The
Quiche and the Dead
A
Pie Town Mystery Book 1
by
Kirsten Weiss
Genre:
Cozy Mystery
Is
Val's breakfast pie the quiche of death?
Owning
her own business seemed like pie in the sky to Valentine Harris when
she moved to the coastal California town of San Nicholas, expecting
to start a new life with her fiancé. Five months—and a broken
engagement—later, at least her dream of opening a pie shop has
become a reality. But when one of her regulars keels over at the
counter while eating a quiche, Val feels like she's living a
nightmare.
After
the police determine the customer was poisoned, business at Pie Town
drops faster than a fallen crust. Convinced they’re both suspects,
Val's flaky, seventy-something pie crust maker Charlene drags her
boss into some amateur sleuthing. At first Val dismisses Charlene’s
half-baked hypotheses, but before long the ladies uncover some shady
dealings hidden in fog-bound San Nicholas. Now Val must expose the
truth—before a crummy killer tries to shut her pie hole.
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*I received a free copy of this book which I voluntarily chose to write an honest review for.
Great start to this cozy mystery series. We meet Val who runs a Pie shop is a small town that she moved to for her rotten fiance who dumped her later. The business is still new so when a man drops dead in the dining room and it is rumored that her quiche was to blame she starts asking questions. On top of that her employee pretty much blackmails into helping as well though not in a bad way. This was a great mystery with quite a few twists to thrown the reader off with plenty of food related tidbits thrown into the mix to keep you hungry throughout. Overall it is well written and a good read for fans of the genre. I really enjoyed it so I give it 5/5 stars.
Bleeding
Tarts
A
Pie Town Mystery Book 2
Val's
new pies are foolproof—but not bulletproof.
Old
West ghost towns are as American as apple pie. So what better place
to sponsor a pie-eating contest than the Bar X, a fake ghost town
available for exclusive private events on the edge of Silicon Valley.
Valentine Harris is providing the pies, hoping to boost business for
her struggling Pie Town shop and become a regular supplier for the
Bar X.
But
no sooner does she arrive in town than a stray bullet explodes the
cherry pie in her hands. And the delicious dessert is not the only
victim. Val finds the Bar X bartender shot dead in an alley. Egged on
by her flaky friend and pie crust specialist, Charlene, Val aims to
draw out the shooter. But solving a real murder in a fake ghost town
won't be easy as pie. And if Val doesn't watch her back, her pies
won't be the only thing filled full of lead . . .
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This book did not disappoint after I enjoyed the first one so much. This time Val is stressed after expanding the pie shop so getting wrapped up in another murder is that last thing from her mind but I swear she just cannot help herself. Like the last one there are plenty of twists involved to keep you guessing with suspects popping up left and right. The food tidbits were just as great as last time sprinkled in to give some flavor into between the action. I can't wait to see what happens next and I highly recommend the book/series to fans of the genre. I really enjoyed it so I give it 4/5 stars.
Kirsten
Weiss worked overseas for nearly fourteen years, in the fringes of
the former USSR and in South-east Asia. Her experiences abroad
sparked an interest in the effects of mysticism and mythology, and
how both are woven into our daily lives.
Now
based in San Mateo, CA, she writes genre-blending steampunk suspense,
urban fantasy, and mystery, blending her experiences and imagination
to create a vivid world of magic and mayhem.
Kirsten
has never met a dessert she didn’t like, and her guilty pleasures
are watching Ghost Whisperer re-runs and drinking red wine.
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