Eggs on Ice (A Cackleberry Club Mystery)
by Laura Childs
About the Book
Eggs on Ice (A Cackleberry Club Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
8th in Series
Setting – Minnesota
Berkley (December 4, 2018)
Hardcover: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0425281728
ISBN-13: 978-0425281727
Kindle ASIN: B07BD23MV9
Some say that casting crusty attorney Allen Sharpe as Scrooge in the Kindred Players production of “A Christmas Carol” is just playing to type. He’s not the most beloved man in town. In fact, you’d have a dickens of a time finding someone who liked him. Still it’s a shock when the Ghost of Christmas Past stabs him during the first rehearsal. Suzanne, co-owner of the Cackleberry Club café, Kindred’s favorite combination diner, craft store and bookshop, chases the murderer out of the building but loses him in the alley.
As the days pass the list of suspects grows longer. Is it the disgruntled partner? The former secretary whom Sharpe sexually harrassed? Or is it fellow owner of the Cackleberry Club, Toni’s almost ex-husband, Junior? The women of the Cackleberry Club are determined to find the killer before he can add another victim to his Christmas list.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
I am always excited when I get to visit the ladies at the Cackleberry Club Café. It’s Christmastime and in addition to the café being all decked out they are planning a Christmas Tea and helping the Kindred Players behind the scenes for their upcoming production of A Christmas Carol. Sadly they have to add a funeral luncheon to their busy schedule when the Ghost Of Christmas Past kills Scrooge during rehearsal – and they weren’t acting.
Scrooge, aka Attorney Allen Sharpe, is dead, stabbed while onstage with people watching. All they saw was a ghost, nothing to help police identify the person, but Suzanne gave chase, was threatened with a knife and the killer got away. Solving the crime isn’t going to be easy, the victim had wronged a lot of people. No matter how hard they try or how many times they are warned off Suzanne, Petra, and Toni find themselves egg-xactly where they shouldn’t be. Right in the middle of another murder investigation and skating on thin ice.
What I love most about this series is that the characters are genuine. You could easily walk into a café in Minnesota and find friends like Suzanne, Toni, and Petra bustling around, serving up delicious food, shelving new titles in the book nook or teaching a class in the craft area. They take part in community events. The watch out for each other and the people important in their lives. Unlike normal people, they do occasionally get wrapped up in a murder, but their hearts are always in the right place.
This time I was totally gobsmacked when the killer was revealed. Not on my radar, not in my wildest dreams. Twists galore sent me in a whole different direction. I did have to skip a few pages due to a trigger situation, so maybe I missed something there, but I had really zeroed in on one person. With plenty of cozy-ish action and suspense, it was fun to trail along as the characters and I both learned who the killer was at the exact same time.
Kindred, Minnesota is a happening place and I have enjoyed every visit. The entire series is egg-cellent. There are big future plans in the works so I am really excited about returning again next year!!
About the Author
Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries
Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:
The Tea Shop Mysteries 
The Scrapbooking Mysteries
The Cackleberry Club Mysteries
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Love this series, and what a great cover!
It would be fun to visit this cafe! It makes me sad it is just in our imaginations! The cover is beautiful!
Thank you for your review on “Eggs on Ice” by Laura Childs. This book sounds eggciting, and eggactly the type of book that I love to read. I’d be eggtraordinarily happy if I were fortunate enough to win a copy!
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The book looks amazing & I love the cover. Thanks for your generosity.
I have not read any of the Cackleberry Club Mystery books yet, but would love to start! Thanks so much Lori for the review and giveaway ~
I love this series!
Wonderful review of a wonderful series!!
Love this series!
Not only sounds like an interesting book–but I’m from the North–Wisconsin, right next door to Minnesota, so same people & culture. I also love all things Dickens, so love that one of his works is part of the story, here, too. The author sounds fascinating as well.
I have to admit that the first thing that comes to mind when I read the title is fertility clinics!
Love the cover! I have this series on my TBR and would love to win!
Sounds like a great series, thanks for the giveaway!
Sounds like a good book.
Enjoyed the tea shop series. Thanks for bringing this series to my attention.
I love Laura Childs’ books. Can’t wait to read “Eggs on Ice”.
Awesome cover..Thank you for this review/interview and giveaway
This is a new series for me, thanks for the chance to win the book!
Congrats on the new release! I enjoy your Tea Shop Mystery series and have added the Cackleberry Club Mysteries to my tbr.