In the 15th book in the Domestic Diva Mysteries, The Queen of Cheesecake, Bobbie Sue Bodoin, has asked event planner and advice columnist Sophie Winston to plan her Midsummer Night dinner to coincide with Old Townβs Shakespeare festivities and fireworks.Β The dinner goes off without a hitch, but it also goes off without Bobbie Sueβs husband.Β Bobbie Sue is not very happy with Tate, and he will have to answer for his absence, but itβs not to be as a killer has silenced the restauranter for good in THE DIVA SAYS CHEESECAKE.
Tate never gets to explain his absence at the party because Bobbie Sue and Sophie find him dead the next day in a pile of champagne and glass shards in the basement of Blackwellβs Tavern. Β At first, it looks like an accident, but Bobbie Sue knows something is wrong with the scene in the basement.Β Bobbie Sue thinks Tate was murdered and she wants Sophie to investigate.Β Soon after, Sophieβs friend, Bernie, is arrested for Tateβs murder after blood evidence is found on his car.Β Bernie manages a competing restaurant called The Laughing Hound.Β Did Bernie kill Tate to eliminate the competition?Β Sophie doesnβt think so and she starts investigating with her BFF Nina.Β Soon the suspects start rolling in.Β Thereβs Bobbie Sueβs ex-husband, her teenage son, clingy Coach Cosby, a grudge-holding assistant manager, and a swindling bartender.Β There is also a clue in the cryptic note slipped into Sophieβs handbag hinting at illegal activities taking place at Blackwellβs Tavern.Β Sophie has her work cut out for her, but with the help of her friends, sheβll find Tateβs killer and clear Bernie of the crime.Β Hopefully in time to enjoy some delicious cheesecake!Β And before sheβs attacked again by a killer who is intent on keeping his plan from being ruined.
This is a delightful series and a great addition.Β Sophie and her friends are fun and full of energy as they work to clear Bernieβs name.Β There are plenty of suspects and red herrings that keep the fun rolling.Β Sophie is tenacious and whips up delicious recipes as she crime solves and saves the day.Β Β Peppered with memorable secondary characters that add great chemistry and charm to the mystery, you canβt help but enjoy yourself in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.Β The locals are just as flavorful as Bobbie Sue Bodoinβs cheesecakes.Β THE DIVA SAYS CHEESECAKE is cleverly crafted and solved with logical steps through several diversions.Β Β This is an all-around great time.Β Β Delicious recipes are included!
Old Town’s midsummer festivities are getting a tasty addition this year. To coincide with a public performance of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Bobbie Sue Bodoin, the Queen of Cheesecake, has hired Sophie to organize a dinner with a dessert buffet on the waterfront. Bobbie Sue’s homegrown company is thriving, and since her baking dish overfloweth, she wants to reward her employees.
Bobbie Sue has only one menu demand: no cheesecake! But her specialty isn’t the only thing missing from the evening—Tate, Bobbie Sue’s husband, is too, much to her annoyance. Next morning, however, Tate’s dead body is discovered. Bobbie Sue insists she didn’t kick her spouse to the curb, and begs for Sophie’s help finding the real killer. Digging in, Sophie discovers an assortment of Old Town locals who all had reason to want a piece of Tate. Can she gather together the crumbs the killer left behind in time to prevent a second helping of murder?
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