Smothered
Smothered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery
by G. P. Gottlieb
About Smothered
Smothered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Publisher: D. X. Varos, Ltd. (February 16, 2021)
Paperback: 258 pages
ISBN-10: 1941072879
ISBN-13: 978-1941072875
Digital ASIN: B08HX7TWNH
Alene Baron doesn’t go looking for mysteries, they find her. When the highly disliked owner of a business neighboring the Whipped and Sipped Cafe turns up dead, the list of potential suspects is pretty long, including all of the members of his quarrelsome family. Missing wills, convenient accidents, and enough red herring to feed the lunch crowd spice up this tantalizing tale. As always, while pondering the evidence, Alene also comes up with creative vegan dishes to serve her customers and share with you.
Review
Smothered was a pretty good read. I really enjoyed this one.
Lots of details and side stories involving the main characters were included. At first, I wondered if this inclusion was necessary, but by the end of the book I felt as though I knew and understood the characters much better.
I'll admit that I was completely thrown off guard by the ending. I definitely was not expecting this particular outcome. The way the story is written, I had already concluded in my head how it was going to end, so this ending seemed to come out of nowhere for me. The book is full of surprises that way.
Overall, with all of the twists and turns, it was a very good book.
About G. P. Gottlieb
G.P. Gottlieb has worked as a musician, a teacher, and an administrator, but she’s happiest when writing recipe-laced murder mysteries. Battered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery and Smothered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery take place in the spring and summer of 2019 and a third book in the series will center on a murder that occurs during the city of Chicago’s lockdown in May 2020. G.P. Gottlieb has always experimented in the kitchen and created her delicious vegan cookies and cakes in direct opposition to what she learned in courses at Chicago’s French Pastry School. She is host for New Books in Literature, a podcast channel on the New Books Network, the mother of three grown children, and lives with her husband in a Chicago high-rise that is strikingly similar to the building portrayed in the Whipped and Sipped Mystery series.
Author Links
Webpage: https://gpgottlieb.com
Facebook Author Page https://www.facebook.com/authorgottlieb
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Twitter https://twitter.com/GottliebGp
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GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19306694.G_P_Gottlieb
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Thank you for the giveaway! I had never heard of this series and I just went to Amazon to purchase the first book. I love finding new authors so thank you, again. Please take care and be safe!
ReplyDeleteReally like your book's title (& the cafe's). Picture's great.... that isn't blood, is it???
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