Sadie looked at the body of the man who wasn't supposed to be at the podium at all."He's dead?" She asked, a lump in her throat.Title: Devil's Food Cake
Author: Josi S. Kilpack
ISBN: 97816064123229
Publisher: Deseret Book/2010
Pages: 348
Thom Mortenson is back at Garrison, Colorado, to speak at the library fund-raising benefit. He is a best selling author with a tragic past. For the said event, Sadie Hoffmiller has made devil’s food cake herself as she wants everything perfect. But no one has forseen the murder of Thom’s manager right on the stage. And he was not supposed to be there either.
When Sadie offers to help, no one takes her seriously and she is told to leave the place in no uncertain terms. But our heroine keeps getting informations from almost everywhere, puts two and two together and knows she has to find out the killer on her own. With her son Shawn, at her side and a weird neighbour joining in, we are in for some hilarious moments and Sadie's arrest takes the cake! She manages to escape and does not give up until she gets into the bottom of it.
With a middle aged food obssessed heroine, this book was very funny to read despite the seriousness of the crime. Almost everyone seems to have skeletons in their cupboards and Sadie has to get those all out. I loved reading this breezy mystery book. Also the recipes given at the end of each chapter are a pleasure!
How could that gorgeous cake kill anyone??? Loved that teaser!
ReplyDeleteSuch an interesting teaser--love the cover too.
ReplyDeleteThat teaser was funny! Here us mine
ReplyDeleteI love murder mysteries!
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Sounds like my kind of book!
ReplyDeleteWow, this sounds so great! I love murder mysteries, especially when they include cake! I'll have to find this book.
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Uh oh. Great cover though and nice teaser.
ReplyDeleteInteresting teaser from a book with that cover! Mine is at The Crowded Leaf.
ReplyDeleteLove the cover and concept of story with recipes too.
ReplyDeleteMy teaser
http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2010/03/teaser-tuesday-splendor-falls.html
Man that cover looks yummy! I am curious how a book with a cake on the cover, leads to a dead man at a podium. Great teaser.
ReplyDeletea cake and a murder case? wow...
ReplyDeletehere's mine;
http://darlynandbooks.blogspot.com/2010/03/teaser-tuesdays.html
happy teusday!
Oh, dear, chocolate cake that kills?
ReplyDeleteHere's mine:
http://rainysnowday.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/teaser-tuesdays-4/
Sounds like a fun mystery!
ReplyDeleteOh, this looks like a good mystery - love that cake!
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Dead man lecturing. Thanks for stopping by my teaser.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is more than a teaser. Here
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm curious!
ReplyDeleteMy Teaser: He's Just Not That Into You
Recipes and murder - my favorite combination :)
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't my cooking, I swear. I hope that you enjoy your book. Here's mine.
ReplyDeleteUh-oh. Dead? Food + mystery = great teaser!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by mine! :)
murder mysteries are the best! this would be a great read!
ReplyDeleteLove the sound of this one!!
ReplyDeleteWhoaa very intriguing...I like your teaser
ReplyDeleteI've read the first two in this series, loved the first and the second not so much. But they are so hard to resist with names like Devil's Food Cake. Plus I like that the heroine is middle-aged. She is a fun character.
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