Food blogger Hope Early takes on a cold case that’s heating up fast . . . Building on her recipe for success with her food blog, Hope at Home, Hope is teaching her first blogging class at the local library in Jefferson, Connecticut. She’s also learning about podcasts, including a true-crime one called Search for the Missing, hosted by Hope’s childhood friend, Devon Markham. Twenty years ago on … Devon Markham. Twenty years ago on Valentine’s Day, right here in Jefferson, Devon’s mom disappeared and was never found. Finally Devon has returned to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother—and she asks Hope to help.
The next day Hope discovers Devon’s apartment has been ransacked. Her laptop with the research on her mother’s cold case is missing, and Devon is nowhere to be found. When her friend’s body is later discovered in a car wreck, Hope is convinced it’s no accident. Clearly, Devon was too close to the truth, and the cold-blooded killer is still at large in Jefferson. Now it’s up to Hope to find the guilty party—before the food blogger herself becomes the next subject of another true-crime podcast . . .
Includes Recipes from Hope’s Kitchen!
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The Corpse Who Knew Too Much by Debra Sennefelder is an interesting and challenging read. With food blogger, Hope Early, as the heroine, the book led us on a merry chase to find a supposed murderer from twenty years earlier who has now killed twice more. Hope’s boyfriend, Ethan, the police chief, has done all he can to do discourage Hope from investigating but it is falling on deaf ears. She is just plain curious, or is it nosey? Twenty years ago Devon and Felice came home to an open door and no mother. Thinking she’d be back shortly, they carried on. She never came back. Now there’s a new true crime podcast, starring…Devon, and she is now working on her mother’s case and has come back to town to investigate and has moved in to the small apartment above Claire’s shop. Next thing you know, she’s found dead on the side of a road. An accident or murder?
What a fun book and terrific cast of characters. Hope is a very entertaining woman with lots of friends and acquaintances who round out her life. She has worked hard to become a success and is constantly surprised by the locals who follow her blog. She loves to cook and bake and uses the items she creates for her blog to gain entry into various houses and offices to further her knowledge of the crime at hand. Hard to turn away someone with food in their hands. She has a contentious relationship with the local detective, who turns out to be just as protective of Hope as his boss. The plot was a good one with hints of the perpetrator early on, but misread, nearly to her own demise. I have never read Sennefelder’s work before but it won’t be the last time. I recommend The Corpse Who Knew Too Much.
I was invited to read a free ARC of The Corpse Who Knew Too Much by Netgalley.
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Successful blogger Hope Early was busy with her food blog and teaching a newbie blogging class. However, when Devon, an old friend from high school, asked for help in solving her mom’s disappearance 20 years ago she couldn’t say no. Little did she know the terrible consequences that would result due to their investigating.
From this book I learned a little about blogging, got some great recipes and enjoyed the story too. Even though it is book #4 in A Food Blogger Mystery series it could easily be read as a stand alone. Thanks to Kensington and NetGalley for an ARC. The opinions expressed are my own.
cozy-mystery, culinary, family-dynamics, friendship, small-town, small-business, law-enforcement, amateur-sleuth, murder
Hope left NYC and is renovating her farmhouse in a small town in Connecticut. She is a food blogger, teaching a class on blogging, and an amateur sleuth (despite the protests of her boyfriend, the local police chief). Twenty years ago the mother of two of Hope’s friends disappeared and now one of those girls has returned and is determined to find out what happened to her mom. What she finds out gets her killed and Hope takes up the cause while snow storms keep causing havoc in the area. Great characters and lots of twists and red herrings as well as plenty of family and friendship. An excellent cozy!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Kensington Books via NetGalley. Thank you!