this
book as much as
the one that I have read before this. Laura Childs does
clarify
the characters from the previous book, so there is no
guessing as to who is who. There is some humor in this
book, which helps move it along.
Laura Childs includes in the back of this book recipes on
the food that they dish up at the
Cackleberry Club. SCORCHED EGGS is a delight, and I
can't wait for
the next one in this series.
SUMMARY
In Laura Childs’s New York Times bestselling mystery
series,
Suzanne, Petra, and Toni—co-owners of the Cackleberry Club
Café—are equally good at serving up breakfast and serving
up
justice. This time they turn up the heat on a deadly
firebug… As Suzanne is getting her hair colored at Root 66, she’s
stunned to witness the County Services office next door
suddenly go up in flames. Concerned neighbors throng the
streets, and the fire department does their best.
Unfortunately, their best isn’t enough to save longtime
civil service worker—and friend to the Cackleberry
Club—Hannah Venable. Soon enough, it’s discovered that an accelerant was used
to
fan the flames. Someone set the fire on purpose—was Hannah
the intended victim? Suzanne, Petra, and Toni vow to smoke
out the culprit. Unfortunately, the list of suspects is as varied as the
Cackleberry Club’s menu. When Suzanne finds a possible
connection between the fire and the nearby Prairie Star
Casino, she comes to realize that the arsonist wanted
something very big and bad kept secret. And if the ladies
aren’t careful, they may be the ones gambling with their
lives…
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