Ivy Culpepper wants to celebrate her brother’s wedding to the local police chief, but the newly weds have only just said their vows when the local school board president is found murdered.
With Billy and Emmeline on their honeymoon, Ivy is determined to help the new police captain find the killer whether he likes it or not! When Ivy’s boyfriend becomes the main suspect, the stakes really start to ramp up.
It does not take long for the dirty secrets, ambitions and dark family conflicts to emerge in this multilayered mystery, which is packed with twists and a shocker of a big reveal.

This is a cozy mystery, and this is the 6st book in A Bread Shop Mystery series. I have read and review the first book in this series. I really love this series. I feel all the characters in this book are developed, and I really love Ivy and Olaya. Ivy always puts in nose into the mysteries around town, so went there was a murder she as to put her nose into. Olaya is the owner of the bread shop, and she is so funny and a great character. I love that this book kept you guessing who did the murder right up to the end. I did guess who did it way better it was revealed, but that did not that anything for the story for me. This was a fun cozy mystery to read, and it was really well written. This story is driven by the characters in the story more then the storyline. If you love cozy mystery with food and great characters then this is the book for you. There is also some bread recipes included in this book. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Kensington Publishing Corporation) or author (Winnie Archer) via NetGalley, so I can give honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that. This book is schedule to be release on April 27-2021.

A cute addition to this great series, Ivy Culpepper find herself up to her elbows in suspects when another murder takes place in her small town.
I like this series and I’m alway happy to catch up with Ivy and her friends.

This was another enjoyable book in the bakery series.  It moved along at a good pace.  I do think there could have been a better connection to Ivy's reasons for investigating.  I would have liked to have a bit more description of the town, I had a hard time visualizing it. I could not quite figure out what size it was, at times it was a tiny town, at others it was a larger one.  I did see some clues that pointed to the ultimate culprit but it was developed as such that there could have been other possibilities as well.

Death Gone A Rye by Winnie Archer was an advanced reader copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Ivy's brother Billy, and her friend, Emmaline, are getting married. Em is the sheriff now. Ivy works at Yeast of Eden, baking breads and sleuthing on the side. During the wedding a local school board president is killed. As Em is going on her honeymoon, Ivy will help look into it as her boyfriend, Miguel, is the number one suspect.
The relationship of the characters and how Ivy works at finding out the answers was intriguing. I enjoyed Winnie Archer's style of writing. She kept the story interesting and brought a lot of information into the story and allowed the reader to "see" the different characters.  I love the idea that solving the case is like working a puzzle. This was a very enjoyable read and then there were some interesting recipes at the end of the book.

Billie and Em are getting married and Ivy is front and center with her bestie and brother for their big day.  The wedding goes off beautifully on the beach and right before the reception the new Captain makes Em aware that there has been a murder in town.  While Em is going on her honeymoon, she does ask Ivy to keep her updated on things while she’s gone. 

With the new Captain in charge of the murder case, he decides that Miguel is his prime suspect and works hard to make the facts fit his case so he can arrest Miguel.  While Ivy knows Miguel didn’t do it, she needs to get involved to clear her man and find out who murdered the president of the school board. Ivy, Olaya and Mrs. Branford put on their sleuthing hats and work together to ensure Miguel isn’t railroaded and Ivy doesn’t end up in permanent detention.

I adore this series!  Each visit to Santa Sofia has me wishing for the surf and baking bread. I can’t wait to try the Van Dough Focaccia Bread!  It will be a hit at our next family gathering for sure!

This being book six in the series, I need to confess to not having read the first five.
I was delighted to meet new characters to follow. Ivy and Miguel, recently reunited lovers, Emmaline and Billy, whose wedding starts the book out. Olaya the baker, Mrs. Branford, a former English teacher and Ivy's neighbor. And Agatha, the pug everyone loves. Each of these characters has their own back story that the author has craftily wound in the story without seeming repetitive or boring.  
Ivy, along with being a baker and a photographer,  is an amateur slueth.
Knowing everyone in the small town she grew up in makes it easy for her to ask questions and investigate. 
Nessa,  school board president, is found dead in the district offices. There is no shortage of suspects as it was well known that the murdered woman had many more enemies than friends. 
Not wanting to reveal any spoilers, I will leave this review with a high reccomendation. I plan to back track and read more of Ivy Culpepper's sleuthing adventures!

I enjoyed this book. The characters are well developed and likeable. It's a interesting mystery and a good ending. I was surprised by who the killer was. #DeathGoneARye #NetGalley