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Death by Chocolate Mystery #5
Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake
In the quaint island village of Eastport, Maine, Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and Ellie White run the Chocolate Moose bakery, where delicious treats take the spotlight—but murder sometimes gets a walk-on role . . .
Jake and Ellie are taking a break from perfecting their chocolate pizza recipe to cater a housewarming party hosted by movie icon Ingrid Merryfield. Miss Merryfield is famous for her old-Hollywood glamour. Her new home, Cliff House, has a reputation too—for being haunted. But she isn’t concerned, and some of her guests even try to summon a spirit during the party, using a Ouija board. What arrives instead is a freak autumn storm that downs an ancient tree, trapping everyone on the property and setting the stage for a killer’s planned spree.
Though Jake and Ellie don’t intend to get stirred into the mix, there’s no avoiding it—especially when they witness one of the guests being shoved over the very precipice that gave Cliff House its forbidding name.
Jake and Ellie begin sifting through suspects and motives, a search that takes them from a long-lost family graveyard to a wise old herbalist’s deceptively-sweet cottage and finally to Cliff House’s overgrown gardens. Is there some ghostly presence involved—or a flesh-and-blood villain? And either way, can they ensure that they avoid meeting their very own, very permanent Hollywood ending?
Jake and Ellie are taking a break from perfecting their chocolate pizza recipe to cater a housewarming party hosted by movie icon Ingrid Merryfield. Miss Merryfield is famous for her old-Hollywood glamour. Her new home, Cliff House, has a reputation too—for being haunted. But she isn’t concerned, and some of her guests even try to summon a spirit during the party, using a Ouija board. What arrives instead is a freak autumn storm that downs an ancient tree, trapping everyone on the property and setting the stage for a killer’s planned spree.
Though Jake and Ellie don’t intend to get stirred into the mix, there’s no avoiding it—especially when they witness one of the guests being shoved over the very precipice that gave Cliff House its forbidding name.
Jake and Ellie begin sifting through suspects and motives, a search that takes them from a long-lost family graveyard to a wise old herbalist’s deceptively-sweet cottage and finally to Cliff House’s overgrown gardens. Is there some ghostly presence involved—or a flesh-and-blood villain? And either way, can they ensure that they avoid meeting their very own, very permanent Hollywood ending?
296 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 29, 2022
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Sarah Graves
34 books795 followersSarah Graves lives with her husband John, a musician and luthier, and their black Labrador Retriever in a house very much like the one Jacobia Tiptree is remodeling in Eastport, Maine. When she's not writing Jake's adventures, Sarah works with her husband on the house and she plays the 5-string banjo.
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March 30, 2022
That was, um, a lot. It was nice to catch up with the cast of characters, but the plot was OTT and the storytelling was disjointed. I feel sort of battered now that I’m finished reading.
June 20, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ -Audiobook
Wow! Ms. Graves’ really upped her game with this one. A Locked-Room mystery done perfectly. Just when I thought I had it figured out, that character ended up dead. Highly recommended!
Wow! Ms. Graves’ really upped her game with this one. A Locked-Room mystery done perfectly. Just when I thought I had it figured out, that character ended up dead. Highly recommended!
April 22, 2022
Loved Jake in the Home Repair series not so much in this series. Jake was smart, brave, and a tough woman. Here she makes stupid decisions over and over again.
April 27, 2022
September
This story involves earthquakes, storms, an old house, and revenge. There are murders and secrets. It can be tricky keeping it all straight. It is also a bit silly at times. The end more than any other time.
This story involves earthquakes, storms, an old house, and revenge. There are murders and secrets. It can be tricky keeping it all straight. It is also a bit silly at times. The end more than any other time.
May 23, 2022
I've quite enjoyed Sarah Graves series about repairing the house in Maine, combined always with a death or two. But this one...same characters, now they own a bakery. They get involved with an aging film star who buys a 'haunted' house...and it's just too much. The two ladies go from one crises to the next. I'm still wondering how Jake could slid down several rungs on a rope ladder hanging from a cliff, damage her palms, and keep going about her business with nary another word about those injuries. She should be in a hospital after the first or 2nd mishap, yet there are too many more not to mention. Too much!!!
September 4, 2023
3.5 stars. I will say that I really liked the vast majority of this book. A big chunk of the ending was pretty boring (to me anyway). I personally was really into the mystery until it was solved. Definitely not my favorite in the series as far as endings go. I really liked the setting with the house on a cliff, overlooking the water. I liked that they got a catering job for a movie star. I thought most of those characters were interesting. I loved the movie star's dog, Igor. I was surprised the way the author described Igor. He's an Irish wolf hound and she described him as scary looking in the beginning. I had a friend in high school who had a couple of these dogs. Sure, they're big dogs, but they were so sweet and loving. I could never picture the breed looking scary. I had wondered if the author had ever met one. The paranormal feel in the large house was pretty interesting and I really did like the book. As the series keeps going, the stories get darker, which I like for the most part. The ending was just ok. I already reserved the last (so far) book from my library. Looking forward to it! Happy reading! 🍫⛵️👻👒🪭🛍👡
December 24, 2022
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Movie icon Ingrid Merryfield has come to Eastport, Maine and her first stop is the Chocolate Moose Bakery. Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and Ellie White are a little starstruck and surprised when the actress says she has come “home” to Eastport and purchased Cliff House, a house known for being haunted. She asks Jake and Ellie to cater the desserts for her upcoming party and will pay them handsomely to stay overnight to cater to the guests food needs as requested. Needing money to keep the bakery open they just can’t refuse.
The party starts off okay but soon the Ouija board is pulled out to try to lure some ghosts. The only thing that they seem to conjure up is a terrific storm that brings down a huge tree that blocks the only exit by road from the property leaving Ellie, Jake, Bella, and Mika trapped. Soon thereafter bodies start dropping like flies. One, off the cliff, another in the basement, and more to come. Ellie and Jake want out and go to great lengths to try to do that as soon as they realize there is a killer in their midst or a very angry ghost.
Jake and Ellie find themselves in trouble again and have taken Bella and Mika along for the ride. Mika’s husband Sam tries to help and even Jake’s dad gets in on the action. We see the supporting characters differently in this story. Everyone played an exciting role and I loved that. A surprising new character stole my heart and attention immediately. Igor, an Irish Wolfhound found himself in danger too and it made my heart skip a beat during a very tense scene.
This story unfolds at breakneck speed so readers have to hold on tight. Jake and Ellie took a lot of risks to free their family and friends from the Cliff House property. The killer was not their only worry. They had to battle a horrendous storm, high tides and big waves, earthquakes, falling trees, missing ladders, and more. They traveled through tunnels, spooky rooms, and hallways at Cliff House trying to find answers. They were in constant motion the entire story. I was exhausted for them and with them by the time I turned the final page.
Ms. Graves plotted out a whirlwind mystery and kept the pedal to the metal from start to finish. I was so caught up in the story I didn’t really form my own list of suspects and the actual reveal of the killer was a bit of a surprise. The pieces start to fall into place for me later in the book. This plot really kept me on my toes.
Ms. Graves took her characters on quite an adventure in Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake and in turn her readers. I really enjoyed this book a lot.
I am excited about the upcoming Death by Chocolate Marshmallow Pie set to hit shelves on April 25, 2023. I think both the characters and myself need a little time to catch our breath before we can handle whatever Ms. Sarah Graves dreams up next. We will all be ready by April.
Movie icon Ingrid Merryfield has come to Eastport, Maine and her first stop is the Chocolate Moose Bakery. Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and Ellie White are a little starstruck and surprised when the actress says she has come “home” to Eastport and purchased Cliff House, a house known for being haunted. She asks Jake and Ellie to cater the desserts for her upcoming party and will pay them handsomely to stay overnight to cater to the guests food needs as requested. Needing money to keep the bakery open they just can’t refuse.
The party starts off okay but soon the Ouija board is pulled out to try to lure some ghosts. The only thing that they seem to conjure up is a terrific storm that brings down a huge tree that blocks the only exit by road from the property leaving Ellie, Jake, Bella, and Mika trapped. Soon thereafter bodies start dropping like flies. One, off the cliff, another in the basement, and more to come. Ellie and Jake want out and go to great lengths to try to do that as soon as they realize there is a killer in their midst or a very angry ghost.
Jake and Ellie find themselves in trouble again and have taken Bella and Mika along for the ride. Mika’s husband Sam tries to help and even Jake’s dad gets in on the action. We see the supporting characters differently in this story. Everyone played an exciting role and I loved that. A surprising new character stole my heart and attention immediately. Igor, an Irish Wolfhound found himself in danger too and it made my heart skip a beat during a very tense scene.
This story unfolds at breakneck speed so readers have to hold on tight. Jake and Ellie took a lot of risks to free their family and friends from the Cliff House property. The killer was not their only worry. They had to battle a horrendous storm, high tides and big waves, earthquakes, falling trees, missing ladders, and more. They traveled through tunnels, spooky rooms, and hallways at Cliff House trying to find answers. They were in constant motion the entire story. I was exhausted for them and with them by the time I turned the final page.
Ms. Graves plotted out a whirlwind mystery and kept the pedal to the metal from start to finish. I was so caught up in the story I didn’t really form my own list of suspects and the actual reveal of the killer was a bit of a surprise. The pieces start to fall into place for me later in the book. This plot really kept me on my toes.
Ms. Graves took her characters on quite an adventure in Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake and in turn her readers. I really enjoyed this book a lot.
I am excited about the upcoming Death by Chocolate Marshmallow Pie set to hit shelves on April 25, 2023. I think both the characters and myself need a little time to catch our breath before we can handle whatever Ms. Sarah Graves dreams up next. We will all be ready by April.
February 26, 2022
Too much! Too long! These were my dominant thoughts upon finishing Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake, Sarah Graves’ newest release. Action packed nearly from the beginning to the end, it finally got to be too much for me, causing me to mutter aloud, “Oh, come on!” Jake Tiptree, frequently accompanied by her best friend, Ellie, go from one dire circumstance to another. Much of the action takes place in and around an old, supposedly haunted house which becomes cut off from civilization after a giant tree falls, blocking the only way out. Graves does an outstanding job setting the scene to be very creepy and keeping the suspense very real; it just was too much for my own personal taste as there was seemingly no end to just how many ways and times our two intrepid heroines and their family/friends could be put into danger. This book seems to have been inspired by the Agatha Christie classic, And Then There Were None, as one stranded houseguest after another meets an untimely, violent end. It’s a great premise and I enjoyed the book to a point and found it hard to put down but, again, too much, too long for me. Three stars.
I was given a free copy of this book by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions stated are solely my own.
I was given a free copy of this book by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions stated are solely my own.
March 29, 2022
Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake is the 5th book in the Death by Chocolate Mystery series by Sarah Graves. I picked up this series with Death by Chocolate Malted Milkshake (book 2) and I also thoroughly enjoyed books 3 and 4.
In Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake, Jacobia (Jake) Tiptree and Ellie White, the owners of 'The Chocolate Moose' are the caterers for Miss Ingrid Merryfield, a retired glamorous Hollywood film star who is throwing a housewarming party at her new home - Cliff House. The property looks towards Passamaquoddy Bay in the east and Cobscook Bay to the west and is rumoured to be haunted but Jake and Ellie aren't phased as they need the money to tide them over until the Spring and to develop their modern pizza ideas. However, on the night of the party, there's a terrible storm and a body is found at the bottom of the cliff.
I really adore the way Sarah Graves brings to life this fictional, yet seemingly real, small-town of Eastport. The story is highly entertaining, with plenty of action and an ample choice of suspects. I was delighted with the dynamic in the locked-room style tale and even though I suspected the killer fairly early on I made a perilous reconsideration!
With its fabulous story and wonderful characters, I would recommend Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake to all lovers of cozy mysteries. If you prefer more suspense and mystery than humour to your cozy reading, then this would be a superb choice. I hope this series continues and I can keep following Jake and Ellie's madcap adventures. My rating is five out of five chocolate hearts! 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from Kensington Books via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.
In Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake, Jacobia (Jake) Tiptree and Ellie White, the owners of 'The Chocolate Moose' are the caterers for Miss Ingrid Merryfield, a retired glamorous Hollywood film star who is throwing a housewarming party at her new home - Cliff House. The property looks towards Passamaquoddy Bay in the east and Cobscook Bay to the west and is rumoured to be haunted but Jake and Ellie aren't phased as they need the money to tide them over until the Spring and to develop their modern pizza ideas. However, on the night of the party, there's a terrible storm and a body is found at the bottom of the cliff.
I really adore the way Sarah Graves brings to life this fictional, yet seemingly real, small-town of Eastport. The story is highly entertaining, with plenty of action and an ample choice of suspects. I was delighted with the dynamic in the locked-room style tale and even though I suspected the killer fairly early on I made a perilous reconsideration!
With its fabulous story and wonderful characters, I would recommend Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake to all lovers of cozy mysteries. If you prefer more suspense and mystery than humour to your cozy reading, then this would be a superb choice. I hope this series continues and I can keep following Jake and Ellie's madcap adventures. My rating is five out of five chocolate hearts! 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from Kensington Books via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.
November 6, 2022
I wish I could give a negative rating. I am so through with this series. How can an author be so predictable and so far out of the realm of believability at the same time? We always have the predictable-two heroines that work at cross purposes, endless descriptions of Jake's clumsiness and inevitable run ins with local wildlife, the endless worries about running a ridiculously gourmet bakery in a town that barely survives at poverty level. Then there are the family members and friends that just go about their business while Jake and Ellie are running around endangering everybody. And in this story, creation of a desert pizza wastes the readers time with pages of reasons why it shouldn't happen but does anyway, the author names the book after a chocolate chip cookie? Add in earthquakes, movie star has-beens, a police chief who sends Jake into a rotting house to retrieve his childhood loan shark notebook while he stays outside, a murder house, an unexpected storm that keeps ALL the authorities too busy to rescue people trapped with a murderer, cave ins, and a tree that is so big that it takes several crews and many days to remove it. I never DNF a book and live in endless hope that a series will improve, but this one has the author being removed from my to read list.
June 3, 2022
This was the most disappointing of Sarah Graves’s books. Too many characters in this one to keep up with. The setting was marvelous, but the cliff and tree antics were overdone. I did like Sam being a hero!
It’s the only one of the books with Jake and Ellie as the main characters that I haven’t loved.
It’s the only one of the books with Jake and Ellie as the main characters that I haven’t loved.
April 7, 2022
Another book in the series. Love the characters but this story was too long and just a little overkill on the storyline. A little to outside the realm of reality for me.
March 23, 2022
Jake and Ellie have been asked to cater a housewarming party by Ingrid Merryfield, a Hollywood Icon who has recently purchased a home in their village. The house she has purchased has become quite known over the years as being haunted. She has asked them to stay over as well and with the money being so good the two agree. The evening g starts out well but soon turns into a nightmare. A tree falls blocking anyone from leaving, someone seems to have fallen to their death over the side of the cliff, and the power keeps going in and out. Jake and Ellie can't just sit by while a murderer is on the loose so the two begin to investigate. With so many avenues to go down to two so realize that this endeavor will be harder than they thought. Follow along as the two search for clues and interigate the guests. Will they be able to find a killer before someone else ends up dead or will the killer get away in the end?
I received an ARC of this book, all thoughts and opinions ions are my own.
I received an ARC of this book, all thoughts and opinions ions are my own.
May 10, 2022
Meandering, nonsensical plot that stretches one’s capacity for “suspension of disbelief “, as well as one’s patience. Annoying array of characters with fantastical, yet somehow still tedious, motivations and personalities. In short, don’t bother.
May 18, 2022
A little confusing and a lot implausible.
March 6, 2022
“Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake” is the 4th instalment in the "Death By Chocolate" mystery series by Sarah Graves. In the quaint island village of Eastport, Maine, Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and Ellie White run the Chocolate Moose bakery, where delicious treats take the spotlight—but murder sometimes gets a walk-on role . . .
I enjoy this series set in the village of Eastport, Maine and really like protagonist Jake and her BFF Ellie. Plus I love her family especially Bella. We meet a loveable Irish Wolfhound named Igor who we will hopefully see in future books.
There were plenty of suspects amongst the guests at Cliff House and plenty of twists and turns to keep me wanting to find out what will happen next. I did suspect the killer early on but then second guessed myself. The book was engaging from start to finish, grabbing your attention from the very beginning.
I highly recommend this series to all my cozy friends.
I requested and received an Advanced Readers copy from Kensington Books and NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I enjoy this series set in the village of Eastport, Maine and really like protagonist Jake and her BFF Ellie. Plus I love her family especially Bella. We meet a loveable Irish Wolfhound named Igor who we will hopefully see in future books.
There were plenty of suspects amongst the guests at Cliff House and plenty of twists and turns to keep me wanting to find out what will happen next. I did suspect the killer early on but then second guessed myself. The book was engaging from start to finish, grabbing your attention from the very beginning.
I highly recommend this series to all my cozy friends.
I requested and received an Advanced Readers copy from Kensington Books and NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
August 12, 2022
Horrible. I enjoyed the other books in the series but this one. It was a slow horror novel. The character development was poor. And the plot was unrealistic.
Save your time and money and reread one of the other books in the series.
Save your time and money and reread one of the other books in the series.
January 28, 2022
I've been a big fan of Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree for many years, and this newest series is just as much fun as the home repair series.
Jake and her BFF Ellie own The Chocolate Moose, a cute bakery located in Maine.
Jake lives with her husband, her son and his family, and her father and stepmother, and all of them have a rare, unique family life.
Jake has the tendency to stumble into murder investigations, and this time, there's a lot going on.
This story has everything I enjoy in a great book, a solid cast of characters, humor, a great plot twist, and a surprising reveal.
I'm looking forward to reading more in this series.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves a great whodunit.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.
Talking about this book? Use #DeathbyChocolateChipCupcake #NetGalley.
Jake and her BFF Ellie own The Chocolate Moose, a cute bakery located in Maine.
Jake lives with her husband, her son and his family, and her father and stepmother, and all of them have a rare, unique family life.
Jake has the tendency to stumble into murder investigations, and this time, there's a lot going on.
This story has everything I enjoy in a great book, a solid cast of characters, humor, a great plot twist, and a surprising reveal.
I'm looking forward to reading more in this series.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves a great whodunit.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.
Talking about this book? Use #DeathbyChocolateChipCupcake #NetGalley.
March 9, 2023
MINOR SPOILERS-
Gave up around page 180. Jake and Ellie are catering some boring event at a house but then a storm hits and the biggest tree ever falls across the road and they are trapped. One person is presumed to have been pushed off a cliff and two others are definitely murdered. But then even when Jake and Ellie manage to get away by boat, they arrive back in town and don't really do anything. Ellie seems to just be sitting with the boat, and Jake is crying to her husband that their son will be moving out of the house. Um, people are being murdered in the house where your mom and DIL are still trapped. Maybe that should be your priority? Perhaps a more urgent call to the police? If chainsaws aren't working on the tree, maybe a ladder so people can climb over it? It wasn't bad up until that point, but it was just too silly to continue.
Gave up around page 180. Jake and Ellie are catering some boring event at a house but then a storm hits and the biggest tree ever falls across the road and they are trapped. One person is presumed to have been pushed off a cliff and two others are definitely murdered. But then even when Jake and Ellie manage to get away by boat, they arrive back in town and don't really do anything. Ellie seems to just be sitting with the boat, and Jake is crying to her husband that their son will be moving out of the house. Um, people are being murdered in the house where your mom and DIL are still trapped. Maybe that should be your priority? Perhaps a more urgent call to the police? If chainsaws aren't working on the tree, maybe a ladder so people can climb over it? It wasn't bad up until that point, but it was just too silly to continue.
March 16, 2022
Winter is coming to Eastport, Maine and Jacobia and Ellie are evaluating their options--stay open, close, stay open part time. But regardless the bills will mount up and the furnace will still need replaced. So, when an outrageous offer comes from the new owner of the Cliff House, they feel forced to accept. Even though the offer includes an overnight stay in the haunted mansion. The night arrives and Eastport is saddled with earthquake tremors and an unpredicted storm. But it seems there’s a murderer on the loose also.
I enjoyed the book as I always enjoy Jake and Ellie. However, the was too much up and down the cliff and not enough about the mystery and I ended up a little disappointed.
I enjoyed the book as I always enjoy Jake and Ellie. However, the was too much up and down the cliff and not enough about the mystery and I ended up a little disappointed.
June 10, 2022
This book is on overload, too much. Back and forth to town, up and down the cliff, too many characters, so many deaths I still can't figure out.
I'm a huge Jake & Ellie fan, I've read all of the Home Repair is Homicide books as well as the 4 previous books in this series and have enjoyed them all. But can't give this particular book more than a 2 rating...
I'm a huge Jake & Ellie fan, I've read all of the Home Repair is Homicide books as well as the 4 previous books in this series and have enjoyed them all. But can't give this particular book more than a 2 rating...
October 18, 2023
All over the place. I couldn’t keep track of who was doing what or descriptions…it felt totally disjointed. And sooo many plot holes. I mean, who doesn’t put a priority 9n a shit tonne of people being murdered when it’s reported?
May 21, 2024
What the hell was that? Disjointed plot. And honestly, why wouldn't you build something to get over a 12 ft tree in an emergency rather than cutting through it for days. This series has been pretty good even with a few "out there" situations, but this was so strange.
April 19, 2022
Not like the other cozies. All of her books have been fun but this one was done before the start. This book was boring. I like being in the shop not some haunted house.
August 7, 2023
It was endlessly up and down the perilous cliff. If the cliff was so perilous, Jake would have only made it down once and not done it again and again.
September 29, 2023
I would have given this one star, but I save those for DNFs.
May 8, 2022
In Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake we once again find Jake Tiptree and Ellie White struggling to keep their business afloat during the off season. They take on a catering job that is paying a generous amount for their services. The even is hosted by movie icon Ingrid Merryfield, at her new home, Cliff House, which has a reputation for being haunted. The upstairs rooms where Jake and Ellie are supposed to stay are full of cobwebs and spooky vibrations. That is not the worst though, an unexpected storm takes down a huge tree and traps them all in the mansion until the tree can be cleared. As the story progresses, there is more than one murder and some harrowing events that keep everyone on their toes.
I am used to seeing Jake and Ellie in more sedate situations, but this one was full of action. The setting of Cliff House gave it a creepy vibe from the start and it ratcheted up as the story progressed. Jake and Ellie need to get out before they end up joining the victim list, but that is easier said than done with a cliffside home. With Jake's dad and his housekeeper/partner also on the property, she needs to make sure they are also safe. This book has a lot of twists and turns that kept me guessing. I didn't figure out the murderer or the motive, but Sarah Graves does a great job of wrapping up all the loose ends with a satisfying conclusion. I'm not sure what is next for this group, but it will take something exciting to top this latest Death by Chocolate Mystery. If you are a cozy mystery lover, I definitely recommend this book and series.
I am used to seeing Jake and Ellie in more sedate situations, but this one was full of action. The setting of Cliff House gave it a creepy vibe from the start and it ratcheted up as the story progressed. Jake and Ellie need to get out before they end up joining the victim list, but that is easier said than done with a cliffside home. With Jake's dad and his housekeeper/partner also on the property, she needs to make sure they are also safe. This book has a lot of twists and turns that kept me guessing. I didn't figure out the murderer or the motive, but Sarah Graves does a great job of wrapping up all the loose ends with a satisfying conclusion. I'm not sure what is next for this group, but it will take something exciting to top this latest Death by Chocolate Mystery. If you are a cozy mystery lover, I definitely recommend this book and series.
March 18, 2022
Through NetGalley, I received a free copy of DEATH BY CHOCOLATE CHIP CUPCAKE (Book 5 of the Death by Chocolate Mysteries), by Sarah Graves, in exchange for an honest review. Business is slow at the Chocolate Moose Bakery, so Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and Ellie White accept an offer to cater desserts for a weekend-long house party hosted by a famous movie star of bygone times. However, once there, a storm strands the party goers and the staff alike. When the wealthy guests are slain one-by-one, the staff is desperate to escape before they become join the guests in their ghastly ends. Jake must find a way to get everyone free or identify the killer before they’re murdered, too.
I liked this book and the series. I recommend this book and the series to fans of food-themed cozy murder mysteries.
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I liked this book and the series. I recommend this book and the series to fans of food-themed cozy murder mysteries.
#DeathbyChocolateChipCupcake #NetGalley
March 29, 2022
Retired movie icon Ingrid Merryfield drops into the store on late autumn evening, claiming to be an Eastport native, funny that no one has every mentioned it, well she bought Cliff House (haunted as per local lore) and hires Jake and Ellie to cater the dessert table for a party. One hitch, they have to stay overnight, and the pay will certainly help keeping Chocolate Moose Bakery open and help offset the cost for creating a Chocolate Pizza. What could go wrong?
Perfect cozy to curl up with, hot cup of tea or cocoa and of course a chocolate treat.
Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Books for a chance to review this book
Perfect cozy to curl up with, hot cup of tea or cocoa and of course a chocolate treat.
Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Books for a chance to review this book
June 5, 2022
I loved this book!! Crazy story!! Want to read more of her books!!
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