Goodbye Cruller World
Author: Ginger Bolton
A donut shop. Sweet cat. Amateur sleuth. Cute detective. Fun wedding reception.
......and a dead body.
All of these things combine to make the second book in the Deputy Donut series an entertaining cozy mystery story.
The basics: This time around Emily Westhill is catering a wedding reception for another local business owner. They create a donut wall decorated in the wedding colors and the bridge and groom's names above their favorite donuts. Beautifully decorated and delicious donuts hang on dowel rod pegs so that the party goers can grab one as they dance and converse. Great idea right?
Well.....it was awesome until someone decided to poison someone at the party. With a donut.
Once again Emily finds herself at the center of a murder investigation. She wants to know who used one of her donuts as a murder weapon!
I enjoyed this second book in the Deputy Donut series just as much as the first one! The mystery moved along at a nice pace with plenty of amateur sleuthing, suspects and twists. I had a bit of suspicion this time about the identity of the killer, but I wasn't completely sure on the who or why until the reveal. The background plot of Emily being a former 911 operator who runs a donut shop is enjoyable and doesn't over power the mystery part of the story. It adds to it. Nice balance in this series! There is a touch of romantic tension, but it stays in the background -- which is the way I prefer it. I like a mystery book with a touch of romance (or none at all lol).....and not a romance novel with a bit of mystery.
The front cover is cute and colorful as usual!
My favorite character is still the cute and wonderful kitty, Deputy Donut. She is sassy and makes her opinions known (as all cats do).
Moving on to book 3! I can't wait to see what happens next!!
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