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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Aquest llibre és un cozy crime culinari (inclou receptes de cuina i tot), orientat més als personatges i les seves interaccions, que al misteri en si mateix.
M’ha agradat, ha estat una lectura agradable i fàcil de llegir, però com que no conec els personatges (no he llegit cap dels 12 llibres anteriors), generalment no he sentit cap connexió amb cap d’ells. A més, crec que el final estava bastant clar, hi ha hagut 0 sorpresa, i crec que s’ha acabat de manera massa sobtada.
He pogut llegir aquest llibre gràcies a NetGalley, cosa que agraeixo molt. Espero llegir de nou a Lucy Burdette en un futur.
M’ha agradat, ha estat una lectura agradable i fàcil de llegir, però com que no conec els personatges (no he llegit cap dels 12 llibres anteriors), generalment no he sentit cap connexió amb cap d’ells. A més, crec que el final estava bastant clar, hi ha hagut 0 sorpresa, i crec que s’ha acabat de manera massa sobtada.
He pogut llegir aquest llibre gràcies a NetGalley, cosa que agraeixo molt. Espero llegir de nou a Lucy Burdette en un futur.
Thank you so much to Crooked Lane Books for the E-ARC! What a fun read! Out today (08.08.23) so grab your copy now!!
This book was so cute! I really loved the light humor in the characters and took a liking to the Scottish ladies. On the other hand, this one was not particularly for me. I felt like it was a little dragged out and sluggish in some parts and rushed at the very end. I also guessed the murderer but that’s okay!
I didn’t feel super invested in the characters, but overall the book was super cute and a really easy read for anyone looking for a fun & cozy mystery!
This book was so cute! I really loved the light humor in the characters and took a liking to the Scottish ladies. On the other hand, this one was not particularly for me. I felt like it was a little dragged out and sluggish in some parts and rushed at the very end. I also guessed the murderer but that’s okay!
I didn’t feel super invested in the characters, but overall the book was super cute and a really easy read for anyone looking for a fun & cozy mystery!
"A Clue in the Crumbs" the 13th instalment in the "A Key West Food Critic" Mystery series by Lucy Burdette. This is one of my favourite foodie cozy mystery series.
I really enjoyed this story and hanging out with Haley, Miss Gloria, and the Scone Sisters! I must say I really do love octogenarian Miss Gloria and now Violet and Bettina.
The mystery is interesting and well plotted, and I liked trying to figure out who killed the overbearing B&B owner. I kept second-guessing myself on whodunnit right to the very end. I recommend this book to all my cozy lover friends.
I requested and received an advance reader copy of this book from Crooked Lane Books and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I really enjoyed this story and hanging out with Haley, Miss Gloria, and the Scone Sisters! I must say I really do love octogenarian Miss Gloria and now Violet and Bettina.
The mystery is interesting and well plotted, and I liked trying to figure out who killed the overbearing B&B owner. I kept second-guessing myself on whodunnit right to the very end. I recommend this book to all my cozy lover friends.
I requested and received an advance reader copy of this book from Crooked Lane Books and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Another great installment in the Key West Food Critic mystery series. I love Ms Gloria and Hayley and I was so happy to see Bettina and Violet join them in this mystery. I hope we haven't seen the end of Violet and Bettina and that Tim gets to join them on their new adventures.
I always love reading the recipes at the end of the stories; someday I will actually make some of them as they all sound tasty.
I always love reading the recipes at the end of the stories; someday I will actually make some of them as they all sound tasty.
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Violet and Bettina Booth, aka the Scottish Scone Sisters, have come to Key West to visit Hayley and Miss Gloria and to host the UK Bakes!—Key West Edition. Due to a fire at the B&B where they were supposed to stay the sisters end up staying on Miss Gloria's houseboat, right next door to Hayley.
They all arrive on the set where the cooking show will be filmed to meet the three local bakers. One is Rayna, she and her husband own the B&B that had the fire. The other contestants are Harry Sweeting and Martina Bevis. Rayna's husband storms the set to get Rayna to drop out and come home and the next night he is found dead with evidence that lands Scottish Scone Sisters at the top of the suspect list.
Do the sisters have a recipe to get them out of trouble? While UK Bakes!—Key West Edition continues, Violet, Bettina, Gloria, and Hayley keep their eyes peeled for any clues. They report everything they learn to Haley's police detective husband, Nathan, but the murderer is right on their tail. Can the killer be caught or will UK Bakes! lose its hosts and two of its biggest fans?
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These characters are so much fun. I love the relationship that Miss Gloria and Hayley have, it feels so real and true to life. Hayley and Nathan's relationship is so comfortable. Nathan is so patient and kind with Miss Gloria and in this story with Bettina, and Violet. Having Hayley's mom and Sam nearby enables them to participate in everything Hayley gets wrapped up in. I also like Lorenzo, Hayley's Tarot Card reading friend. Sometimes he is very involved in the story, sometimes she only visits him once. This time he was actually invited to dinner on her houseboat and that let him know and us readers too how important he is to Hayley. I loved that Bettina and Violet were able to visit Key West, they are just so much fun. Miss Burdette has created such strong characters and they continue to grow and be relevant. That is not easy to do in a long-running series.
The author has put forth a complicated mystery starting first with the fire that was clearly arson, then the murder which led to other events, including a missing agent. All kept the pages turning quickly. It is always fun when Miss Gloria tags along with Hayley in a quest to get answers but adding the Scone Sisters was marvelous. They were up for everything and anything and took to snooping like pros. Ms. Burdette threw some nice twists to shake things up and misdirect. I had discounted the actual guilty party completely. The exciting showdown and reveal surprised me. And what a showdown it was!
As always Ms. Burdette's descriptive style sets each scene wonderfully. I was able to visualize every place from Williams Hall where the baking show was filmed to Miss Gloria's and Hayley's houseboats to all the places around Key West where the characters traveled. She also had me drooling over the food descriptions too. Yes, there are recipes at the back of the book. It was like a little virtual vacation.
A Crumb in the Clues
was such an entertaining read! Fabulous characters and a divinely plotted mystery with plenty of humor make it A Perfect Escape. I hope this isn't the last we see of Betina and Violet. Until next year, Ms. Burdette. I can hardly wait.
was such an entertaining read! Fabulous characters and a divinely plotted mystery with plenty of humor make it A Perfect Escape. I hope this isn't the last we see of Betina and Violet. Until next year, Ms. Burdette. I can hardly wait.
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I recommend reading A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS, Lucy Burdette’s 13th book in her Key West Food Critics series. This book can also be read as a standalone. Haley Snow and her friend, Miss Gloria, welcome the Scottish Scone Sisters, Violet and Bettina Booth, to Key West to host a baking competition. The television competition show is called UK Bakes! Key West Edition, similar to The Great British Baking Show, where contestants compete by baking their best version of a selected item. In this case, three contestants bake scones. When the husband of one of the contestants is found murdered, the search for the killer begins. Are the Scottish Scone sisters responsible for the man’s death?
A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS is a wonderful cozy mystery. I especially like the Key West setting. As a fan of The Great British Baking Show, I like that the plot centers around a baking competition. I enjoy Lucy Burdette’s writing and plan to explore other books in her Key West Food Critics series. Thankfully, there are lots of books to keep me entertained. My thanks go to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review the e-arc of A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS.
A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS is a wonderful cozy mystery. I especially like the Key West setting. As a fan of The Great British Baking Show, I like that the plot centers around a baking competition. I enjoy Lucy Burdette’s writing and plan to explore other books in her Key West Food Critics series. Thankfully, there are lots of books to keep me entertained. My thanks go to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review the e-arc of A CLUE IN THE CRUMBS.
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Hayley and her elderly best friend/former roommate, Miss Gloria, were excited to welcome the Scottish baking sensations, The Scone Sisters, to Key West. The trip is to be part pleasure and part work. The sisters are hosting UK Bakes!-Key West Edition and spending time with Hayley and Gloria. Things get off to a rocky start when the bed & breakfast the sisters were supposed to stay at catches on fire. The next day, a murder occurs, which ends up being the husband of one of the contestants and the owner of the B&B. In between taping and sightseeing, Hayley and the girls search for clues. Can Hayley and her friends discover who the killer and arsonist are?
A Clue in the Crumbs was the last of the five books I snatched from Crooked Lane Books on their NetGalley page. As mentioned in previous reviews, I needed to improve in the reading department, mainly the cozy mystery department. So, I went and downloaded five books that were Read Now. The books I downloaded were different, and they varied with how much I liked them. I went from “meh” to “awesome.” A Clue in the Crumbs was on the latter end of that scale. I enjoyed reading it.
A Clue in the Crumbs is the 13th Key West Food Critic Mystery series book. Yes, you read that right; it is book 13. I winced when I noticed that (and I don’t pull them up on Goodreads before I accept them). I figured I would have difficulty keeping up with the storyline. Picking a book that is 13 books in a series made me wonder. But, surprisingly, I didn’t have that issue. Yes, the author mentioned previous books but didn’t make it a point to rehash them. So, what I am trying to say is that, yes, you could read this as a standalone. But I do suggest reading the books in order. That way, you can better grasp Hayley’s relationships with various characters in the book.
A Clue in the Crumbs is a medium-paced mystery. It took me over a day to finish it. The pacing in this book suited it. With everything going on, if the book had gone any faster, it would have taken away from the story. Also, I am notorious for getting lost or forgetting things if the book goes too fast. That didn’t happen here.
This book takes place entirely in Key West, Florida. Key West is somewhere I have been wanting to visit but haven’t had the chance. I liked that the author took real places and used them in the book. It made the book feel more authentic to me. It also made me want to visit Key West.
A Clue in the Crumbs main storyline is the mysteries Hayley and her three elderly friends are trying to solve. The first mystery is who set the fire at the bed and breakfast and why that person did that. The second mystery was who killed the bed and breakfast owner and why. I liked that the author kept the storylines separate but simultaneously similar (if that makes sense). There was some lag in the middle (right around when Bettina got attacked), but the author did a great job of getting the book back on track.
I liked Hayley. I loved that she had such a great relationship with Miss Gloria, and her caring for Gloria was the reason Gloria wasn’t in a retirement home. I also liked that Hayley was human. She made mistakes (like trusting Gloria, Violet, and Bettina not to get into trouble). I wish more background had been given on her job as a food critic in this book. It was mentioned once or twice. But I feel the author gave more attention to her profession in the previous twelve books, which means I need to read them.
Miss Gloria, Bettina, and Violet were the most fabulous old ladies I have ever read. Their shenanigans throughout the book cracked me up and made me fear for their safety. I wanted them to adopt me as a grandmother(s).
The secondary characters also made the book. Each one has a presence that adds extra depth to the book.
The mystery angle of A Clue in the Crumbs was well written. The author started with two mysteries, and she connected them at the end of the book. While I wasn’t surprised at who the arsonist/killer was, that person wasn’t at the top of my suspect list. The author did a great job of diverting my attention from the baking show (which was featured heavily in both mysteries). I did get a small laugh at how everything came together, and I was a bit sad at why that person did what they did.
The end of A Clue in the Crumbs was interesting and exciting. I liked how the author wrapped up the mystery storyline. I was a little miffed at how Miss Gloria’s sons treated her and how they treated Hayley. I also liked the recipes the author included at the end of the book. I also can’t wait to read book 14 in this series.
I recommend A Clue in the Crumbs to anyone over 16. There is mild language, violence, and no sexual situations.
Many thanks to Crooked Lane Books, NetGalley, and Lucy Burdette for allowing me to read and review A Clue in the Crumbs. All opinions stated in this book are mine.
lighthearted
mysterious
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Book 13 of Lucy Burdette’s Key West Food Critic Mystery series brings the Scone sisters from Scotland to Key West. There, they will be hosting a baking show contest, but things seem to be falling apart. First, the sisters’ B&B was burned down, then two of the three contestants don’t actually seem to know how to bake, the third contestant shows up with an angry husband on her heels, and finally said husband ends up murdered. The sisters also cannot find their agent or their equipment.
This is not one of my favorites. I actually had a hard time getting through this one. The mystery didn’t flow smoothly in my opinion, and the reasonings for everything was off. Suspects and evidence didn’t feel fully formed and I just couldn’t understand the killers reasoning for anything. Nor did I understand how they were caught.
However, I did enjoy the main characters and their relationships. I didn’t understand Gloria’s sons and how they thought they could order their mother into an assisted living. This isn’t the 1800’s or even the early 1900’s, next of kin cannot force relatives into homes with proof/evidence of the inability to care for themselves. But I did enjoy how much energy the Scone sisters had, and how Hayley tried to be there for them all. I hope that the next book connects the dots better, as well as follows Hayley’s job better.
Overall, I rate this novel 3 out of 5 stars.
This is not one of my favorites. I actually had a hard time getting through this one. The mystery didn’t flow smoothly in my opinion, and the reasonings for everything was off. Suspects and evidence didn’t feel fully formed and I just couldn’t understand the killers reasoning for anything. Nor did I understand how they were caught.
However, I did enjoy the main characters and their relationships. I didn’t understand Gloria’s sons and how they thought they could order their mother into an assisted living. This isn’t the 1800’s or even the early 1900’s, next of kin cannot force relatives into homes with proof/evidence of the inability to care for themselves. But I did enjoy how much energy the Scone sisters had, and how Hayley tried to be there for them all. I hope that the next book connects the dots better, as well as follows Hayley’s job better.
Overall, I rate this novel 3 out of 5 stars.