Author: Maddie Day
Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781496731692
Kensington Publishing
304 Pages
$8.99; $6.99 Amazon
March 30, 2021
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When your mother is an astrologist and your dad is a minister, you learn to keep an open mind. Which is just what Mac loves to do -- exercise her mind by puzzling out fictional clues in the mystery novels she reads and discusses with her Cozy Capers Book Group.
But now Mac's friend Gin has found herself in a sticky situation. After wealthy genealogist Beverly Ruchart is found dead outside Gin's taffy shop, the candy maker becomes a person of interest. When it's revealed that Beverly was poisoned the night Gin brought a box of taffy to a dinner party at Beverly's house, she's bumped to the top of the suspects list. It's up to Mac and her Cozy Capers crime solvers to unwrap this real-life mystery. But this time they might have bitten off more than they can chew...
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Mac Almeida owns a bicycle shop on Cape Cod, and spends her off time either with her boyfriend, baker Tim, or her book club, the Cozy Capers Book Club. One day while she's at her parents' home relaxing, a woman comes through the hedge holding Mac's dad's puppy at arms' length and insists the puppy has been digging in her garden. After an unpleasant talk, she returns home. Later Mac finds that the new man in her friend Gin's life is the ex-son-in-law of the woman, Beverly Ruchart, and that Gin and Eli are going to a dinner party at his home.
But the next morning when Mac sets out for her daily walk with Gin, she finds her stooped over Beverly, who is very dead indeed. Now Gin is the main suspect in Beverly's murder, despite having barely met the woman, and Mac and her friends are determined to find the truth.
But she has more problems on her plate with Tim wanting to take their relationship to the next level, which is marriage, and she's not sure if she's ready. Fortunately -- or not -- the murder will be first and foremost, and this will have to wait. But if Mac waits too long on both fronts, she might just find herself in more trouble than she wants...
This is the second book in the series, and I have to say that I did like it better than the first. If I could find anything I didn't like, it's what most authors are doing nowadays; adding political agendas into their books. Personally, if I need a window fixed, I'm not going to hire a woman's company just because she's a woman. I'm going to hire the most capable company for the job. It doesn't matter to me who owns it; what matters is if they are going to do a good job.
Other than that, I did like the plot. It seems the murdered woman had more going for her than anyone thought, and she was more generous than expected, which made it difficult for Mac to weed out a killer. The clues were there, but you had to look for them (which I always enjoy doing anyway).
The descriptions of the surrounding area were definitely a plus and always good in a book; you can take yourself away to the area without having to leave your home, and Ms. Day is excellent at this. When the ending comes and the murderer is revealed, it really wasn't much of a surprise, but it was put together well, and left us with a teaser as to what the next book might have in store for us. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the next in the series. Recommended.
More on Maddie Day's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/maddie-day/
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