Showing posts with label Amish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amish. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Toxic Toffee by Amanda Flower - 5 Stars!


With Easter around the corner, Bailey King has been recruited to create a giant toffee bunny for the weeklong springtime festival that will also feature live white rabbits. But death becomes the main attraction when Stephen Raber keels over from an apparent heart attack. Except it wasn't Raber's heart that suddenly gave out. A lethal dose of lily of the valley was mixed into a tasty piece of toffee. Who'd want to poison a jovial rabbit farmer who reminded Bailey of an Amish Santa Claus?
The Amish candy shop mysteries are one of my favorite cozy mystery series. I love the main character, she's intelligent and kind. The plot was engaging and interesting. The author describes the differences between the Amish community and the Englishers, and you understand there are pros and cons to each. I also liked how we got to see the main character in Amanda Flower's other series in this installment. Lastly, it wouldn't be a candy shop mystery without Jethro the pig to delight us with his shenanigans.

 

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Honeymoons Can Be Hazardous by Amanda Flower - 4 Stars!

 


Millie’s best friend, Lois Henry, is outspoken, colorful, and so hopelessly romantic, she’s had four husbands. Millie doesn’t judge, and she also doesn’t expect to run into Lois’s most recent ex, Gerome Moorhead, in Harvest, Ohio. With him is the new Mrs. Moorhead. Lois is outraged, but Millie is completely shocked to learn the next day that Gerome's new wife was murdered. Can Millie find the truth before Lois is arrested?
This was a good installment to a series that I love. Millie and the other citizens of Harvest are fun to read about. The story was very intriguing and kept me interested until the very end. I loved the two goats; they were very comical characters. I will definitely read the next one in this series. Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for this advanced reader's copy. This review is my unbiased opinion.