Competitive baking takes a murderous turn in Misha Popp's "decadent and addicting" (Melissa Bourbon) second Pies Before Guys cozy mystery--oven-ready for fans of Ellery Adams and Mary Maxwell.Everyone loves a good pie. But how about a pie that's as deadly as it is delectable? Daisy bakes a little murder into every pie she creates, and she and her dog, Zoe, deliver them to the town's worst cads. Now, Daisy's entered a televised, elimination-style competition and has a shot at $100k in prize money--but she still has a murder pie to deliver between filming. In a completely unexpected turn of events, she discovers that her intended victim is one of the competition judges, and he turns up dead before the pie even arrives. Now, Daisy has to solve the murder--even if it means working a bit of magic--before someone calls foul play and exposes her murderous secret. For anyone who's ever fantasized about the world of competitive baking ? la the Great British Bake Off--or has ever dreamed ofgetting back at that guy who wronged them years ago-- Popp's culinary cozy series is as alluring as a perfectly baked pie, this edgy yet utterly charming novel takes the idea of "a dessert to die for" to a whole new level.
This is a Cozy Mystery, and this is the second book in the Pies Before Guys Mystery series. I really loved the first book in this series, but this book let me down a little bit. I found the book was mainly about the baking show, and we did not get a lot of the mystery or the characters that I loved from the first book. I liked this book, but I have to say I did not love it. I found parts of this book to be boring. I am just not a person that wants to read a baking show book. I really missed the food truck and the deli in this book. I also really missed the craziness and love between the characters that the first book showed so while, and this one just did not. I hope she is back in the town she lives in for the next book. I did listen to the audiobook for this book, and the narrator was good. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.
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