Death by French Roast(Bookstore Cafe Mystery #8) Review

Death by French Roast

by Alex Erickson

Pub Date 27 Oct 2020 |

Death by French Roast was a quick read and it held my attention.

The pacing was very good and the author makes the story come alive for us.

I felt as though I was there with Krissy as she discovers while helping a friend clean out her late mother's house that while the deceased died peacefully at an advanced

age her brother had not.

30 years ago the romance of Wade and Rita was the talk of the town and many did not approve of it because of the large age difference between the couple.

It caused quite a scandal.

Everyone had an opinion about it.

When Krissy starts exhuming things that many think are better left alone will she be

able to get anyone to spill the beans?

Bringing to life a cold case of 30 years many not be in her best interest

as clues start piling up some may just go to great lengths to shut her down.

I really had no idea who did it because as Krissy starts talking to

people it seemed as though many had past vendettas against Wade and would have been the perfect suspect for the crime.

From the former friends to the old coffee shop buddies to the many

others who knew him casually or just had an opinion about the

age difference in the romance will Krissy solve the whodunit?

Pub Date 27 Oct 2020

I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you.

All opinions expressed are my own.

Krissy Hancock runs a bookstore-caf� in Pine Hills, Ohio, but she'll be setting up shop as a sleuth when she discovers a long-unsolved murder . . .

Krissy's helping a friend clean out her late mother's house when she learns that although the deceased died peacefully at an advanced age, her brother did not. In fact, Wade was killed more than thirty years ago, and the case was never closed. What surprises Krissy even more is that she has a personal connection to the story--her friend Rita was seeing Wade at the time, scandalizing the town with the couple's large age difference.

With an older Rita now part of Krissy's writing group--and another member with police experience--she starts digging up gossip, talking to the victim's local coffee klatsch, and trying to find real clues amid the old rumors. But things just seem to grow muddier as she fights to identify whodunit . . .