Pastry and Poison

Claire and Brian try to solve the same murder. Will it be Brain with the police or Claire the PI. I enjoyed the story. It was a good mystery and the characters have good connections.
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This is a great example of a book which offers a great mystery without taking itself too seriously. The relationships between characters are so well constructed that you can almost feel how they themselves feel about each other. Pitting the fiancés against each other was a stroke of genius .The dialogue is snappy and the setting appealing. Add on to this as mystery with genuine thrills and scrapes and you have a really great book.

This was my first read by this author. I enjoyed this cozy mystery! If you are looking for a mystery without the R-rated scenes and adult language, this could be the series for you! I enjoyed the characters and the author had me guessing until the end!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book!

Fun cozy mystery based in Cleveland, OH. The murderer in this story targets local bakeries - and their head bakers - with poisoned tarts! A fun cozy romp featuring Claire, running her fledgling PI organization, her fiance detective Corrigan and Claire's authentic italian family.

This was such a great read. I was able to finish it in a day. The author done a good job at keeping me guessing who the killer was, (my first guess was right, but she had me change my mind several times). I reallt enjoyed the recipes at the end, too. I think they were a nice addition to the story, but I would have loved for ones that were mentioned in the story to have been included.
The pace of the story was really nice, and everything was evenly spaced. The mc's love life, work life, and the case were very well spaced out and the author didn't get stuck on one point while forgetting the others.

This was a nice, easy, and entertaining book that I would recommend for anyone who just wants a quick read while on vacation or who doesn't have a lot of time to spend on a full blown series where each book has to be read.

This is the first book I have read from this series, and really makes you want to find and read the previous ones.
Great plot, amazingly crafted characters and fun to read.

Pastry and Poison by Carole Fowkes is a read and review from Netgalley. Clare DeNardo, owner of a PI Agency, is getting ready for her marriage. She found a dress and her next item is food tasting. While doing this, she finds out the new baker is dead. Brian Corrigan, a cop, is her fiancé. Two women bakers ate part of a tart and end up in the hospital and one dies. Now, two bakers have died. While keeping her PI business afloat, DeNardo tries to solve the mystery behind the two bakers deaths.
The author kept the reader interested in the story by throwing in interesting events including relationship problems. I haven't read any other books by Carole Fowkes, but will probably try to follow her to see what happens next in her series.

I love a great cozy mystery and Pastry and Poison by Carole Fowkes is certainly that! This delightful book centers around a town lucky enough to have a few bakeries. Each bakery receives an anonymous pastry delivery and the mystery unfolds. The main character, Claire, is a private investigator who is hard working, perfectly imperfect and very relatable. Her aunt owns one of the bakeries while her rival and friend, who owns another of the bakeries, hires Claire to investigate on her behalf. Aunt Lena is a brazen, opinionated albeit very well-meaning aunt who believes she can assist her niece with the investigation. Claire's fiancé is the detective assigned to the case with his former heart throb who is runway model gorgeous. The story is witty and believable. I enjoyed this book and believe you will, too! I received this book in exchange for a review.

A fun cozy mystery that made me laugh and kept me hooked.
I liked the fleshed out and quirky characters, the well developed plot and the solid mystery that kept me hooked
I can't wait to read another book by this author.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Pastry and Poison by Carole Fowkes is the 7th book in A Terrified Detective Mystery Book series, and my first book by the author. Claire is a private detective and when pastry chefs are being poisoned all over town, Claire is hired to find the killer. I really enjoyed this book, and I am looking forward to reading the whole series. I was not happy with the Claire and Corrigan situation, maybe I'll understand better after I read the rest of the books. I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys cozy mysteries.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Although Pastry and Poison by Carole Fowkes is book 7 in the Terrified Detective Mystery series, it was my first. I was not lost as the author provided some background and the mystery was individual to this novel.

Private Investigator Claire is a tough cookie who believes in getting on with the job in hand. Her fiance is a police detective who is not too keen on Claire being involved in police matters. The mystery itself was compelling and well written by Carole Fowkes and I loved that she pitted Claire and fiance Brian against each other. It was great getting to know the gang and overall, Pastry and Poison certainly grabbed my attention. I will doubtlessly be reading more in the series.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from BooksGoSocial via NetGalley and this is my own unbiased opinion.

Well written and entertaining cozy mystery. Mystery fans will love this book. I received an advance ebook from the publisher and Netgalley. This is my unbiased review.

From its title, you can guess that Pastry and Poison is a 'cozy' murder mystery.
The star of the show is female Private Investigator, Clare DeNardo.

Clare, who is engaged to police detective Brian Corrigan, is busy with her wedding preparations, including trying out the menu for the wedding. When one of the chefs is poisoned, Clare is called in to help solve the mystery. But this isn't the only incident as more chefs fall victim to the same method - death by poisoned pastry. Who is killing off these cooks and why? For that, you have to read Pastry and Poison. I have to admit that I guessed 'whodunnit' the moment the killer was introduced into the plot, but it was an easy read so I read it to the end. Fans of the cozy genre will enjoy this book as it is a tad more intelligent and better written than some of the others.

Thanks to NetGallery for providing this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

This is the first book I have read in this particular series, and I had a bit of trouble connecting with the characters. The mystery seemed to take a slight backseat to the situation between Claire and her dislike of her fiance's new partner. I expect that I would have understood everything better if I had read more of the series. The mystery did keep me guessing which is always a good thing!

This story was very cute. I love culinary cozies. The characters are realistic and likeable. The plot kept me entertained. I read this book in one sitting and loved it. I cannot wait for another.

This is a fun, witty winter cozy. The book is paced really well and Claire, the protagonist, is totally relatable. What can possibly go wrong when it involves a poisoned tart, the local mob, and the winter weather in Cleveland, Ohio?! This is a fun cozy in a fun series that includes some great recipes.

Claire DeNardo has taken over her retiring uncle’s detective agency, and, in the seventh installment of The Terrified Detective Series, Pastry and Poison, by Carole Fowkes, is hired by her former boss and bakery owner, Gloria Valducci, when her head pastry chef drops dead after eating a beautiful tart that was delivered to the bakery. Of course most people wouldn’t be stupid enough to eat something that had suspicious beginnings, such as being delivered anonymously, but some of the characters in the story are actually that stupid and they are paying with their lives. Clair must investigate that murder and subsequent ones at other bakeries, and find the murderer before she is targeted and before more bakery employees die.

Apparently Claire is scared of lots of things, which makes her a “terrified” detective, and that seems like an oxymoron, since detectives are supposed to be brave to solve cases. The books are light and a bit humorous, however, so in this case it is okay. Fowkes does a good job of developing Claire’s character in this novel, but those who have read the previous novels will probably fare better with Claire’s personality because they contain her history. This novel can be read as a standalone novel, however, and except for several people being morons and eating something suspicious, the storyline is fairly believable. There are a few twists and turns, and a bit of romance involved, especially since Claire’s fiancé is the good looking police detective, Brian Corrigan. Brian unfortunately has a sexy new partner, and that makes Claire a bit jealous.

All told, this is a light, fun novel. It won’t be on the list of classics years from now, but it is well-written and suitable for all ages. Cozy lovers will enjoy this book and will most likely want to read the previous novels in the series, too.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

I really enjoyed this cozy mystery set in Cleveland Ohio. The MC is Claire, a PI who barely has any clients. She is hired by a local business owner to find out who is poisoning bakers with tarts. Claire does some investigating, helped (and sometimes hindered) by her Aunt Lena. There's also a love triangle (or quadrangle) with her, a detective, his partner, and a friend of her Aunt's. I enjoyed the mystery and figure out who the killer was before she did, which was surprising.

I received an e-ARC of this book by the author and publishing via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

A good mystery book to read and keeps you guessing till the end. This is my first book by the author and i would love to read more.

This is my first book by Carole Fowkes and it was a good cozy mystery. In this book meet Clair, a private investigator who is hired to find the killer of a local pastry chef. Even though I had not read any of the other books I found this one easy to read on its own. There is a bit of a love triangle that I felt I may have understood a bit more if I had read the other books but it doesn't take anything away from the plot of this one.