Welcome to Bar Harbor, Maine, one of New England’s most idyllic coastal towns. But as new food writer Hayley Powell is about to find out, the occasional murder can take a bite out of seaside bliss…
Single mom Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaking roof over her head when her boss at the Island Times gives her a new assignment — taking over the paper’s food column. Hayley’s not sure she … sure she has the chops — she’s an office manager, not a writer, even if her friends clamor for her mouth-watering potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting, and Hayley’s chatty first column is suddenly on everyone’s menu — with one exception.
When rival food writer Karen Appelbaum is found face-down dead in a bowl of Hayley’s creamy clam chowder, all signs point to Hayley. To clear her name, she’ll have to enlist some help, including her BFFs, a perpetually pregnant lobster woman, and a glamorous real estate agent. As she whips up a list of suspects, Hayley discovers a juicy secret about the victim — and finds herself in a dangerous mix with a cold-blooded killer.
Includes seven delectable recipes from Hayley’s kitchen!
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I’d previously read a couple of anthologies with this series featured and also the newest release, but wanted to go back and start from the beginning – I really enjoyed it, and will now continue on with book 2! Many likable, and some questionably likable – lol, characters included, in the perfectly cozy setting of Bar Harbor, Maine. Yummy …
I enjoyed this book. The main character is likeable, and I enjoyed watching her take on a new assignment at work and solve a murder.
OMG I absolutely LOVED this book! I read it in one sitting while lounging in my pool and couldn’t get enough of it. It’s charming, hilarious, and has a wonderful mystery that keeps you guessing until the bitter end! I actually loved it so much that I went ahead and ordered the next 4 books in the series because I know it’s going to be a top …
I had to force myself to put this down to eat, sleep and go to the bathroom because it was so GOOD! Right before the reveal I figured out who the killer was, I love that in a book. I found myself a GREAT new author.
First book in a new (for me) cozy mystery series. Like every cozy mystery series I’ve encountered, it’s a little cheesy, a little predictable, easy to read, very little real depth of character. In a phrase: brain candy, which was just what I was aiming for. I found Hayley and company amusing and a bit goofy. The story was mostly predictable until …