Book 98, 2016
Nov. 29th, 2016 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeEarlier this evening, I finished reading Peach Pies and Alibis by Ellery Adams. It's the second book in the author's "Charmed Pie Shoppe" mystery series.
Ella Mae's Charmed Pie Shoppe has become an instant hit in her hometown of Havenwood, GA. Her popularity earns her a job catering the desserts for a wedding. All seems to be going well, until Ella Mae and her aunt Dee come across the body of Dee's friend. Ella Mae learns that the woman was planning to become the next Lady of the Ash, which is an honor among witches. The next candidate is the bride-to-be's step-mother, Freda. When Freda falls ill at the wedding, Ella Mae, her aunts, and their guardian, Reba, must uncover a killer before their entire society loses its magic.
Along the way, Ella Mae experiences her own magical Awakening, she's still trying to sort out her feelings for her childhood crush, Hugh, her nemesis, Loralyn Gaynor, is still giving her fits, and Ella Mae's soon-to-be ex-husband comes to town.
There was quite a lot going on in this book. It kept the pages turning, and I didn't figure out who dunnit until quite late in the story.
Favorite line: "You can't trust folks who don't have a sweet tooth. It's simply unnatural to say no to anythin' made of chocolate."
Good story, four stars:
****
Ella Mae's Charmed Pie Shoppe has become an instant hit in her hometown of Havenwood, GA. Her popularity earns her a job catering the desserts for a wedding. All seems to be going well, until Ella Mae and her aunt Dee come across the body of Dee's friend. Ella Mae learns that the woman was planning to become the next Lady of the Ash, which is an honor among witches. The next candidate is the bride-to-be's step-mother, Freda. When Freda falls ill at the wedding, Ella Mae, her aunts, and their guardian, Reba, must uncover a killer before their entire society loses its magic.
Along the way, Ella Mae experiences her own magical Awakening, she's still trying to sort out her feelings for her childhood crush, Hugh, her nemesis, Loralyn Gaynor, is still giving her fits, and Ella Mae's soon-to-be ex-husband comes to town.
There was quite a lot going on in this book. It kept the pages turning, and I didn't figure out who dunnit until quite late in the story.
Favorite line: "You can't trust folks who don't have a sweet tooth. It's simply unnatural to say no to anythin' made of chocolate."
Good story, four stars:
****
