Book: Murder at the Church Picnic

 Book: Murder at the Church Picnic

Author: Denise Jaden

Pages: 359

This is my 84th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

Mallory Beck never imagined she'd be Honeysuckle Grove's next amateur slueth.  After all, she was more at home with a muffin tin than a magnifying glass.  But when a casserole delivery to a grieving family leads to her unexpctedly solving her first murder, Mallory realizes life in her quiet little town isn't as peaceful as it seems.  What was supposed to be a simple contribution to the church picnic potluck quickly spirals into a deadly mystery, involving a sarcastic teenager, a charming cop with green eyes, and a cat with an uncanny knack for sniffing out trouble.  Can Mallory uncover the truth before the picnic turns into a full-blown crime scene?  It's a race against time in this cozy culinary caper!

This was a great little book.  I found it because for a reading challenge I needed a book with a picnic basket on the front - which was harder to find than I realized.  But I stumbled upon this book and it was a gem!  It is well written, and a good mystery, and some good characters.  This is a second book in a series - and while it was fine to read it without reading the first, it might have helped a little bit with background on the characters.  But only a little.  Author did a good job not adding too much to this book to make it impossible to follow if you don't read in order.

Stars: 4