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Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery by Rachel Ekstrom Courage
5.0
Miss the Golden Girls? Guess what, they're back!
I wasn't sure what to expect when diving into this mystery. But it's basically a deep dive episode of the beloved show. Read it for nostalgia, and a light hearted escape for reality, not to detail nitpick.
I'm not going to say you need to have watched any of the show to love this book, but it will definitely help ground personalities and characters. St. Olaf really does make the perfect quirky base for a cozy mystery.
The characters are hilarious, the hijinks are over the top and the side characters are quirky as can be. All in all, the author does the source material justice. I loved all the wedding craziness. At first I couldn't figure out how the girls were going to sleuth any bit of this case out as the victim is a random person no one knows, but as the clues start revealing themselves it becomes clear how they can clear Dorothy's name. There's even a bit of life threatening action for multiple characters. I almost didn't think the wedding was going to happen, but you'll just have to read it to see how that all turns out. The groom's actions could really go either way with being in it for the inheritance or for love. Does he dislike his family enough to marry into a crazy family just for money?
You're really going to enjoy this read if you already love the Golden Girls, but you'll also enjoy it if you love cozy mysteries with elderly sleuths, and comedic situation where if it can go wrong it will.
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this read.
I wasn't sure what to expect when diving into this mystery. But it's basically a deep dive episode of the beloved show. Read it for nostalgia, and a light hearted escape for reality, not to detail nitpick.
I'm not going to say you need to have watched any of the show to love this book, but it will definitely help ground personalities and characters. St. Olaf really does make the perfect quirky base for a cozy mystery.
The characters are hilarious, the hijinks are over the top and the side characters are quirky as can be. All in all, the author does the source material justice. I loved all the wedding craziness. At first I couldn't figure out how the girls were going to sleuth any bit of this case out as the victim is a random person no one knows, but as the clues start revealing themselves it becomes clear how they can clear Dorothy's name. There's even a bit of life threatening action for multiple characters. I almost didn't think the wedding was going to happen, but you'll just have to read it to see how that all turns out. The groom's actions could really go either way with being in it for the inheritance or for love. Does he dislike his family enough to marry into a crazy family just for money?
You're really going to enjoy this read if you already love the Golden Girls, but you'll also enjoy it if you love cozy mysteries with elderly sleuths, and comedic situation where if it can go wrong it will.
Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this read.