Strangled Eggs and Ham

Written by Maddie Day

Narrated by Laural Merlington

Robbie Jordan's rustic country store is growing in popularity. But when a dead body appears, it turns out that Robbie's home-style cooking attracts hungry customers-and murder!

While Robbie scrambles through breakfast orders for her expanding clientele at Pans 'N Pancakes, tempers run as high as the sticky August heat in South Lick, Indiana. Real-estate developer Fiona Closs plans to build a towering luxury resort at one of the most scenic hilltops in Brown County, and not everyone can see the sunny side of the imposing proposition-including Robbie's furious Aunt Adele, who doesn't waste a minute concocting protests and road blockades. When tensions boil over and a vocal protester is silenced forever at the resort site, Robbie ditches the griddle to catch the killer. But if slashed tires are any indication, she'll need to crack this case before her own aunt gets served something deadly next . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Jun 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781977333070

Maddie Day

Agatha and Macavity finalist author Maddie Day is a talented amateur chef who knows both Indiana and Cape Cod intimately. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and blogs with the Wicked Authors and at Killer Characters. Day lives with her beau north of Boston, where she gardens, cooks, and devises new murderous plots. She hopes you’ll find her at maddiedayauthor.com.

Reviews for Strangled Eggs and Ham

[Leigh Yafa · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A good story, but there were lots of strange glitches in the audio. Sounded like while editing to remove breath intakes, the edits were cut too close to the ends of some sentences. I've noticed poor quality control in many audiobooks from Tantor Audio .

[managedbybooks · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Robbie Jordan’s rustic country store is growing in popularity. But when a dead body appears, it turns out that Robbie’s home-style cooking attracts hungry customers—and murder!

While Robbie scrambles through breakfast orders for her expanding clientele at Pans ‘N Pancakes, tempers run as high as the sticky August heat in South Lick, Indiana. Real-estate developer Fiona Closs plans to build a towering luxury resort at one of the most scenic hilltops in Brown County, and not everyone can see the sunny side of the imposing proposition—including Robbie’s furious Aunt Adele, who doesn’t waste a minute concocting protests and road blockades. When tensions boil over and a vocal protester is silenced forever at the resort site, Robbie ditches the griddle to catch the killer. But if slashed tires are any indication, she’ll need to crack this case before her own aunt gets served something deadly next . . .

Yikes! There was a lot going on in this installment of the Country Store Mystery series. It was almost hard to keep up with the run-around plot.

*Book received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

[grandmacootie · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Strangled Eggs and Ham is Book 6 in the popular A Country Store Mystery series. Even though there is a murder for Robbie Jordan to solve in each book, Maddie Day’s storytelling is so good that they read more like “A Day in the Life of Robbie” with a murder woven in. The story moves deliberately along with suspects present but no one really popping up too soon as the favorite, giving you time to fully immerse yourself into the story and enjoy it. Very satisfying.I grew up in Indiana and feel right at home when reading one of the Country Store Mysteries. A few words in and I am already hungry and want to be at Pans ‘N Pancakes having breakfast. Then I remember the humidity – it’s often oppressive and can make you cranky. Maybe even murderous.Even though suffering when it’s humid (or Midwest-cold!) Robbie has made a full life for herself in Salt Lick, Indiana. Her country store, restaurant and Bed & Breakfast are thriving, and she is surrounded by her Aunt Adele and good friends and staff, and a boyfriend, although he is only present via telephone this entry in the series. She’s somehow managed to be involved in solving several murders in the short time she’s been here, and it’s interesting to watch her approach: Robbie structures her thinking about the murders like a puzzle with Q&A. Unique.In Strangled Eggs and Ham a new resort is going to be built at the town limits. The advocates and the protestors have squared off, and it’s serious. Someone is murdered, threats are made and things get violent. Robbie is determined to get to the bottom of it before anyone else, like her beloved Aunt Adele, is hurt.You can jump in and read any book in the series as they stand alone just fine, but I recommend reading the entire series in order. In addition to the terrific titles and covers, you’ll get the backstory, history and progression of events and friendships, plus the fun of more murders! Once you’re caught up with this series, check out everything else written by this author. Equally engaging.Thanks to author Maddie Day for providing an advance copy of Strangled Eggs and Ham for me to read and provide my honest review. I love this series. I always feel at home – I, too, used to say wash as if it rhymed with borscht minus the T. Took me many years to break the habit and I still sometimes slip into it.

[lindapanzo · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a solid 6th installment in the Country Store Mystery cozy series. The sleuth is Roberta (Robbie) Jordan, the owner of Pans N Pancakes, a Southern Indiana breakfast/lunch eatery, which is attached to a country store. The focus is on both the proponents and the opponents of a big new development in this small town of South Lick.It's a fun series with lots of characters I'm sure I will grow to love. This was the first book I read in the series, which is very unusual for me, but the highest praise I can give it is that, as soon as I finished this one, I immediately started the first book in the series, Flipped for Murder, to see how the series developed.Highly recommended for cozy fans!!(I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via Net Galley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.)

[jetangen4571 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

cozy-mystery, indiana, amateur-sleuth, law-enforcement, murder, small-business, small-town, family-dynamics ***** Great characters and and a cohesive mystery plot. The concerns and lingo of the characters are classic small town everywhere. And the problems of the small business owner who is the central character are also too familiar to many of us. I have not read any of the other books in the series but that was no deterrent to enjoying this book that I finished in about six hours total. Loved it! I requested and received a free ebook copy from Kensington Books via NetGalley. Thank you!