Kerry Greenwood's Devil's Food
Hey, I can read mysteries starring bakers if I want to! The third Corinna Chapman book finds Corinna and her hot Jewish detective boyfriend investigating her missing crazy hippie father and finding out where some poisonous weight-loss tea originated. Plus there's a crazy new religious sect in town that insists on completely tasteless healthy bread. The mysteries are all pretty silly, and each section ends with a major tonal shift where we're given the perspective of someone plotting murder (especially jarring considering the light and funny tone in the rest of the book). I get that Greenwood is trying to keep things interesting, and several of the Phryne Fisher books also have sections from other perspectives--though it didn't always work there, either. Well, whatever, I'm mostly reading these for all the talk about muffins. And the entertaining cast of characters. B.
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