A review by rellebellereads
A Doomful of Sugar by Catherine Bruns

3.0

The Khoury family is a Lebanese and own a maple farm in Vermont where they have a store, cafe and give tours. Leila comes home to bury her father and finds out she has inherited it. I enjoyed the sharing of the Lebanese, along with the bits and pieces of their culture. I liked that the characters were not perfect and had personal challenges different than typically found in cozy stories.

I did think that Leila protested a little too long and a little too often given her comments as a child about the farm. It felt like there was also one piece left dangling, not material to solving the murders though.

Leila made some mistakes under duress that I hope in the next book she is smarter about, assuming the next murder is not a family member.

Looking forward to seeing what is next in store for the Khoury family, Heather, Noah, and Emma.

Happy Reading!