The Corpse Who Knew Too Much
Building on her recipe for success with her food blog, Hope at Home, Hope is teaching her first blogging class at the local library in Jefferson, Connecticut. She’s also learning about podcasts, including a true-crime one called Search for the Missing, hosted by Hope’s childhood friend, Devon Markham. Twenty years ago, on Valentine’s Day, right here in Jefferson, Devon’s mom disappeared and was never found. Finally, Devon has returned to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother—and she asks Hope to help.
The next day Hope discovers Devon’s apartment has been ransacked. Her laptop with the research on her mother’s cold case is missing, and Devon is nowhere to be found. When her friend’s body is later discovered in a car wreck, Hope is convinced it’s no accident. Clearly, Devon was too close to the truth, and the cold-blooded killer is still at large in Jefferson. Now it’s up to Hope to find the guilty party before the food blogger herself becomes the next subject of another true-crime podcast.
Series: A Food Blogger Mystery – Book #4
Author: Debra Sennefelder
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Culinary/Writer
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 336
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Hope has the perfect job for someone who likes to cook and write, a food blogger, and now she is adding teacher to her list of incredible talents. In the newest addition to the culinary “A Food Blogger Mystery” series, The Corpse Who Knew Too Much, Hope is busy solving a mystery and finding a killer while trying to keep herself out of trouble. But it isn’t going to be easy, and she ends up doing precisely what she swore she wouldn’t, investigating a homicide of an old school friend.
Characters in this series have endless traits that are endearing and some that are irritating. Hope and her sister, Claire, always seem to be on opposite sides when it comes to sleuthing. Not because they don’t want the crimes solved, they just have vastly different ways of being involved. As business people, Hope, a culinary blogger, and her sister, a home stager, both know what it takes to make things work, and even when they don’t see eye-to-eye, they respect and love each other. Hope’s boyfriend Ethan, the chief of police, doesn’t play as big of a role in this book as he has in the past. I would have liked to have Ethan more involved. Readers will love Drew and want to have him in every story.
There are plenty of suspects and a good mystery that is well written, entertaining, and will keep readers guessing. Twists and turns are peppered throughout The Corpse Who Knew Too Much, and motives are easy to understand. This book could stand on its own, and anyone who has not read any of the other books in the series will have no problem figuring out the main character’s roles. The recipes sound delicious and are easy to follow if you want to try your hand at cooking one of them or all of them. I love the blogger aspect of these books; it is very much in sync with today’s world. I am happy to recommend this book and the entire series to anyone who enjoys great characters, delightful recipes, and a mystery you won’t figure out on the first page.
Some alternate culinary or blogger /author-based books readers enjoy are Laura Jensen Walker’s wonderful “A Bookish Baker Mystery” or Mary Lee Ashford’s sugary sweet “A Sugar & Spice Mystery.”
About the Author:
Debra Sennefelder is an avid reader who reads across a range of genres, but mystery fiction is her obsession. Her interest in people and relationships is channeled into her novels against a backdrop of crime and mystery.
When she’s not reading, she enjoys cooking and baking, and as a former food blogger, she is constantly taking photographs of her food. Born and raised in New York City, where she majored in her hobby of fashion buying, she now lives and writes in Connecticut with her family. She worked in retail and publishing before becoming a full-time author. Her writing companion is her adorable and slightly spoiled Shih-Tzu, Connie.
Represented by the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
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