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A review by felinity
Death by Tea by Alex Erickson
1.0
It has all the elements of a cozy mystery (a tea/coffee shop, a cat, a small town where every store seems to have a cutesy name, and "characters") but didn't quite make it.
Krissy runs Death By Coffee, a bookstore/coffee shop apparently named after her mystery-writing father's most well-known novel, so when a book club meets for discussion she doesn't think much of it. Then the rival team appears, and before long, there's been a murder. (Honestly, that's not a spoiler.)
Naturally Krissy feels she has to investigate, and thus the story really begins.
But if ever a book screamed, "Leave it to the professionals!" and "Just quit already!", this was it. I found myself incredibly frustrated with Krissy, amazed at how everyone just seemed happy to spill secrets to her at a second's notice, and generally incredulous.
Give this one a miss.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Krissy runs Death By Coffee, a bookstore/coffee shop apparently named after her mystery-writing father's most well-known novel, so when a book club meets for discussion she doesn't think much of it. Then the rival team appears, and before long, there's been a murder. (Honestly, that's not a spoiler.)
Naturally Krissy feels she has to investigate, and thus the story really begins.
But if ever a book screamed, "Leave it to the professionals!" and "Just quit already!", this was it. I found myself incredibly frustrated with Krissy, amazed at how everyone just seemed happy to spill secrets to her at a second's notice, and generally incredulous.
Give this one a miss.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.