Frosted Misfortunes Book 2
Author: Lisa Siefert
Genre: Mystery
Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781965640470
Tule Publishing
244 Pages
$10.99; $4.99 Amazon
March 10, 2025
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She just wants to share her delicious sweets. But a sticky surprise has this amateur detective dusting off her snooping skills
Bakery owner Ava Decker is determined to put being dumped at the altar behind her. But her ambitions sour when her chocolatey cupcakes end up beside a beauty pageant contestant's lifeless body. And when her good friend is accused of the crime, Ava throws herself into the mix to clear both their names.
With a dash of help from her cute kitten sidekick, the pastry chef-turned-sleuth dives into the beauty queen scene to find out why a weight-loss fanatic would be found dead next to sugary goodness. But with few clues and her hands messy with a full lineup of suspects. She struggles to follow the trail of crumbs to the real tiara-obsessed killer.
Can Ava crown the culprit before the plate of evidence is wiped clean?
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Ava Decker lives in small town Clover Creek, Maine and owns a bakery that specializes in filled cupcakes. There is a beauty pageant in town, and it's a big deal, being the first one. Ava is selling her cupcakes out of her bakery truck when her high school nemesis Brittany gives her back-handed compliments, which Ava is trying to roll off her back. But they sting anyway. When Ava's kitten Lucky grabs one of Brittany's red ribbons, she throws a fit until Ava offers her a box of cupcakes. Brittany is nothing if not smug, and accepts them.
Ava then meets the sponsor of the pageant -- tech billionaire Marcus Palmer, and she's sort of smitten with the man, even though she won't admit it to her best friend Ruby. When Marcus suggests they meet to watch the fireworks, Ava agrees, and heads out toward the lake. But on the way she notices one of her signature boxes sitting in the woods...next to Brittany's dead body.
Things get worse when Ava discovers that her recent crush Detective Wesley Lockwood was dating Brittany, and now he's the main suspect in her murder. Ava is nothing if not fiercely loyal to friends, and she's determined to help solve the murder, even if Wesley tells her to let the police do their job.
When she starts digging into the murder, she finds an unlikely ally in her investigation, and soon discovers that all things are not what they seem...
This is the second book in the series and I quite enjoyed it as much as the first. It was lively, full of action, and the characters are believable and have their own quirks, which only makes this series more endearing. I loved the plot line and the subplots both. I really like Ava and Ruby, and we get a little more background on Ruby's family in this book, which is nice.
When the ending comes and everything is gathered together, the murderer was a bit of a surprise, which is also nice. There was an interesting climax, and the addition of new characters which can only bring more depth to the series. I enjoy these books and can't wait to read the next. Highly recommended.
More on Lisa Siefert's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/lisa-siefert/
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