Drizzled with Death by Jessie Crockett is the first book in the new “Sugar Grove” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, October 2013
Meet Dani Greene—a fourth-generation maple syrup maker dealing with a first-class troublemaker.
The annual pre-Thanksgiving pancake-eating contest is a big event in Sugar Grove, New Hampshire. It’s sponsored by the Sap Bucket Brigade, aka the firefighters auxiliary, and the Greene family farm provides the syrup. But when obnoxious outsider Alanza Speedwell flops face first into a stack of flapjacks during the contest, Greener Pastures’ syrup falls under suspicion.
Dani knows the police—including her ex-boyfriend—are barking up the wrong tree, and she’s determined to pull her loved ones out of a very sticky situation. The odds may be stacked against her, but she’s got to tap the real killer before some poor sap in her own family ends up trading the sugar house for the Big House.
I had such a fun time reading this delightfully charming whodunit. In this new series, Dani is hunting for a killer in her attempt to clear her family’s name and some loose animals in town. The author did a great job in this wonderfully-served mystery that had a nice pace as each chapter flowed from one to the another, never missing a beat as clues are presented to help us solve this puzzle. I love the humor between the pages and the engaging conversations throughout. Dani is a great protagonist, who I want to learn more about, surrounded by a quirky cast of characters who are just as entertaining as she is. I can’t wait for the next book in this exciting new series.
FTC Disclosure – The publisher sent me a copy of this book, in hopes I would review it. I later read my kindle edition.
previously posted on the Cozy Chicks blog
How can you not love it? Drizzled with Death. Sounds like great fun and a good read.
Sounds like another to add to my t-b-r list…Dee
Jesse is a new author to me, but the theme of this series will be one that I definitely plan to follow. Not only do I adore books about food but being a New Englander makes any story about our area a big draw to me. I tend to buy all books about the northeast so this book is definitely going to be one of my new series acquisitions from now on. Just returned from a week in Vermont and having gotten two gallons of maple syrup to last until our next trip North (from MA) next summer or fall. So every time I make waffles, pancakes or maple syrup baked items I will think of this book once it is read.
Good luck with your new series Jesse. Thank you to Dru for the wonderful review which has encouraged many of us to read this series. Have a lovely weekend.
Sincerely,
Cynthia
Sounds like a great new series, thanks for the heads up!