Pumpkins & Poison

Connie Cafe Mystery #4

by Maisy Marple

Pumpkins, Pies, and Poison

Business at Connie's Cafe is booming as Halloween approaches.
Connie's mother, Roberta, is poised to win the annual Pumpkin Pie baking contest.
Everything is going perfectly...until somebody dies.

This is the fourth book in The Connie Cafe Mystery Series, a perfect series for lovers of clean small town mysteries that feature coffee and an amateur sleuth who’s in way over her head.

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Christian Fiction

113 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 1, 2020

Reviews

[Rose Mcclarin · Rating 5 out of 5]

What could be more fun than a pumpkin pie contest on Halloween Day, well it wouldn't include having the judge eat a piece of pie and dropping dead. Unfortunately, Roberta made that pie and is devastated. The people in the town are stunned and Ted now has a murder to investigate which includes having all 30 pies that were entered into the contest tested. Ted is deep in his investigation while Connie is dealing with Reba and Penny not exactly being co-workers of the year and all this is just the beginning. Lots of twists and turns, more that a few surprises and one of them turns out to very unpleasant. In the end the truth comes out and all is well in Coffee Creek. Great read.

[Toni Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Story!

Exciting, dramatic, and suspenseful! I really do like these small town clean stories. You won't see the end coming. It's a surprise!

It amazes me how people can think and say the worst things about you when you're gone! Especially when they didn't know you at all.

Maisy, is a great writer. I can't wait to read the next book in this series!

[Toni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really loving this series

The Connie Cafe series is finding its guilty pleasure comfort zone now. The author feels fully emerged in who Connie and her friends are. Its like looking in on your friends and getting the 411. Definitely becoming a go to author and series for me.

[Janice Dick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another fun read in the Connie Cafe Mysteries. Nothing too upsetting or gruesome in these truly cozy mysteries.

[Jan Gustafson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m enjoying reading this series!

[Joanne Bandfield-Freeman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun

This was another fun book. Really glad that there wasn't an actual murder in this book. Loving the Reba and Penny storyline.

[Sandra Bensley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mrs. Cafe, enters into a pumpkin pie contest....she's a sure winner, but wait, they mayor dies or does he? Wait to see what happens.

[Deborah Troxell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had fun struggling with with Connie trying to solve this autumnal themed mystery. Anyone who enjoys cozy mysteries should read this series.

[Winston Crutchfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

This time it's personal! Connie and Roberta are put through the wringer together when Roberta gets accused of murder! But they are there for each other. Connie's employees are working their out their own problems with each other as well. And someone dies, but Connie's barely involved. As with the other Connie Cafe stories, it's less about the mystery than the relationships.