A Catered Book Club Murder

Written by Isis Crawford

Narrated by Mia Barron

Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons run a catering business in their upstate New York town, and they're delighted for the chance to provide tasty desserts for the local mystery lovers' book club. But when fiction spills into a reality and
the sisters find themselves investigating a suspicious death, it's up to them to figure out whodunit …

If anything can be said about the endearingly predictable Margo Hemsley, it's that she always serves elaborate desserts at her mystery book club meetings. That's why everyone fears the worst after she doesn't pick up her order from
Bernie and Libby and skips out on the monthly gathering. The Simmons sisters can't imagine their acquaintance vanishing like a character from one of her favorite novels, at least not willingly.

When the search ends with the discovery of a dead body, Bernie and Libby agree to help the nine remaining book club members prove their friend was murdered. But a speed read through Margo's background reveals there was more
to the victim than harmless hobbies and frumpy cardigans would suggest. As the sleuthing sisters unearth scandalous secrets about the book club members, they'll have to determine who was connected to Margo's shady dealings—and who sent
her to an early grave …

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980075264

Isis Crawford

Isis Crawford was born in Egypt to parents who were in the diplomatic corps. When she was five, her family returned to the States, where her mother opened a restaurant in Upper Westchester County and her father became a university professor. Since then Isis has combined her parents’ love of food and travel by running a catering service as well as penning numerous travel-related articles about places ranging from Omsk to Paraguay.

Reviews for A Catered Book Club Murder

[maydacat_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Bernie and Libby are hired by the members of a book club to investigate the death of one of their members. These sisters spend a lot of time being amateur PIs but they still manage to run their restaurant. Margo’s body was found in a swamp, drowned in her car. The police think it was an accident, but not everyone agrees. Of course, the sisters dive right in, snooping and stretching the law to the point of breaking it. The banter between the two is always entertaining, but the secondary characters in this story were less so. The mystery was not one of the best, since most of the suspects were of similar backgrounds.

[jetangen4571 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

culinary, cozy-mysteryMost of the characters are part of an insider crowd and seem lacking in depth to me. This is the first I have read in the series, but it seems more focused on food and recipes than on finding out who did what to the murder victim. I was disappointed. I do not think it stands alone well.I requested and received a free ebook copy from Kensington Books via NetGalley.