Wedding Cake Crumble (Cupcake Bakery Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
10th in Series
Setting – Arizona
Berkley (April 3, 2018)
Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0399583834
Kindle ASIN: B073Z3BCXH
With Angie and Tate’s wedding just around the corner, it’s a happy time for Melanie Cooper and the bakery crew. Not only are they finessing the last minute details of the big day, but their bakery, Fairy Tale Cupcakes, has just been hired to bake cupcakes for the blockbuster book signing of a controversial author who wrote a steamy bestseller filled with juicy local gossip.
But one by one, the people Angie has hired to work at the wedding begin turning up dead. As the body count rises, the bestselling author is the next to bite the dust. Mel quickly realizes she needs to figure out how the murders are connected and why–before the killer brings the entire cupcake crew crumbling down. After all, Angie and Tate deserve their sweet happily ever after.
INCLUDES SCRUMPTIOUS RECIPES!
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Wedding bells will soon be ringing for Angie and Tate and Fairy Tale Cupcakes is busy baking cupcakes for an author’s book signing. They just need to stay clear of any dead bodies until after the wedding. Yeah, right, this is Mel and Angie we are talking about. The book signing is for an author that has written a thinly veiled novel about a neighborhood much like her own and filled it with truth and gossip, not trying to really hide the people’s identities with very telling nicknames. Shortly after her big event, she found dead and Mel thinks it may be connected to some other murders. Can she solve the case before Angie’s trip down the aisle? Or will everything crumble down around them?
This was such a sweet read. Mel, Angie and the Fairy Tale Bakery gang are some of my favorite cozy characters. This being book ten, I truly feel like I am visiting old friends and excited to attend this long-awaited wedding. Mel, Angie, and Tate have been through so much. I was so happy to see this wedding take place. Hopefully, Dear Joe and Mel’s will follow soon.
I really enjoyed the way each character was utilized throughout the story. In addition to creating the cupcakes for the wedding, Oz was having some personal problems. Marty has personal issues on his mind too. Uncle Stan seemed preoccupied and even Mel’s mom has a secret. Each of these characters has their own little subplot. I loved it!
While the story does feature a lot about the wedding Jenn McKinlay doesn’t hold back on the murder/s mystery. The bodies start to pile up early and a clever twist turns the everyone’s thinking around, but finding the real motive takes a bit of sleuthing. The suspect pool changed and it was overflowing of suspects. Another epic twist gets to the heart of the issue and everything falls nicely into place. What a fantastic journey to a very satisfying ending.
This series debuted in 2010 and I have loved all of them. Sprinkle With Murder
Be sure to check out the recipes in the back of the book too.
Find out all about Jenn McKinlay and her books on her webpage here.
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Jenn McKinlay’s characters are always as interesting as her mystery plots. Looking forward to this one and like you, hoping there are many more in this series.
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Thanks for your review on “Wedding Cake Crumble” by Jenn McKinlay. Love this author’s books and can’t wait for the opportunity to read this new book.
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The Cupcake Bakery Mystery series is one of my favorite cozy series! Thanks for the chance to win!
Sounds like a good book.