Gingerbread, Enough Said

Guy Vandeux #5

by Jeffrey Shields

A baking competition with your archenemy… what could possibly go wrong for detective chef Guy Vanduex?

It’s almost Christmas and former chef turned private investigator Guy Vanduex and his partner in crime-solving Sylvia Parker are enlisted to discover who is sabotaging a baking competition show. And it’s not just any competition, it’s hosted by Vanduex’s former business partner and archenemy Flynn ‘Barney’ Baker.

But when contestants receive mysterious packages with gingerbread houses in the likeness of their restaurants and dead-looking gingerbread men in their likeness… things start to heat up. Who could be the culprit? Guy Vanduex must find out, and not just as an investigator, but as a contestant.

Join detective chef Guy Vanduex and Sylvia Parker on this Christmas culinary cozy mystery as they attempt to solve another case in the small town of Tempest, North Carolina.

107 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 6, 2022

About the author

Jeffrey Shields is a mystery writer best known for the Guy Vanduex Book Series. Shields is a professional marketer by morning, amateur chef by day, and storyteller by night. Like his amateur sleuth, Shields enjoys a good bowl of ice cream from time to time. Though he doesn’t solve crimes, he does spend his days solving sudoku, reading books, and writing mysteries.

Reviews

[Emmalynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

lol

Guy just needs a little bit of luck. I did wish his old business partner got his comeuppance. Sylvia is a long suffering but so loyal partner.

[Ida Wilcox · Rating 5 out of 5]

MMM MMM good

[Tammi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one has a funny cast of characters! The series as a whole is fun.
On to the next one.....

[Lori · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible

If I had to read Flynn Baker's name one more time, the book would have been a DNF.

77 pages was too long. I will not read any other books from this author.