A Cookie Before Dying
Series: A Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery Book #2
Author: Virginia Lowell
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Page Count: 295
My Rating:
Book Summary
On a stormy night, Olivia Greyson and her Yorkie discover the body of a man stabbed to death-which looks suspiciously like the intruder seen fleeing the local health food store The Vegetable Plate. Charlene Critch, owner of The Vegetable Plate, has a grudge against Olivia’s cookie cutter shop, but could Charlene be hiding a secret serious enough to kill for?
More Facts for Readers about our Sleuth:
Main Sleuth: Olivia Greyson (age 31)
Business: Cookie Shop owner
Pet: Spunky, a yorkie dog
Best-Friend: Maddie (age 31)
Love Interest: Del, a cop (age 34?)
Family: Mother, Step-Father, younger brother
My Review
In this second book of the Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery Series by Virginia Lowell, we are once again accompanying sleuth Olivia Greyson and her best friend / business partner Maddie as they try to uncover who vandalized their neighboring business ‘The Vegetable Plate’ and later, things become complicated when Olivia’s brother confesses to a murder that he may or may not have committed…
Author Virginia Lowell really found her stride in this second book and she develops the personalities of the main sleuths even more, making the story twice as cozy and the mystery more complicated. We’re introduced to a whole new slew of suspects and I was unsure who the murderer was right up until the end. There are a lot of red herrings and complicated relationships, creating more of that typical small town vibe where everyone knows everyone and no one’s past is really in their past.
