Book Review: For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay

For Batter or Worse
by Jenn McKinlay (McKinlay)

We’re approaching the big day, Mel and Joe’s wedding. When Mel and Joe show up for their cupcake tasting at the resort, where Oz is the head pastry chef, they’re just in time to see an argument between Oz and the Head Chef Miles. Later when Oz finds Miles with his head bashed in, he’s the prime suspect. With the wedding coming soon, will Mel find out who killed the head chef before Oz is arrested? will the wedding actually take place?

 

The books in this series have been up and down and this is an “up” one. I enjoyed the mystery, often I don’t care if I can tell who the killer is. The point isn’t the end result but the journey to get there. In this series there’s always a bit of romance and best of all is the interplay between the characters. I heard one person describe cozy series’ as “visiting my friends” and I really think reading each new book fits the description. This is the 13 in the series, and you really don’t need to read them in order!

 

(If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews, Deadly Ever After by Eva Gates or One For the Books by Jenn McKinlay.)

 

( official Cupcake Bakery Mysteries page on the official Jenn McKinlay web site )

 

Recommended by Marcy G.
South and Gere Branch Libraries

 

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