A Tempting Taste of Mystery

Sugarcreek Amish Mysteries #23

by Elizabeth Ludwig

The future is looking bright for Cheryl Cooper and her new fiancé, Levi Miller. Now that they’ve decided to make a life together, their biggest problem is how will they tell his family? When the town of Sugarcreek holds a pie-contest fund-raiser and many local business owners are invited to judge, Cheryl worries she may be biased because her best friend and future mother-in-law, Naomi Miller, is a contestant. Still, with the proceeds going toward a good cause, she really can’t decline the opportunity to participate . . . especially when contestants start dropping from the competition and rumors of foul play arise. What seems a silly coincidence, at first, turns dire when one of the contestants falls prey to a bad case of food poisoning and suspicion spins toward Naomi. Can Cheryl expose the culprit and prove her friend’s innocence, or will a pie-contest debacle bring an end to her hopes of a future with Levi?

Genres: Mystery, Amish Fiction, Amish, Cozy Mystery

235 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Elizabeth Ludwig is an accomplished speaker and teacher, often attending conferences where she lectures on editing for fiction writers, crafting effective novel proposals, and conducting successful editor/agent interviews. Book three in her popular EDGE OF FREEDOM series, Tide and Tempest, was named a finalist for the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Elizabeth was also named a finalist in the 2015 Selah Awards for her novella “One Holy Night”, part of the bestselling anthology collection, Christmas Comes to Bethlehem, Maine. Most recently, she was honored to be awarded a HOLT Medallion for her book, A Tempting Taste of Mystery, part of the SUGARCREEK AMISH MYSTERIES series from Guideposts. Her latest releases include Sheeps Passing in the Night, part of the MYSTERIES OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD series, also from Guideposts, and The Coffee Club Mysteries from Barbour Publishing. To learn more, visit ElizabethLudwig.com.

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

A local family loses everything in a fire and while the town has plenty of people to build a new house, they don’t have the money for materials. Cheryl start a fund raiser, a pie baking contest along with an auction. things go wrong from the start with one contestant after another being kicked out of the contest. Levi and Cheryl have decided to get married and he will leave the church. They are both afraid to tell his parents so haven’t said anything in public, leaving Levi wide open to the attempts of Ellen to court her.

[Pamela Pavkov · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Tempting Taste of Mystery is an intriguing mystery written by Elizabeth Ludwig in the Sugarcreek Amish Mystery series. This story is filled with mystery, secrets, and humor. A fundraiser is being held to aid a local family because of a house fire. A pie contest is part of the fundraiser but it becomes the focal point when unusual events begin to happen. As the contest opens a table with three entries crashes to the floor, one pie is laced with Ipecac and sends a judge to the hospital, and a brawl between contestants happens. Who is behind the sabotage will shock everyone but the reason behind all the problems exposes a bigger secret. As Cheryl Miller and Naomi Miller work to expose the suspect and all the secrets, Cheryl's big secret is also exposed. Will Cheryl's biggest fear of losing Naomi's friendship come to light? The conclusion to this story may bring tears to your eyes. The author has done an exceptional job telling her story thru her characters.

I was not given a complimentary copy of this book to read and review. I was not approached to post a favorable response and all opinions are my own. I have rated this story with five stars for meeting my expectations of a wonderful story that I can highly recommend to others.

[Leola · Rating 5 out of 5]

I grabbed this book because the cover featured several pies. Sice I love mysteries and love to bake, the cover and title drew me in. I struggled some, in the beginning, to get engaged in this book, but eventually, it secured my interest. A pie contest in an Amish community gone amuck. A villain is out to destroy the contest, or is someone is out to destroy Cheryl who is in charge of the contest? Someone is definitely out to destroy someone or something.
Read the book and find out who or what.

[Deb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 23. Levi and Cheryl are now engaged but no one knows it yet. They are praying and deciding how to tell his family and hers. Meanwhile there's a family in her church that has lost everything to a home fire. The dad is also laid off and needs help. The pastor comes to Cheryl for help in raising money to help the Carmichels. She plans a fundraiser with a pie baking contest and during the contest strange things start happening. Who would want to hurt the Carmicheals this way?

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is a family in Sugarcreek that looses their home to a fire after the man has lost his job. Cheryl & the community set up a fundraiser to help them but things keep happening to the pie contest to ruin things. Cheryl endeavors to find out why?

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who would of thought that a pie contest could cause so many problems! Cheryl, Naomi & Levi follow the clues to the culprit.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another hit

[Betty Armstrong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this mystery.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable reading, fun.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chief Twitchell wasn't involved, and no Skype calls from Aunt Mitzi

[Jo Erb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good mystery. Learning a lot about Amish lifestyle.

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Realistic? No. Delightfully cozy? Yes.

[Dorothy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cheryl Is once again solving another mystery and this time fun raising for a family that lost everything.Well her jealousy get in the way of solving the mystery or well she solve it,with help from her boyfriend and her Amish friend.Also well her Amish love tear her friendship apart.