Cobblered to Death
Courtney Archer is known for hosting the show Cooking with the Farmer’s Daughter, despite the fact that she’s actually a pediatrician’s daughter. Now she’s signed on for a role in The American Baking Battle. On this reality show, she can start developing a more authentic image for herself. As a bonus, the usual backstabbing and manufactured drama isn’t part of the Baking Battle script. But genuine drama is heating up behind the scenes.
During a film shoot in the scenic Pocono Mountains, Courtney has to juggle career commitments like pots on a six-burner stove. Adding to the stress is Mick, a contestant who finds out about her fake farm-girl story. Determined to succeed at her new gig, she whips up a cherry cobbler in a cast-iron fry pan one evening and leaves it out to cool. But the next morning, it’s Mick’s body that’s cooling, right next to Courtney’s pan, now classified as a murder weapon.
Series: A Courtney Archer Mystery – Book #1
Author: Rosemarie Ross
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Culinary
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 304
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Coming soon from Kensington Books is Rosemarie Ross’ newest sensational culinary cozy series, “A Courtney Archer Mystery.”
Cobblered to Death is the debut book in what is sure to be a fascinating culinary cozy series. The main character, Courtney, is spirited, with just enough snark to make her delightful, and enough faults to make her human. It takes time to develop characters, to find out who they are, where their passions and fears will lead them. Courtney isn’t what she seems in the first part of this book; she may not even be liked by many readers. However, there is plenty of potential for her to grow into a character readers will love. Other supporting characters, such as Shannon and Eric, are interesting enough to be enjoyable without being too sweet. Shannon, in particular, is a great sidekick and might be a more significant focus for readers overall.
The setting in this series appears to be one that will change with each new book. There is a lot of potential for plotlines with each of the characters. I can easily see these culinary cozy books turning into a much more serious murder mystery series as more books are added. I would like to see more returning characters and a little more emotional substance for the main characters.
The discovery of the murder is a visual scene that leaves readers visualizing the body and the mess. No matter how many murder mysteries a person has read, they will enjoy the unique use of a cooking utensil as a murder weapon, who hasn’t felt like bashing someone over the head with a frying pan at one time or another?
The unveiling of the killer is a little slow, and if readers are paying attention, it may not come as a huge surprise. There are few suspects, or at least it initially seems that way, but in truth, there are plenty to go around. There are multiple twists and red herrings in this culinary cozy book to follow, which makes it attractive.
Overall, for a culinary cozy book, Cobblered to Death is a great beginning, and I look forward to reading the next book in the series and finding out how Courtney and friends grow and mature.
Other enjoyable culinary cozy books and series include Kristen Weiss’ https://www.kirstenweiss.com/ “A Pie Town Mystery” https://www.thecozyreview.com/the-quiche-and-the-dead/ and Debra Sennefelder’s http://debrasennefelder.com/ “Food Blogger Mystery” series https://www.thecozyreview.com/the-uninvited-corpse/.
About the Author:
Rosemarie Ross is a pseudonym of multi-published in multi-genres author, Rose Ross Zediker. Rose writes cozy mystery novels, contemporary and historical inspirational romance novels, and has hundreds of publishing credits in the Christian magazine genre for children and adults. Her titles have appeared on ECPA bestseller lists and been finalists for the RITA, National Reader’s Choice, Booksellers Best, and Book Buyers Best award contests.
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