Thursday, February 23, 2023

A Christmas Candy Killing

 

A Christmas Candy Killing is the first book in the Killer Chocolate series by Christine Romeril.   While I am not sure I would partake of the chocolates with poison names, I have a feeling I would change my mind if I entered Murder and Mayhem run by the twins in this story.  It was a charming book and was full of quirky characters and drama.  I look forward to reading more in the series.  I'm glad I picked up this book based on its title font reminding me of a Christmas Story. 


A Christmas Candy KillingA Christmas Candy Killing by Christina Romeril
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

What’s not to love about a bookstore and chocolate shop all in one place. Too bad it’s fictional but then I’m not sure I could eat chocolates named for poisons. The mystery and it’s characters reminded me of the Aurora Teagarden mysteries in the group meeting to discuss crimes. Jane seems like a motherly lady who’s a lot like Miss Marple. The small town atmosphere makes the suspects secrets all the more realistic and makes the discovery of the guilty party that much more difficult. The clues are unraveled well and are there in retrospect. I look forward to reading more in this series as they are published

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Challenge Prompts

The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:  

  1. Goodreads and Reading by the Numbers #ReadingByNumbers2023 Book #17  
  2. Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  Book # 14  
  3. Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge  R
  4. Stacking the Series  #stackingseries2023 1
  5. Series Catchup #seriescatchup2023 -1
  6. Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023   Book #16
  7. Cruisin thru Cozies  Holiday #1
  8. Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal  Book #13
  9. Craving for Cozies  Book #11
  10. Six Shooter Challenge  Target # 96 Shot #1
  11. Medical Examiner Challenge 6 Toe Tags poison
  12. 23 in 2023 # 23 A book that makes you happy
  13. 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2023  #9 Book with a Dedication
  14. 52 books in 52 weeks  #3 northern
  15. Around the Year in 52 Books #13 A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
  16. Bookworm #54 Read a book that has an illustrated cover
  17. BooklistQueen  #booklistqueenreadingchallenge2023  #1 Winter Read
  18. Beat the Backlist #BTB2023  #17 no romance
  19. Cozy Mysteries   #7 A Cozy that matches the season
  20. HP Quidditch 23 #44 Viktor Krum: With a character who speaks a different language
  21. Nerdy Bookworm  #NerdyBookwormChallengeXO #33 A book that has a cover you love
  22. Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2023 #5. DEBUT AUTHOR
  23. PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge #48 A book that features two languages
  24. Pick your Poison  # 78 A book about twins
  25. RAD Challenge #aradreadingchallenge #6 About your Favorite Holiday
  26. Read with Allison #19 Set During Your Favorite Season:
  27. Sci and Nature # 39 About Gardens or Gardening
  28. What's in a Name   #5 Celebration 


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