Publisher: Berkley
Published: January 2, 2018
ISBN: 978-0425281253
Genre: Cozy
Mystery
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by
name and email address: Gina myreviewbooks@aol.com
Winnie Johnson and her Emergency Dessert Squad are called on to
make an “emergency rescue” to inspire attendees at an artist retreat. The retreat owner, Sally Davenport has
brought together a unique group of people – a poet, a magician, a puppeteer, a
mime and a comedian. Winnie quickly
pulls together desserts that Sally has requested and brings them out to the
retreat center. When none of the recipients
are there to receive their desserts Winnie goes in search of them and
Sally. When she arrives at the main
building it is to find Sally dead with the attendees surrounding her. Almost immediately Winnie notices several
things that just don’t add up. When she
returns home she shares her suspicions with her squad—Renee, Mr. Nelson and
Bridged. When they put their heads
together the story that unfolds is no kind of treat.
I really enjoyed the latest entry in Laura Bradford’s Emergency
Dessert Squad series, DIAL M FOR MOUSSE.
Winnie and the squad spent a good amount of time tracking down the
killer and using the talents of the suspects made for a fun read. Winnie is an awesome character – someone I’d
like to know in real life. She’s smart,
compassionate, creative and just a really nice person. I like Renee, Ty and Greg as secondary
characters. They are good friends – and smart
and creative as well.
Bridged is a little too much like one of my real life co-workers
with her never ending ailments—all seemingly there to garner attention. Someone needs to tell her that if she keeps
crying wolf, one day when she’s really hurt no one will listen. Mr. Nelson comes across a little too needy – while
he tells Winnie to work on her relationship with Jay he demands more and more
of her time. The competition between he and
Bridged to gain Winnie’s attention shows how when we get into our senior years
we do seem to regress to our childhoods.
On the plus side Bradford is doing a decent job of not going
down the love triangle road that is so annoying in so many cozy series. Instead she has developed a solid friendship
between Winnie and Greg and added some wonderful changes and growth in her
relationship with Jay.
As a series this one does need to be read in order if you want
to see how the characters develop both in themselves and in relation to each
other. There are some yummy sounding
recipes at the end of each book that look fairly easy to make. That said, I wish there really was an
Emergency Dessert Squad to call on for some unique gifts.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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