It’s been a long time since I’ve read a Leslie Budewitz book, but I was excited to jump back in. Pepper is still as independent and curious as ever, but that is what I enjoy about her.
With this installment, Pepper finds an envelope stuffed with cash in an old wingback set out on the curb. However, as she tries to return it to its rightful owner, a series of unfortunate events starts to unravel, including a murder. Now, Pepper must figure out what happened.
The characters in this book were definitely strange and unique, making the mystery aspect of this book more interesting. It was fun trying to piece the information together and I also enjoyed the other events that Pepper had going on in her life, such as setting up the Spice Shop’s first cooking class. It definitely filled the book with a lot of action and kept Pepper on her toes.
TO ERR IS CUMIN is a great installment to the series. If you like foodie Cozy Mystery series, then you need to meet Pepper and the Spice Shop!
Leslie Budewitz is back with another savory mystery waiting to be solved. . .
One person’s treasure is another’s trash. . .
Pepper Reece, owner of the Spice Shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, wants nothing more than to live a quiet life for a change, running her shop and working with customers eager to spice up their cooking. But when she finds an envelope stuffed with cash in a ratty old wingback left on the curb, she sets out to track down the owner.
Pepper soon concludes that the chair and its stash may belong to young Talia Cook, new in town and nowhere to be seen. Boz Bosworth, an unemployed chef Pepper’s tangled with in the past, shows up looking for the young woman, but Pepper refuses to help him search. When Boz is found floating in the Ship Canal, only a few blocks from Talia’s apartment, free furniture no longer seems like such a bargain.
On the hunt for Talia, Pepper discovers a web of connections threatening to ensnare her best customer. The more she probes, the harder it gets to tell who’s part of an unsavory scheme of corruption—and who might be the next victim.
Between her quest for an elusive herb, helping her parents remodel their new house, and setting up the Spice Shop’s first cooking class, Pepper’s got a full plate. Dogged by a sense of obligation to find the rightful owner of the hidden treasure, she keeps on showing up where she’s not wanted, asking probing questions.
One mistake, and she could find herself cashing out. . .
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