Full time baker and part time sleuth, Sally Muccio, is looking forward to an impromptu getaway at Bella Vita, a charming local inn recently renovated by an old friend of her father’s. Sal’s been asked to provide treats for Bella Vita's open house and, in addition to the extra dough she’ll earn, her entire family is invited to spend the night at the bed and breakfast for free.
But after a winter storm knocks out the power and Sal stumbles across owner Guido Sorrentino’s lifeless body, the night becomes something directly out of a horror movie. Sal fully intends to leave the investigation to the police...that is, until her father’s life becomes endangered as well! Who wanted Guido dead and what does her father have to do with it? Was Guido a member of organized crime? And why was he acting like he had a death wish? With a crowd of angry and bitter relatives busy celebrating his death instead of mourning, it quickly becomes apparent that there are too many suspects to count. It's up to Sal to find a killer before she’s treated to a taste of death herself!
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What critics are
"A fantastic cozy mystery!"
~ InD'Tale Magazine
"I want to visit more with all of the quirky characters just to see what crazy and outrageous things they will do next!"
~ Fresh Fiction
"The Cookies and Chance Mystery series is more than just a series....it's a family !! Once you read the first book, you are hooked and feel like a member of the crazy Muccio family."
~ Cozy Mystery Book Reviews (Summary via Goodreads)
What can you say about a book when it is the fifteenth book in a series ? Well..... a lot actually.
Death Whisk is the fifteenth book in the Cookies & Chance Mystery series by Catherine Bruns and by far my favorite series. This series is so much more to me then just stories. When I open one of these books, I am home with my family. The Muccio and Donovan families are a part of me .... you cannot help but love them and the craziness they get into !!!
And in Death Whisk we get to see a whole different side to Sally's father, Domenic. Something I don't think we could have ever imagined !!!
In Death Whisk Sally and Josie have been asked to provide cookies for an open house. A friend of Domenic's from when he lived in Italy has bought and renovated a bed and breakfast and he has invited a selection of people to attend the open house and spend the night before the grand opening. Sally, who is almost due to delivery her second child and Mike will be in attendance along with everyone else except Gramma Rosa who stayed home to watch the other children.
Unfortunately in the middle of the night Sally and Mike go to Guido's suite with an issue and find him dead. And maybe with all the excitement, or maybe that's just how the family is, Sally goes into labor !! As you know Sally can handle anything .....
Instead of being able to just rest and enjoy her family with the new addition, Sally is drawn into the murder investigation. She claims to do it because her father is involved somehow and she knows that he isn't telling them everything, but we know she can't help herself !!
I just love this series and look forward to when the latest book gets published so that I can dig in. There is so much to love !! You cannot help but love the families and the relationships. No matter what is going on, whether it is family dinner with Gramma Rosa's cooking, a murder, hanging out with Sally and Josie at the bakery, or spending time with Sally and Mike, you will enjoy it. And Bruns knows how to keep your blood pumping and you on the edge of your seat !!!
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