
She decides to investigate several customers who had a connection to the late woman and learns their is a lot of adultery going on in London! But she of course escapes with only a few bruises, eventually finding her cousin back from a trip to Africa on a mysterious mission. What happened? Scarlett is later almost strangled and then the hat shop is robbed. When she delivers a hat to a difficult client, Scarlett finds the woman has been stabbed to death and is naked on the floor. Scarlett later recalls meeting “Harry” over seventeen years ago, but their relationship has definitely changed this time around. When she arrives, her cousin has disappeared and sent the business manager, a handsome Harrison, in her place. The Hat Shop series has potential and I look forward to learning more as I travel through the remainder.Īfter a disastrous relationship awkwardly made public, Scarlett takes up her cousin’s offer and moves to London to help manage their jointly owned inheritance, a hat shop from their late grandmother. I’m fond of the author’s other series (Library Lovers) and bought her first issues of all other series. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.My rating: 4 of 5 stars to Jenn McKinlay‘s Cloche and Dagger, the first in the “Hat Shop Mystery” series. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I was not required to write a positive review. It’s a fun way to start a series that I enjoy each time I read it.ĭisclosure of Material Connection: I purchased this book for my personal use. Sprinkle with Murder is a fast-paced, light-hearted story about three best friends who stand by one another in the face of losing everything they care about. When their cupcake business takes a hit because of the investigation, Mel and Angie realize they have to find the real murderer before they lose all their customers. They get their wish when Tate’s fiance winds up dead. His fiance is a bridzilla they would prefer he didn’t marry. When Tate asks them to make the cupcakes for his upcoming wedding, the girls are less than enthusiastic. Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura own a cupcake bakery with their best friend Tate Harper. What better way to await the arrival of the new book? Start from book one: Sprinkle with Murder. This week, the latest in Jenn McKinlay‘s Cupcake Bakery Mystery series was released.



That’s why, whenever I have a new book to read in a series, I always go back re-read the series from the beginning.

Re-reading books is like visiting with an old friend.
