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"Take me to Bon Vivant on Friday, seven p.m." Del kissed the tip of her nose and stepped into the porch.
"Done," Olivia said, following him down the front steps.
"And one more thing." he said.
"Yes?"
"I'll expect to see you dressed as a tavern wench."
Title: When the Cookie Crumbles
Author: Virginia Lowell
ISBN: 9780425251485
Publisher: Berkeley Prime Crime/2012
Pages: 294
Olivia Greyson and Maddie own The Gingerbread House. They bake great cookies. Now they are baking an exact replica of Chatterley Mansion for 250th Birthday Celebration of Chatterley Heights. Paine Chatterley, presumed dead, arrives in town, with his wife, Hermione, to claim his heritage and forbids everyone to visit his mansion. He is not keen to have the celebrations. The Mayor, Karen Evansen, wants the celebrations to go on. She asks Olivia to talk to the Chatterleys.
Then Paine is found dead in his bathtub. Many of their precious heirlooms are destroyed and Hermione is overwrought. All these cast a shadow over the forthcoming celebrations. Olivia and Maddie, along with their baking, try to look for clues. They find themselves in the midst of unpleasant secrets of the Chatterley family. Olivia has to get into the bottom of all this.
Along with Del, the local police officer, who is also Olivia's boyfriend, they find the killer. The murderer is someone very close and unlikeliest of all.
This is a good cozy mystery, the characters are very life like. I loved the cookie baking, decorating details. Maddie is a real good friend to Olivia. Elle, Olivia's mother is an interesting character. I loved the interesting stories about cookie cutters. For all cozy mystery lovers out there, I would say, go for it!
"You gave me a scare, Jaye. I thought you weren't going to make it, "he said.
Title: Dirty Little Secrets
Author: Liliana Hart
ISBN: 9781481158640
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing/2012
Pages: 316
J.J. Graves inherits a mortuary business and also she is the coroner for King George County, Virginia. She is none too happy with her lot. She had to leave her medical studies in the middle after both her parents died in an accident. She has no money, and no relationship and she is stuck in the small town of Bloody Mary.
When a grisly murder happens, she being the coroner, finds herself in the middle of it. Fiona Murphy, was once a close friend of hers. Detective Jack Lawson, her best friend, depends on her to find out about the murder while doing postmortem.
A hunky Crime Fiction writer, Brody Collins arrives into the town and J. J. drools over him! Soon they are involved and Jack does not like it at all. Meanwhile, another murder happens. When Jack and J. J. go around investigating they find that Bloody Mary has some dirty secrets. it seems a doctor in the nearby town is a common factor to all those who have been murdered. Dr. Hides is not what he seems.
With a nasty reporter, a hunky crime fiction writer, a serial killer and a jealous friend, Dirty Little Secrets makes an enjoyable read. Our coroner has a weird sense of humour and the steamy chemistry between her and Brody works towards our advantage! The ending was totally unexpected.
