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Murder Has a Sweet Tooth (A Cooking Class Mystery)

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not really stand alone. i accidentally skipped one and spent the whole time going what did i miss. i like the girls alough they are a bit busybodyish. but its a fun style of writing

Book five of the Cooking Class Mystery series has Annie in the middle of a murder investigation at the same time as planning her wedding.

When her fiancé Jim's cousin Alex gets arrested for a murder he didn't commit Jim and Alex don't even have to ask. Annie gladly puts aside her wedding planning to help Alex out. By throwing herself right into the middle of the investigation, Annie's best friend Eve takes over as wedding planner and Eve has big plans for including her dog Doctor Masakazu in the ceremony and making the wedding as over the top as it can be.

I think it's awesome that there is no beating around the bush about why Annie is investigating this murder. In most cozies there's always someone asking the lead character not to poke her nose into the investigation and to leave it to the cops but of course they never listen and solve the murder, putting themselves in danger.

With Murder Has a Sweet Tooth, Annie prides herself as an investigator who has already solved 4 crimes and who everyone turns to when Alex is arrested. For that alone I love this book. Throw in Eve who wants to have her dog as ring boy and wants to wear a dress flashier than a Vegas costume and you have a perfectly hilarious cozy mystery where you're guaranteed that Annie is going to get her man (or woman), save Alex and pull off the perfect wedding to the man of her dreams. I highly recommend this series for anyone who loves cozy mysteries.

This is the first book I've read of this series (but not the first book in the series). I had never heard of this series. This was a pretty good book, decent characters, and good story idea. Annie Capshaw is the main character.

This is a cozy mystery, so there is a murder or two. Annie is determined to find out the killer(s). She and her friends go on some adventures to find the killers. Lots of talking, snooping, pretending, just to get information and to get people to talk.

Most of the book was around people who will probably not be in future books, and probably were not in past books. Therefore, I felt I got to know people better that I would never encounter again if I continued with the series. But nonetheless, I enjoyed getting to know these people: these 3 wives and 4 husbands. Especially the "relationship" that Annie formed with the wives was really fun. I felt like she was about to become one of them! Annie got to know 3 wealthy wives in a wealthy neighborhood. She pretended to be one of them in order to get her foot in the door (literally and figuratively) so that she could come to their house and associate with them and get to know them.

This was a good story idea, and the pieces fell together perfectly. For example, the part about Annie having to make flan, and why she had to.

Even though I did enjoy this book, I did not enjoy it enough to really love Annie or to return to Virginia and continue this series. I think most normal people would like this series, so I do recommend it.

Miranda Bliss' MURDER HAS A SWEET TOOTH includes recipes and provides a cooking class mystery revolving around a former cooking instructor turned boss. Annie's efforts to keep her wedding plans in check are complicated when a lovely American becomes a murder victim. A top pick for any mystery library's paperback section.

This is the fourth in MS. Bliss' book series. As always Annie and Eve get wrapped up in a mystery, and this time it onvolves Jim's cousin. Annie must prove his innocence by going under cover as a rich chick. The book was funny and had me following along. I will admit it was not as captivating as some of the past books, but still a good read.