Murder is no Picnic (Cape Cod Foodie Mystery #3) by Amy Pershing Book Review

With my birthday being today, it’s nice to be able to read and relax.

My Review

The July Fourth holiday is the perfect time for blueberry buckle,picnics and fireworks but is it also the perfect time for murder?
As the third book in the Cape Cod Foodie Mystery series we find Samantha entering a blueberry buckle competition. This food critic is working with a celebrity chef of the best caliber to get the tips and tricks needed to win this competition.
When the chef is found dead from a suspicious house fire Samantha is on the case and we run through all the clues as she tries to prove it’s murder.
An appealing foodie cozy mystery it will keep readers entertained and guessing right to the end.

Publish date 07 Jun 2022
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.

GoodReads Synopsis

A search for the world’s best blueberry buckle turns into a search for a killer in this delicious installment in the Cape Cod Foodie Mysteries by Amy Pershing.

July 4th is coming, and for professional foodie Samantha Barnes, it’s all about the picnic. Okay, and the fireworks. And the parade. But mostly the picnic. What could be better than a DIY clambake followed by the best blueberry buckle in the world? Sam has finally found the perfect recipe in the kitchen of Clara Foster, famed cookbook author and retired restaurateur, and she’s thrilled when Clara agrees to give her a lesson.

But when Clara dies in a house fire blamed on carelessness in the kitchen, Sam doesn’t believe it. Unfortunately, Sam’s doubts set in motion an investigation pointing to the new owner of Clara’s legendary restaurant–and a cousin of Sam’s Harbormaster boyfriend. So, in between researching the Cape’s best lobster rolls and planning her clambake, Sam needs to find Clara’s killer before the fireworks really start…

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About The Author

Amy Pershing — https://amypershingauthor.com/ — is a lifelong mystery lover and wordsmith who spent every summer of her childhood on Cape Cod, was an editor, a restaurant reviewer and a journalist before sitting down to write the Cape Cod Foodie Mystery series, including A SIDE OF MURDER — which Elizabeth Gilbert called “the freshest, funniest mystery I have ever read” — and AN EGGNOG TO DIE FOR — which Kirkus Reviews gave a starred review, saying, “A delightful sleuth, a complex mystery, and lovingly described cuisine: a winner for both foodies and mystery mavens.” The third book in the series, MURDER IS NO PICNIC, will be published in the summer of 2022.

In her previous incarnations Amy was an assistant editor at Viking Penguin, a restaurant reviewer for Playbill magazine’s Restaurant Reporter, and a journalist at the Rome (Italy) Daily American before eventually going on to lead employee communications at a global bank. A few years ago (with the final college tuition bill paid), she waved goodbye to Wall Street in order to write the THE CAPE COD FOODIE MYSTERIES, featuring Samantha Barnes, a disgraced but resilient ex-chef and the world’s most reluctant YouTube star. While Sam tries to balance her new job as the local paper’s “Cape Cod Foodie” with her complicated love life, a posse of just-slightly-odd friends, a falling-down house and a ginormous puppy, she also discovers a new talent – a propensity for falling over dead bodies … and for solving crime.

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