Love food? Enjoy a nice glass of wine? How about a murder mystery? Food blogger Willa Friday is excited to start training her new assistant to make recipes and style food. And she’s excited that her blog, A Dish in Thyme, is finally making enough money to hire an assistant. But she has other obligations too, like the food photography for the annual Whine & Roses Benefit poster.Dreading her … Benefit poster.
Dreading her meeting, Willa gets a surprise when she arrives and the vineyard owner is dead.
With her (ex)mother-in-law as the prime suspect, Willa reluctantly gets involved in the investigation. In the process, she learns of the many secrets the vineyard owners of Pear, California are hiding, which puts her directly in the killer’s line of fire.
Included in this novel are recipes and food and wine pairing suggestions.
This is the first book in the Willa Friday Food and Wine Culinary Cozy Mystery series.
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Fun read!
Cute, but predictable
Loved it as well as her second book!
Believable. Unrealistic to think an ordinary woman could solve a murder, but this was so believable. The writing was well done. The characters real.
light reading perfect for unwinding after a long day of reading heavy educational materials.
Sometimes there was too much detail that zi thought was going somewhere and didn’t add up to anything. Like talking about opening all the windows in great detail for the great lighting then… nothing.
An entertaining book complete with a few recipes. Not an original theme, but a good read.
Cute mystery. Recipes at the end.
Quick, easy read. Good for a rainy afternoon.
Pretty good read. The characters are well developed. Good book for an easy Sunday afternoon.
Light, easy read. I think the ending was too quick and happened just to wrap up the book, though.
Loved it
Just couldn’t get into it. Didn’t hold my attention so by one third of the book, I gave up. Sorry!
Enjoyed it
Keeps you guessing as to who did it!
Loved the characters, cute quick read.
Fun characters who leave you wanting to know more about what happens to them in the future. A great little mystery to read for a relaxing weekend.
Cute read.
Willa is a food blogger who’s closely attached to her ex’s family restaurant and winery. When her ex mother in law’s best friend turns up murdered and her new, handsome assistant is the suspect, she can’t help but try to discover who killed her and why.
Easy, relaxing escape. Wonderful weekend read