I love this quirky cast of characters so much and am always excited to return to Geneva Bay. Mob history, missing riches, and the discovery of long-hidden secrets have Delilah O'Leary and friends racing to solve the murder of Calvin Capone. The fast-paced plot and heart-pounding ending had me reading this book in almost one sitting. With fun recipes, a loveable pet, and a bit of Valentine's Day romance thrown in, At Death's Dough is a fantastic addition to the Deep Dish Pizza Mystery Series! Thank you to #NetGalley and #MinotaurBooks for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This is a great new installment to this cozy mystery series. The crew is at it again, trying to solve a murder that the police do not suspect is a murder. Lots of fun and the mystery component was interesting. Love this series.
I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

For such a pizza focused cover and title, surprisingly, I don't recall pizza even being mentioned. Overall, this was okay. I would read more from this series, but I didn't feel it was anything memorable.

This was so fun! I read most of it in a single sitting because I was so into the mystery. I love this series and this was a great installment, kept me guessing the whole time and as always, made me crave pizza.

I LOVED this fifth installment in the Deep Dish Mystery series! Mindy Quigley provided a fantastic mystery with the usual beloved characters in Geneva Bay. It's always such a delight to spend time with Delilah and her crew again. In this mystery, historical elements are integral to the murder and solving the crime. I thoroughly enjoyed unraveling the story with Delilah and I could not put it down the last 25%! As always, I'm looking forward to more in this series!

At Death's Dough is out October 28th. Thank you Minotaur Books and Netgalley for my advanced e-arc!

This is my absolute favorite murder mystery series I've ever read. Mindy is so talented and knows how to capture you into the story right from the first chapter. I appreciate how much research and effort the author put into this book.

While going ice fishing with her Aunt Biz, Delilah discovers a finger under the ice. The fun part is figuring out who's finger it is and how did it get there.

Meanwhile, Harold the head of the chamber is planning fun ways to make the town more exciting and attract more tourists. His ideas stir up a lot of feelings and cause a few fights amongst people that live there.

I always love when Butterball appears because he brings humor to the story whether he knows it or not. His large Maine Coon enemy being named Brujo made me laugh. I'm glad to know that my cats aren't the only ones that seem to way a ton when they lay on you. My cats also like to sing the song of their people, I loved how that was included. Chapter 22 made my jaw drop... the audacity of some characters.

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays, so I enjoyed all of the hints to it. The pink cocktail that they made, Love Potion Number Nine was so clever and humorous. The cover of this book is easily my favorite out of the series. Butterball, heart shaped pizza, and roses? Absolute perfection!

I really had a strong feeling about 2 potential characters as the murderer, and alas I was wrong about both guesses! One of my favorite thing about murder mysteries is the inclusion of recipes at the end. While I'm not necessarily skilled to make the mascarpone, it sounds amazing. One thing I like that sets these recipes out from other books, is the characters deliver the recipe in a sense. They give a description or speech before the actual recipe is listed and I think that is unique. Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, and Mindy Quigley for an ARC of this book. This review is my honest opinion.

I've always been a bit fascinated by the gangster/mobster sagas. I even paid once to see Bonnie and Clyde's "death car" at the fair. I don't remember what I was expecting other than maybe some bullet holes but recall being a bit disappointed. Maybe sad, too. In any case, my long lasting fascination with all things gangster maybe helps explain part of the allure of this tale featuring family members of the Capone family, not to mention our main character is named Delilah O'Leary. You know, O'Leary, like Mrs. O'Leary and that cranky cow that started a raging inferno in Chicago, or so the story goes. Our Delilah is a pizza chef, however, who has shown herself to be an excellent investigator, too, much to the annoyance of the Geneva Falls, Wisconsin, police chief. Boyfriend Calvin Capone is, no lie, a police investigator.

I won't detail the plot but will note that it involves both an old mystery that is seemingly tangled up in a new one. Delilah stumbles across it when taking her octogenarian aunt ice fishing. Again, no lie. Biz is full of life and isn't one to let the cold and ice stop her. Delilah, however, being fonder of much warmer surroundings, has made sure they have a roomy tent and heat to use atop the ice. That entails drilling holes. Let's just say, she finds something she wishes she hadn't while using the powerful auger. What? Oh, I didn't mention that you'd learn a bit about what happens to a body trapped under the ice? My bad. Grin. You'll also learn quite a bit about diving under the ice, too, not to mention Delilah's frightening experience diving in warm water. In fact, you're going to learn a bit about many of the characters, from Biz to the military trained skills that bartender Daniel brings to the group. Jarka even gets an unexpected surprise that she's not sure yet if she will appreciate.

Bottom line, I liked seeing the way the team of characters has grown and come together to help solve a crime. Honestly, I didn't particularly like Delilah in book one given her overbearing control freak tendency, so it was interesting to see how best friend Sonja helps defuse that reappearing situation when Delilah is stressed too far and feeling a lack of control again. That's probably partly because Capone is mostly away during the case, once for his own reason, once for ticking off the chief, sigh, and Delilah misses his steady hand. Anyway, let's see, what else? Oh, secretive home buyers, bank records and internet scams get some time, as do difficult customers, spoiled dogs, and, well, as noted, the dangers of diving into ice covered waters. Thanks #NetGalley and #StMartin'sPress - #MinotaurBooks for feeding my interest in all things gangster while serving up yet another top notch mystery with characters who come across as likable, well, for the most part, people we might all know. And, hey, Auntie Biz did get a new fishing rod out of it all, not to mention that Butterball deserves some virtual kitty treats. Grin.

Another fun entry to the Deep Dish mystery series. I enjoyed the exploration of the town's gangster root. The writing and narrative were well developed and engaging.

I’m a sucker for stories that link a historical crime to a contemporary mystery, and Death’s Dough had me hooked by the end of its 1924-set prologue. I appreciate that Delilah’s life isn’t picture-perfect. Her business is struggling to stay profitable, and her significant other wants nothing to do with his family’s mob ties, which isn’t easy in a town once crawling with gangsters. Delilah herself is growing, learning to compromise and apologize something she struggled with in earlier books. I thoroughly enjoyed this installment and can’t wait to see what Mindy Quigley has planned for book six.

AtDeathsDough #NetGalley is the latest addition to this cute cozy mystery, featuring Butterball the cat.
It's almost Valentine's day in frigid Geneva Bay, Wisconsin and restaurant owner Delilah is trying to fill the seats.
Delilah accompanies her Aunt Bizzy ice fishing, and when they realize a body is under the eight inches of frozen ice, things spin out of control and Delilah finds herself diving into the heart of a century-old crime with ties to Capone’s notorious forefathers.

I enjoyed this book and I'm happy to recommend it to other readers.

Valentine's Day is here! Geneva Bay is basically a giant block of ice and Delilah is doing everything she can think of to drum up customers to get them through what remains of the slow winter season. Her plans to put on a romantic Valentine's Day dinner go a bit awry but when the local chamber comes up with the idea of doing a gangster themed town tour, Delilah thinks things might be looking up after all. To Delilah's dismay, talk of gangsters interests more people than she though it would and for all the wrong reasons.

I've really enjoyed this series. The setting is awesome, I feel completely transported to this beautiful lakeside town and it's so easy to lose myself in the story. There were also some legit belly laughs in this book. Even in situations where nothing funny is happening, there would be a humorous observation by the main character that made me laugh out loud. Another interesting thing about this book is a historic angle that involves doing genealogy research at the local historical society. I kind of wish there had been a bit more of that because it made for such a dramatic beginning of the story.

Delilah is a pretty unique main character, she's a control freak and she loses her crap every so often. There are times I find myself thinking she's kind of a jerk and then I realize, that's probably exactly what I would do in the same situation. Her imperfections make her so relatable and it makes me appreciate her friendships more too. Delilah can be a bear, but her friends love her anyway.

The mystery is tough to figure out. There are a lot of people who could potentially have had a motive, and when you think about what's happening there could be more than one different motive, each suggesting its own set of potential suspects. In the end though it all comes down to one specific piece of logic with points the finger directly at only one person. But does she figure this out before it's too late to stop them? Read this book and find out!

Thank you to Mindy Quigley, Minotaur Books, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.

I have really enjoyed this series, and the latest installment is no different!

When a frozen diver is found beneath the ice, Delilah and her restaurant crew take it upon themselves to investigate. I love the connection this series makes to the area and Chicago’s mob past and the way the author weaves history and present together to make for a fun, suspenseful and fast-paced story!

Biz and Butterball, as always, are two of my favorite (and most lovable) characters, but it’s also been fun to follow along with the growing romance between Delilah and Capone. looking forward to the next!

Thank you to #NetGalley, #StMartinsPress and #MinotaurBooks for an ARC.

The thing that first attracted me to this series (besides the pizza theme and Butterball the cat) was the references to the mob ties in the area. As a major interest of mine is the mobsters and gangsters of the 20s-30s, this was a really neat addition. Now with this book it's at the forefront- missing mob loot, mentions of real-life figures, and a literally cold case.
The characters are also great. They're so authentic some of them very much remind me of people I know. By the end, the stakes are high with threats too close to home. But there's plenty of funny moments in between for a good balance. Plus recipes at the end!

"At Death's Dough (A Deep Dish Mystery #5)" by Mindy Quigley starts just after Groundhog's Day and leads up to Valentine's Day. Delilah is struggling to get reservations for the holiday or just to make enough to pay her employees through the seasonal low time. Lucky for her that her great aunt is an avid ice fisher and they're in Wisconsin. Despite Delilah saying she isn't all that into ice fishing she sure seems to know what she's talking about and doing when it comes to it. I would say that she's more knowledgeable than my Minnesota/Wisconsin casual ice fisher friends. She also seems to have a short memory on how long she's been helping her great aunt ice fisher as she mentions participating in some way back in her teens at one point.

Well, the ice fishing gets ended abruptly when the ladies find more than fish under the water. Next thing they know, Delilah is the only one actually investigating the body found. Capone is booted to boonies from the jealous police chief and Butterball, again, needs to be rescued. Things get a bit out of hand and Delilah is extremely stupid and lucky at the end. Good thing she can scuba dive and Capone has a sixth sense for when she's in trouble.

Delilah seems to finally be maturing, very grudgingly. This is progress as her immaturity, inability to compromise and unwillingness to apologize (especially when wrong) was getting very annoying for a main character for how many books in the series this is getting to. Hopefully she continues to grow.

I have to add. I can't believe it took me until the 5th book to finally get the Wisconsin reference for the police chief. I even went to college in Milwaukee. Not born and raised, so I guess that's my excuse.

I also want to say thank you for educating on Puerto Rico. It's very frustrating for many Puerto Ricans getting talked at like they're foreigners. We're not. We're born USA citizens too. Only difference is the island isn't a state yet and people forget that.

This is my first cozy mystery but it will not be my last! I have not read the first 4 books in this series but felt I could understand personalities, backstories, relationships and what was happening for the most part. I think reading the series would have rounded everything out a little more as it felt like some parts and characters were somewhat flat. That being said, I really enjoyed being along for the ride of this book and loved Butterball! Any book that prominently features a cat and food and ends with delicious recipes is good in my book! :)

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read the free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

At Death's Dough is a return to the same little restaurant with the same (mostly) loveable characters, plus some. Unfortunately, I struggled to finish this book for a few reasons - I wasn't loving the "dumb girl and proud of it" vibe that I was picking up from the main character (ie: barely passed high school, doesn't know about the plague) AND when characters consistently talk about how obnoxious it is that people are interested in the mob then I just get annoyed by how much you're talking about the mob. Why make it a central theme and then kinda act annoyed by it? It's weird. I'm sorry, I wish I loved this book since I've read the rest of the series but it just wasn't there for me.

In this book, Delilah is brought into several little situations. First she ends up Meeting Capone cousin without his knowlege. Then she gets involved in a gangster tourist map through the tourist office meant to increase business during the slow times. I don't understand why she defers to him so much considering they are not even seeing each other regularly. There is a body found during some ice fishing. Delilah's gang gets involved in figuring out who the body is. Some of the end of the book seems that it could have been better planned.
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I enjoyed the tie in with the bank robbery from the 1920s and learned a bit about ice fishing. Even though there is a strong group of supporting characters, Delilah is a weak main character. I am not sure how she has so many friends with her personality flaws. The situation with Butterball was too over the top as well.

It’s almost Valentine’s Day in Geneva Bay, WI where the enticing smell of pizza will lead you to protagonist Delilah O’Leary’s pizzeria, Delilah & Son. Son is short for Sonya who is Delilah’s partner and best friend.

Along with Delilah’s Great Aunt Biz, and Sonya, the three decide to go ice fishing. it’s cold; and a learning experience until they find a dead body underneath the ice! Detective Calvin Capone is Delilah’s boyfriend. And, yes….he’s related to Al Capone, the mobster. Geneva Bay has history with mob ties, and as the search for a killer begins, a whole lot of townspeople seem to have mob connections—then and now.

The murder mystery delves into past history and present events. Author Quigley plots a great cozy mystery filled with red herrings and great suspects to wade through with a finale that’s exciting and memorable. Reader’s are sure to enjoy this fifth installment of the Deep Dish Mysteries! I recommend reading the stories in order of publication.

I honestly reviewed an unedited digital arc provided by NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press. All opinions are my own.

The author did a terrific job in presenting this whodunit with visually descriptive narrative and a wickedly solid multi-plot drama that I could not put down. The mystery was nicely defined with potential suspects and scenarios that gave us enough to contemplate as each slice of clue when pieced together narrowed the list of suspects until only one was standing. I loved the camaraderie between Delilah and her employees which made for a great detective team, each playing a pivotal role in how well this story was being told. When I thought I had a handle on who was doing what to whom, the author changed direction that kept me engaged in what was happening on the page. This is one of my favorite series and I look forward to more adventures with Delilah and her friends in this pleasantly appealing series.