Three Widows and a Corpse
Between developing her food blog, Hope at Home, and choosing low-cal recipes for a feature in Cooking Now! Magazine, Hope has a full plate. Still, she’s never too busy to compete in a Jefferson, Connecticut, tradition—the town’s annual scavenger hunt.
But as she races with her team to check off the next item, Hope discovers a grisly surprise—the body of shady real estate developer Lionel Whitcomb, shot in a parking lot. His wife Elaine, who’s also in the hunt, gasps and nearly faints. But two other women on the scene cry out that their husband is dead.
It turns out this louse of a spouse was more than a little lax in legally divorcing his former wives. Did one of them put a bullet in the bigamist? Number one suspect and number three wife Elaine begs Hope to investigate. Now Hope is on a new kind of hunt—for a cold-hearted killer and triple widow-maker.
Series: A Food Blogger Mystery – Book #3
Author: Debra Sennefelder
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Culinary
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 352
Rating: 
The latest culinary cozy mystery book, Three Widows and a Corpse in the “A Food Blogger Mystery” series from Debra Sennefelder, hits stores on Tuesday, October 29th. Published by Kensington Books this is a wonderfully delicious series that readers can sink their teeth into.
Hope is a very busy food blogger, and in this addition to this culinary cozy series, she finds herself knee-deep in the middle of a murder investigation and has no choice but to track down the killer. Hope volunteers to help with town activities. She is also working at a magazine on a feature. Even though she is busy, she still enjoys participating in local festivities and events, and the traditional scavenger hunt is one she plans on winning again this year. Before she and her team get started, Hope discovers the body of a local man who is about to go on trial for criminal activities. However, his wife and neighbors are about to find out that he was more than just a fraud; he was also a bigamist. This comes to light as soon as Hope finds the body, and even though she is trying to stay out of the investigation, people keep dragging her back into it.
This culinary cozy series is original, entertaining, and filled with great characters and fascinating plots. It’s rare to have a cozy deal with something as distasteful as bigamy, but in this book, it almost becomes comical. The widows, all look different but are very much alike. Each suspect, which includes the widows, a business partner, a household staff member, and company employees, is uniquely human with human flaws. The cast of characters is as varied as the setting is charming, and readers will love Hope and her friends from beginning to end.
The killer is found, and readers will likely surmise from the clues, and the many twists the identity before Hope reveals it, but this does not happen early in the book, so it makes the reading fun from start to finish. Readers will love the mouth-watering recipes. I am thrilled to recommend this new addition Three Widows and a Corpse to the culinary cozy series. I can’t wait for the next one!
Other culinary cozy books and series readers may enjoy are Sarah Fox’s http://www.authorsarahfox.com/ culinary cozy series “A Pancake House Mystery” https://www.thecozyreview.com/crepe-expectations/ or Mary Lee Ashford’s https://maryleeashford.com/ “A Sugar & Spice Mystery” series https://www.thecozyreview.com/game-of-scones/.
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. Yeah, she’s that person. Born and raised in New York City, she now lives in Connecticut with her family. She’s worked in pre‑hospital care, retail, and publishing. Her writing companions are her adorable and slightly spoiled shih‑tzus, Susie and Billy. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America.
Represented by Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
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