Drizzled with Death
(A Sugar Grove Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
New Series
A Berkley Prime Crime Mystery
The Berkley Publishing Group (October 1, 2013)
Published by The Penguin Group
Cover Illustration by Mary Ann Lasher
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0425260005
E-Book File Size: 2139 KB
ASIN: B00BDQ3AGQ
Welcome to Sugar Grove, New Hampshire. You are just in time for the annual pre-Thanksgiving pancake-eating contest sponsored by the Sap Bucket Brigade, aka the firefighters auxiliary. The Greene family always provides the syrup and Dani Greene—a fourth-generation maple syrup maker in helping her family carry on the tradition. She is even trying to expand the family business, Greener Pastures, by getting their syrup an organic certification and adding to their product line. All her work screeches to a halt when one of the pancake eating contestants, Alanza Speedwell, drops face first into her stack of flapjacks. Of course the syrup is immediately questioned.
Dani knows the police—including her ex-boyfriend—are barking up the wrong tree, and she’s determined to pull her loved ones out of a very sticky situation. The odds may be stacked against her, but she’s got to tap the real killer before some poor sap in her own family ends up trading the sugar house for the Big House…
Dollycas’s Thoughts
This is terrific zany debut. It was so much fun to read because in addition to the syrup problems there were a bunch of crazy exotic animals on the loose. It all starts when Dani sees a mountain lion and the wild ride doesn’t end until the final page.
Dani (there is some secret about her name) is a fantastic protagonist and she sure has that animal magnetism when it comes to tracking down the animals running around, drawing in Graham, the Fish and Game Warden and a killer. She is a what some would call a petite woman but her height or lack thereof doesn’t hold her back. She is a strong woman and she is ready to take on anyone to clear her family’s name. Her family’s main concern is to get her married off. I wanted to jump into the pages and slap her sister! She drove me nuts with they way she treats Dani!!
Crockett has really impressed with the mystery she has stacked for us to enjoy. There were plenty of suspects and sticky situations. I love the humor in this story. The dialogue between Graham and Dani was so well written and enjoyable to read. They are quite a pair. Of course, the New Hampshire setting was beautiful. I wish I had read this book when it came out in October, the story matches that season perfectly. I could almost smell the burning leaves and the ton of food on the Greene Thanksgiving Day table.
The next Sugar Grove Mystery, Maple Mayhem
You can find out more about Jessie Crockett on her webpage here.
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This sounds like an awesome series. Thanks for sharing.
I bought this book a few months back, but I haven’t had time to read it yet. Sounds like I need to make that time soon.
This sounds great! I am looking forward to reading it.
Pick me! Pick me! You had me at zany, special name and exotic animals, but throw in a DGF officer and I’m completely in. Where I live, the DGF is administratively attached to my agency. It’s a very thin line, but still. I’m drawn to stories with government workers, ’cause I are one.
Looks like fun! Thanks for the intro and chance to win!
This sounds like a great cozy! Love the Cover!
This sounds like it is going to be the start of a great cozy series.
sounds good.like the cover.thanks for the chance
It’s always fun to have a new series and author to check out. Certainly looking forward to doing that with this series.