About the Book
Book: Spoon to Be Dead
Author: Dana Mentink
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: October 31, 2023
A murder for the holidays is about to shake things up!
Trinidad Jones is starting the festive season with sugary confections and a heaping scoop of worry as her shake shop enters its first Oregon winter. With snow abound and tourists trickling through, she’ll do anything to keep her milkshake dreams afloat, even if it means catering a holiday steamboat party for some new arrivals in town.
But when her good-for-nothing ex crashes through her shop’s door claiming he’s being charged with murder, things go sideways. With clues piling up like whipped cream on a sundae and motives abound, Trinidad and her fellow ex-wives must solve this murder before she’s finally thrown for a scoop.
The third book in the Shake Shop Mysteries following Trinidad Jones who makes sweet confections and solves sticky situations in her small town!
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My Thoughts:
Trinidad is not having a good day, which may affect the entire winter season at the Shake Shop. It is cold outside and there is much less foot traffic in the store. Trinidad is trying out new ventures to keep her shake business afloat in the slow season, but a big opportunity in catering gets more complicated when the customer asks for non-dairy desert, from an ice cream shop. That is only the beginning. Then a good man is found murdered, and her ex-husband is back in town and believes he is the murderer. Everything goes from bad to worse when he asks Trinidad to help him, which of course makes Quinn, Trinidad's new boyfriend a bit jealous.
How can she not help him when those closest to her are asking her the same. Not only that but something is up with Gabe's other ex-wife, Bonnie who is keeping big secrets from Trinidad and Juliette. One of my favorite parts of this whole series is the close relationship the three ex-wives have formed with one another despite what their ex-husband put all of them through. This is a fun cozy mystery that kept me guessing through the end. It can be read alone but is so much richer and sweeter with the first two in the series.
I was provided a copy of this novel from the author. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.
About the Author
More from Dana
It seems like just yesterday that I was dreaming up decadent freakshake recipes for book one in the Ice Cream Shop mysteries and here we are in book three! It’s Christmas time in Upper Sprocket and there’s a wedding in the works, but most surprising of all is the appearance of Gabe Bigley, the cheating ex of Trinidad and her two besties. You can imagine there is going to be a hefty helping of murder, mayhem and merriment in this next installment in the series. Hope you love book three as much as I do!
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Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Dana is giving away the grand prize package of a $50 Amazon gift card and a copy of the book!!
(If the winner is outside the U.S., then he or she will receive an eBook.)
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
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I haven't read any books by this author yet, this one sounds like something I would enjoy reading.
ReplyDeleteI certainly want to get my hands on a copy of Spoon to be Dead because there are so many questions for which I must have the answers.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a quality read. Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
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