A Holiday Donut Steal

Donut Shop Mysteries #21.5

by Jessica Beck

A Holiday Donut Steal, A Special Christmas Donut Mystery Short Story
From New York Times Bestselling Author, Jessica Beck

When Momma’s earrings disappear during a Christmas party that Suzanne is catering, it’s up to her to figure out who did it before the thief gets away with stealing everyone’s Christmas spirit.

This is a short story especially written for the holiday season!

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Christmas, Cozy, Ebooks

10 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 20, 2015

About the author

Jessica Beck is a pseudonym used by
Tim Myers.
Jessica Beck is the penname of an author who has been nominated for the Agatha Award and named an Independent Mystery Booksellers Association national bestseller nearly a dozen times.

Jessica Beck loves donuts, and has the figure to prove it. It's amazing what people can convince themselves is all in the name of research! For each recipe featured in the donut mysteries, a dozen more are tried and tested.

When not concocting delicious treats, Beck enjoys the rare snowfalls near her home in the foothills of North Carolina.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/jessic...

Reviews

[Holly Stone · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the first Jessica Beck story I've ever read. and it is a short one so a good place to start in the Donut Mystery Series it is 21.5. Only 10 pages, and a Christmas Quickie. Lol, if you like Donuts and mystery you might enjoy this...I may delve deeper into Jessica Beck now that I've had a taste...

[Jennifer Oberth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Um...so there was Christmas and there were doughnuts and there was a crime and there were suspects...and that's where it fell apart. The resolution of the mystery (the clues) made no sense because everyone would have held the same clue.
Also, Suzanne was super duper obvious when she called out the person's name in front of everyone else.
So...yeah...okay.

[Kristin · Rating 1 out of 5]

if anything this should have been added as a bonus story after Criminal Crumbs (#21)

[Renae Janecek · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sweet concept, but felt too rushed for a mystery -- even in a short story format.

[Speee1dy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn’t pay attention to how short the book was. Shame on me. Shame on the author for selling a book with 10 pages.

[Anastasia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick short story in the Donut Shop Mystery series.

[Susan A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun little holiday mystery

Suzanne uncovers a thief at a holiday party. How she solves the mystery is worthy of Sherlock Holmes. Read with a cup of egg nog.

[Melissa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't know the point of this.

[Kim j · Rating 1 out of 5]

I bought this because I wanted to see if I would like this series since this author writes under different names. I am MAD because its shameful for an author or publisher to charge for an essay and not even warn the customer!! Makes me want to NOT read any of the other books from this author and the many alias he/she writes under. I loved the Pizza cozy series and I really wish Tim aka Jessica would continue with that series. Despicable!!!!

[Linda Hurst · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too Short Not Worth Buying

I cannot believe Amazon charged for this, it is about 10 pages with absolutely no point to it except to make Suzanne look smart, Jake dumb and her Momma an Angel of good works except she brags about her help and threatens those she helped. This series jumped the shark two books ago and I am sorry to saying I will not be reading Beck again. It makes me sad but it is just not the fun series it used to be.

[Kristie · Rating 1 out of 5]

What an absolute waste of money! I purchased this book since I follow the series and didn't want to miss anything. The story seemed like 5 pages long and it was one 'scene' basically. I have purchased many other short stories that were well written and didn't seem short at all. This book had NO point at all.

[Patricia A. Bryant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Appropriate for Christmas

This was an easy read that took a short length of time to complete. Even so it was very pleasant to read . I recommend this to everyone, imagine no bodies, no murderers and still a good story.

[Lynda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just Jessica's Style

Sweet, curious. I am not crazy about short stories but usually enjoy Jessica's full length copies.
Was looking for Christmas recipes.

[Johanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't see it was only 10 pages until later. That was just too short for me. I was done reading it in 2 minutes. I love Jessica Becks books but this way not worth the time.