The Bakeshop Mysteries Books 1-3

Bakeshop Mystery #1-3

by Ellie Alexander

Ellie Alexander's Bakeshop Mysteries will make readers hungry for baked goods with a side of murder. Here together for the first time are the first three books in the series.

Meet Your Baker
After returning to her hometown of Ashland, OR, Jules Capshaw helps heal her broken heart by working at Torte, the family bakeshop. But when the town busybody turns up dead in the store, Jules is drawn into a murder investigation between whipping up batches of her signature raspberry danishes.

A Batter of Life and Death
Autumn has come to Ashland, and Jules and her team at Torte are prepping for the arrival of the Pastry Channel, which has chosen their town to film the current season of their reality show Take the Cake. When one of the contestants turns up dead, face-down in buttercream, Jules takes his place. She dusts off her best Bavarian Chocolate Cake recipe and gets ready to bake—and solve a murder.

On Thin Icing
Jules and her team from Torte have been hired to cater the annual retreat for the directors of the Oregon Shakespeare festivals at a remote mountain resort. Visions of hearty stews and orange cardamom rolls dance in her head, and she can't wait to get started. Then someone puts the (very irritating) bartender on ice, and Jules has to pull double duty in the kitchen, and figuring out whodunit.

Genres: Cozy Mystery

717 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 31, 2016

About the author

Ellie is a voracious storyteller and a lover of words and all things bookish. She believes that stories have the ability to transport and transform us. With over forty published novels and counting, her goal is to tell stories that provide points of connection, escape, and understanding.

She loves inhabiting someone else’s skin through the pages of a book and is passionate about helping writers find their unique storytelling lens. As a writing teacher and coach, she guides writers in crafting the story they’ve always wanted to tell while navigating the path to publication that’s right for them.

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Reviews

[Olivia Schmidt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 1: Meet your baker - glued to this. Although I felt that some chapters were a bit long, this book was really a lovely read and a great start to get to know the characters of Ashland.

Book 2: A Batter of Life and Death - not glued to it as much as I was with the first book. Some passages fell a bit flat and some characters were poorly developed.

Book 3: On Thin Icing - glued to it, mainly because I wanted to see where things were going with Carlos. Out of the three books in this book however, I felt that this story was the most rushed. Character development was still good, and I get that this was based on a three day weekend, but I would have liked it a little slower paced.

Overall the whole idea of joining murder mysteries with baking/cooking is a fantastic idea, and I love the assorted recipes in the back of the books. Will certainly try a few.

Can‘t wait to get my hands on the next Books. 10/10 would recommend.

[Kenzie Weitzeil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic delightful characters. Beautiful

[Abbie Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great fun read!

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Jules and everyone at Torte. Fun and quick cosy mystery read! I’m looking forward to the next book.