Eggs Benedict Arnold (Cackleberry Club Mysteries) [Large Print] [Paperback]

Laura Childs (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cackleberry Club Mysteries | Publication Date: March 17, 2010

Suzanne, Toni and Petra lost their husbands but found, in each other, a life raft of support, inspiration, fresh baked goods, and their own business . . .

When Suzanne stops by the local funeral home to deliver a pie to funeral director Ozzie Driesden, she discovers him not working at the embalming table but lying on it. She barely has time to recognize his corpse before she's drugged with chloroform. With more suspects than breakfast specials, the Cackleberry Club scrambles to crack the case before one of their own ends up six feet under.

Product Details

• Paperback: 437 pages
• Publisher: Kennebec Large Print; Lrg edition (March 17, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1410421929
• ISBN-13: 978-1410421920
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,873,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fund raising for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.

Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:

The Tea Shop Mysteries - set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy entrepreneur, and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She's also an intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn't rely on coincidences or inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.

The Scrapbooking Mysteries - a slightly edgier series that take place in New Orleans. The main character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans' spooky above-ground cemeteries, jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known here!

The Cackleberry Club Mysteries - set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus women have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty here and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business is good but murder could lead to the cafe's undoing! This series offers recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of spirituality.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is one of those books that I would like to award a 1/2 star making it 3 1/2, December 3, 2009

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M. C. Carter "cartertoggle" (Columbia, Md USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eggs Benedict Arnold (A Cackleberry Club Mystery) (Paperback)

The second book in this series is a fairly good read...the characters are believable (for the most part) and the who dun it is intriguing....who is targeting employees of a local funeral home? There are several possibilities....The leading character Suzanne has one group of suspects in her sights, the local sheriff has another. Rural drug ring? Hostile corporate takeover by a national funeral home consortium?? Love triangle??? Key man insurance payoff for the remaining partner???? Ancy of these are possibilities. I won't insert a spoiler but will say the plot resolves in a particularly abrupt and totally unexpected manner. This is fine with me...I don't usually try and solve the mystery but generally have a pretty good idea and this took me totally by surprise....my problem is that there is no explanation as to motive. Believe me when I say that neither Suzanne nor the sheriff even had a clue. The problem I found (which prevented a 4 star rating? Way too many plot lines left unresolved and really a totally unexplained motive for murder.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun culinary cozy mystery, April 26, 2010

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Dawn Dowdle "Mystery Lovers Corner reviewer" (Lynchburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eggs Benedict Arnold (A Cackleberry Club Mystery) (Paperback)

I like the three women who run The Cackleberry Club. In this book, Suzanne goes to the funeral home to deliver the cherry pie the director, Ozzie Driesden, apparently forgot to come back for. When she arrives, she finds him dead on a metal embalming table. Before she gets a good look at the scene, someone knocks her out with chloroform. A friend comes under suspicion and the ladies rally around to help find the real killer. This puts them in harm's way.

The author has done a great job of creating a community the reader cares about. It is a fun cozy mystery series to read. I find myself laughing out loud at times. I can't wait to read the next installment. I highly recommend this book and series.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun read when you want to relax., January 31, 2010

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This review is from: Eggs Benedict Arnold (A Cackleberry Club Mystery) (Paperback)

I like Laura Childs "teashop" mysteries better, but the Cackleberry Club mysteries are fun, too. Keeps you guessing to the end.