Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9780312946111
Minotaur Books
320 Pages
Various Prices; $7.99 Amazon
August 3, 2010
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A local busy body has dropped dead after eating one of Suzanne's famous treats. A forensic team is soon swarming through the Donut Hearts kitchen, dusting for clues, sifting through sugar, and suspecting the worst of Suzanne. But with the help of police Inspector Jake Bishop and her ex-husband Max, Suzanne hopes to clear her hood name -- before another bad donut is fatally frosted...
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Suzanne Hart owns Donut Hearts, where she happily spends her mornings baking and selling coffee and donuts. But she’s been asked by a friend to participate in a charity fundraiser, to demonstrate making donuts in the kitchen of one of the participant’s home, and Suzanne jumped at the chance to show off her skills. However, there's one person who doesn't want her involved, and that's the chairperson, Peg Masterson, isn't happy about it and makes her feelings known. But since Peg isn't liked by many people, Suzanne ignores her.
The day of the demonstration, with a roomful of onlookers, someone notices that there’s a body outside the window, and screams. The victim is Peg, and upon further investigation, it's apparent she's been poisoned...and it was with one of Suzanne’s lemon filled donuts. Now, with being a suspect in the murder, and with her life and reputation on the line, she's out to find a killer. She can't count on help from boyfriend police Inspector Jake Bishop, who wants to stay away from her because he doesn't want anyone to think he's 'favoring' her, she asks retired cop and friend George to help. But even he might not be enough if a killer decides that she's getting a bit too close and needs to be eliminated...
This is the second book in the series and better than the first, which is good. I’m not sure yet if I like Jake Bishop or not, considering he’s not much of a boyfriend. I get that he has things going on, but cops do have relationships, and spending time with her shouldn’t be a big deal. He is allowed a private life, after all, and if he doesn't discuss the case with her, I can't see how it would be a big deal if they went to dinner once in a while. It’s like he’d rather make excuses than spend time with her. Who knows? Maybe the author wants to get rid of him since someone else was introduced in this book and her ex Max is hanging around, too (don’t tell me; I’d rather find out gradually by reading the other books). I do like her mother, Dorothy and most of the other characters; I’m even beginning to like the Chief Martin since he didn’t treat her unfairly in this one.
At any rate, the mystery was decent, and we were given several suspects to sift through and a few red herrings along the way, which are also nice. When the ending comes and the murderer is revealed, it was a bit of a surprise, which is always a nice thing. The reason for the murder was believable, the characters are developing, and everything came together well enough that I will continue to read the next in the series.
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