The Bookish Island's Book Review:
Strawberries & Crème Murder by Susan Gillard
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Author: Susan Gillard
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Pages: 150
Published: 2018
Genre: Mystery, Cozy Mystery
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Date Read: December 10, 2018
Rating: ★★★★☆
Donuts, deceit and the potential murder of a former assistant find Heather Janke at the center of a mystery in which she is a potential suspect and possibly the only one capable of discerning the truth.
Was her former assistant Christa murdered and if so, why?
Follow Heather as she searches for clues to get to the bottom of this sweet caper.
The Rating:
My Review:
Strawberry Cream Murder is a super short cozy murder mystery with the setting of a donut bakery. Which was something that made me want to eat a donut while I was reading it but that wasn't gonna happen.
I liked most of the characters. Heather and Amy were great. The detective was kinda cool too.
There were some that were a little annoying and obviously the bad guys but other than that I didn't have a problem with the characters in this story.
In regards to the actual murder mystery part of this story.
The crime was good. It was a former employee of Heather that stole her recipes and opened up another donut shop nearby. She is found dead with a donut by her side. And Heather comments that it was fou play because he was a neat freak and would never leave crumbs all over the place.
The one thing that bothered me about Heather and her involvement with the crime, was how she just freely walked into the crime scene without caring about the evidence getting messed up or even fearing she would get accused of being involved in the crime by having her footsteps and fingerprints all over the place. Also isn't there usually a cop watching over the crime scene at the beginning of it being a crime scene just in case situations like that happen. Like their job is to prevent anybody from stepping into the crime scene so evidence doesn't get tampered with.
I did not know who the killer was despite this being such a short book. Or maybe I just got caught by surprise because I wasn't paying attention when the clues and observations got connected. So yeah 4 stars.
I liked most of the characters. Heather and Amy were great. The detective was kinda cool too.
There were some that were a little annoying and obviously the bad guys but other than that I didn't have a problem with the characters in this story.
In regards to the actual murder mystery part of this story.
The crime was good. It was a former employee of Heather that stole her recipes and opened up another donut shop nearby. She is found dead with a donut by her side. And Heather comments that it was fou play because he was a neat freak and would never leave crumbs all over the place.
The one thing that bothered me about Heather and her involvement with the crime, was how she just freely walked into the crime scene without caring about the evidence getting messed up or even fearing she would get accused of being involved in the crime by having her footsteps and fingerprints all over the place. Also isn't there usually a cop watching over the crime scene at the beginning of it being a crime scene just in case situations like that happen. Like their job is to prevent anybody from stepping into the crime scene so evidence doesn't get tampered with.
I did not know who the killer was despite this being such a short book. Or maybe I just got caught by surprise because I wasn't paying attention when the clues and observations got connected. So yeah 4 stars.
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