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Frosted Love Cozy Mystery #12
Plain Vanilla Murder
Ever want to host your own reality show?
Truth can be stranger than reality TV!
A cooking reality show is a dream come true for cupcake bakery owner, Missy Gladstone.
Being suspected of murdering one of the judges is a nightmare.
With her detective boyfriend, Chas Beckett, far away, and storm clouds of intrigue gathering, Missy has to rely on unfamiliar allies in an unfamiliar place, in order to find the real perpetrator.
Will she solve the crime before time runs out on her small screen dreams?
Truth can be stranger than reality TV!
A cooking reality show is a dream come true for cupcake bakery owner, Missy Gladstone.
Being suspected of murdering one of the judges is a nightmare.
With her detective boyfriend, Chas Beckett, far away, and storm clouds of intrigue gathering, Missy has to rely on unfamiliar allies in an unfamiliar place, in order to find the real perpetrator.
Will she solve the crime before time runs out on her small screen dreams?
102 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 19, 2015
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December 31, 2016
It was short, so there wasn't a lot of time for character development, and I got a little lost at the end - after the mystery was solved there were a couple of chapters of side plot that didn't seem to have anything to do with the rest of the story. But quite a lot was fit into that 125 pages.
April 16, 2019
Missy Gladstone, owner of two cupcake shops, gets a call from Francesca Childs in Hollywood, CA. Francesca invites Missy to come to Hollywood to audition for hosting a Reality TV Baking Show. After arriving in Hollywood, Missy learns that the invitation is, in reality, to a competition for hosting the baking show.
One of the judges, Kelvin Michaels, seems to have a particularly nasty disposition. Rather than giving constructive criticism, he prefers to insult every contestant to one degree or another. He gives a particularly nasty review to Missy's latest creation. When Kelvin is found dead, Missy is the primary suspect. With Chaz Beckett still in LaChance, Missy is on her own.
Who killed Kelvin Michaels? Why was he killed? Can Missy prove her innocence and expose the real killer?
Summer Prescott does a great job of holding your attention with vivid characters and situations. There are plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing all the way through.
One of the judges, Kelvin Michaels, seems to have a particularly nasty disposition. Rather than giving constructive criticism, he prefers to insult every contestant to one degree or another. He gives a particularly nasty review to Missy's latest creation. When Kelvin is found dead, Missy is the primary suspect. With Chaz Beckett still in LaChance, Missy is on her own.
Who killed Kelvin Michaels? Why was he killed? Can Missy prove her innocence and expose the real killer?
Summer Prescott does a great job of holding your attention with vivid characters and situations. There are plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing all the way through.
June 18, 2023
Out of the blue Missy gets an invite to Hollywood to screen test for her own baking show, she's not sure she's the right person for this but get pressured to try out and they want her but didn't explain that she would participate in a bake off competition and would have to win to get the show. When she ends up in the final two the producer has a dinner party to celebrate but somehow one of the judges ends up dead and everyone thinks Missy did it and it all goes downhill really fast from there, then there's another murder and Missy ends up in jail - there are more surprises and plot twists than Carter's has pills in this one but in the end, in spite of all the shocking surprises the murderer is found and Missy goes home to find even more surprises but everything ends well. Great read.
July 7, 2019
Missy decides to enter a TV show contest to see who has the best cupcakes. Well we all already know what happens. I really do like a cozy murder series I just wish the books were longer so you had time to get to know everyone.
April 29, 2025
Great series.
May 17, 2025
Good story. I like reading about these characters. You never know just what kind of catastrophes are going to happen to this crew.
October 15, 2017
I enjoyed this book, even though there wasn't much Chas in it. I really enjoy how he treats her in this book, it's so sweet. She gets pulled into another murder mystery while away in New York. She doesn't really investigate anything as she is the murder suspect and Chas is back home, but she does have her friend to look into what he could while she waited.
Missy is thrown for a loop in this book, and wants to make the situation work. Her strength as a character comes out in this book, which is lovely. Though she gets really close to losing it in this book, she does well to power through.
I enjoyed the end of the book when there was some character development and we got to see the side characters that weren't present through the rest of the book. It was a nice to see them when there isn't a mystery to solve.
I am still really enjoying this series.
Missy is thrown for a loop in this book, and wants to make the situation work. Her strength as a character comes out in this book, which is lovely. Though she gets really close to losing it in this book, she does well to power through.
I enjoyed the end of the book when there was some character development and we got to see the side characters that weren't present through the rest of the book. It was a nice to see them when there isn't a mystery to solve.
I am still really enjoying this series.
July 24, 2015
Another great offering from Carol Durand! This time, Missy is asked to participate in a cupcake creating reality show, the winner of which is to get their own baking show. Missy is skeptical about the whole thing, but allows herself to be talked into it, only to find herself as the prime suspect in the murder of one of the judges! She has to try to save herself as Chas is unable to come to the rescue, and there are very few clues.
July 25, 2015
Great story!!
I think the story was awesome! I love each book better than the last. It is neat to dig into all the characters background traits!! Thank you so much for an enjoyable read!!!
I think the story was awesome! I love each book better than the last. It is neat to dig into all the characters background traits!! Thank you so much for an enjoyable read!!!
October 7, 2015
Will missy survive Hollywood
Missy is off to the bright lights to try out for her own baking show. Next thing she is in jail for murder. Is this the end of Missy? Better read this book to find out
Missy is off to the bright lights to try out for her own baking show. Next thing she is in jail for murder. Is this the end of Missy? Better read this book to find out
April 30, 2019
Love it
More of missy and chas together ❤he has to stay in LA she heads to CA to see if she can compete in a contest with her famous cupcakes to eventually win a show of her own! Trouble comes and chas to missys rescue!
More of missy and chas together ❤he has to stay in LA she heads to CA to see if she can compete in a contest with her famous cupcakes to eventually win a show of her own! Trouble comes and chas to missys rescue!
May 17, 2019
Plain Vanilla Murder
This series is great and the plots are exciting. I’m enjoying how we get to know a little bit more about each of the characters in every book. Thanks for a wonderful, cozy series.
This series is great and the plots are exciting. I’m enjoying how we get to know a little bit more about each of the characters in every book. Thanks for a wonderful, cozy series.
February 13, 2021
Missy is not allowed to go anywhere by herself
Missy goes to California to test for a Cupcake show. What could possibly go wrong! Its not a cupcake show but rather a cupcake competition show.
Missy goes to California to test for a Cupcake show. What could possibly go wrong! Its not a cupcake show but rather a cupcake competition show.
July 24, 2015
This one is number 12 and I've liked them all but I liked this more than the other. The characters seemed so much more real this time.
July 31, 2015
This was an excellent cozy. It had wonderful characters and a great story. I really enjoy everything this author writes.
August 4, 2015
Love it!!! Keep them coming. I'm getting super excited about all the changes for Missy's friends and her too.
August 8, 2015
A well written book, easy to read but it finishes really quick. I would prefer not to know the killer so early and maybe to deepen into characters! However generally I enjoy reading it!
January 29, 2016
This one was great.
I can't even put into words how much I am loving this series. I was a bit surprised by who the killer was in this one. Looking forward to book 13.
I can't even put into words how much I am loving this series. I was a bit surprised by who the killer was in this one. Looking forward to book 13.
September 10, 2015
Good
the murders that were arranged to make one woman look guilty.the way that a t.v. compaction is set up to be illegal.
the murders that were arranged to make one woman look guilty.the way that a t.v. compaction is set up to be illegal.
October 10, 2015
Mystery and a real ending!
After reading some long involved serious books I found you! Something to relax with and find out who dunit. Sweet dreams to me.
After reading some long involved serious books I found you! Something to relax with and find out who dunit. Sweet dreams to me.
December 20, 2015
Another great addition
I absolutely love these murder, mystery short stories and I love getting to know all the characters and how interactive they all are.
I absolutely love these murder, mystery short stories and I love getting to know all the characters and how interactive they all are.
April 1, 2019
Thumbs up
Loved this book! And the ending was soooo sweet! Can’t wait to find out what happens in the next book. This is one of my favorite code mystery series.
Loved this book! And the ending was soooo sweet! Can’t wait to find out what happens in the next book. This is one of my favorite code mystery series.
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