Croissant Murder

Patisserie Mystery #5

by Harper Lin

The culinary mystery series that takes you on a tour of Paris!

Includes French Croissant Recipes

After Clémence Damour’s last adventure, the paparazzi are following her everywhere. Her ex-boyfriend Mathieu, a talented painter, contacts her to help him with a bizarre ghost mystery, putting a strain on her current relationship with Arthur. Then Mathieu’s girlfriend Charlotte is killed in her own home, and Clémence must spend even more time with Mathieu. Will she succumb to Mathieu’s charms again? Is there really a ghost in his home? And can Clémence find out who killed Charlotte and why, without the paparazzi ruining her investigation?

Join Clémence and her friends as they solve murder cases, bake macarons and other treats, and fall in love in The City of Lights.

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Cozy, Fiction

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 13, 2014

About the author

Harper Lin is the 3x USA Today Bestselling Author of several popular cozy mystery series—8 and counting!

When she’s not reading or writing mysteries, she loves going to yoga class, hiking, and baking with friends and family. 


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Reviews

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute mystery

I do enjoy my trips to Paris with Clemence. This was a sort and sweet mystery. I feel like she got better closure here with her ex. Looking forward to the next adventure.

[Valentina Markasović · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like this hasn't been read before publishing, there are parts that are repeated up to three times in short intervals (mostly at the beginning, when she sums up her past adventures). However, it didn't really affect my reading, it was still an experience I enjoyed. Like others, this is an extremely fast read (maybe it's just me). Light, interesting, plot-twisty. Thumbs up.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was so looking forward to "meeting" Clémence's ex-boyfriend, and this book did not disappoint! Her relationship with Arthur was tested and kept me guessing. Each book in this series nicely sets up the next.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very easy and enjoyable read.

[Maddie butler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clémence is being bombarded with paparazzi after her recent kidnapping. With the news out her ex boy friend looks her up hoping to rekindle their old flame. But Clémence thinks not she already has the perfect boyfriend. So when her ex’s girlfriend turns up dead who is being looked at yet again, Clémence.
Harper Lin does get more creative with her stories but I find she repeats her self a lot. If you don’t know where her parents are or who and how author and her met are you really even reading the books?

[Flkitty_reads (Lynne) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love cozy mysteries, but I did not love this book. The mystery doesn't even happen until almost halfway in. The first half you are reading about nonsense. The main character Clemence is really annoying. Also, most of the time you don't have to read these books in order. And if something happens in a previous book, there's usually a recap. Well apparently the main character gets kidnapped in a previous book. There's no recap so if you haven't read the previous book, you'll be confused. If I liked the characters more, I'd probably go back and read the others.

[Angela Griffin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Irritatingly mundane

I really enjoy how the city of Paris is almost handled like a character in this series. Clémence, however, is at her most insufferable in this story (a bet on the outcome, really?!!), the murder has no real place in the story until about 3/4 of the way in, and the motive is ridiculous. I found the story irritatingly mundane, but "Croissant Murder" is fine for anyone looking for a quick, undemanding, fairly clean cozy.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uff-da!

So many grammatical errors! One of my biggest pet peeves. If you are a published author, with an editor, there shouldn’t be any grammatical errors. And the errors in this book are grade school errors! In one sentence we go from past tense to present tense, then back to past tense. Those kind of errors drive me batty!

[Nathalia Borghi · Rating 3 out of 5]

CHOCANTE a quantidade de merda que a clemence faz com o arthur

[Christiana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice to figure out who the ex-boyfriend is and that he's still a horrible person she was right to move on from. Predictable, but good exposure of the crime.