Business is going well at Gemma Rose’s quaint English teashop and she’s delighted about her first big catering job at a local village funeral… until the day ends with a second body and one of the Old Biddies accused of murder! Now the resourceful tearoom sleuth must find out which delicious pudding contained the deadly
Business is going well at Gemma Rose’s quaint English teashop and she’s delighted about her first big catering job at a local village funeral… until the day ends with a second body and one of the Old Biddies accused of murder! Now the resourceful tearoom sleuth must find out which delicious pudding contained the deadly arsenic—and who might have wanted the wealthy widow dead… But Gemma has other troubles to contend with, from her naughty cat, Muesli, running loose in her tearoom to an unexpected hedgehog guest in her home—and that’s before the all-important “meet the parents” dinner with her handsome detective boyfriend turns into a total disaster! With so many things on her plate, can Gemma solve the mystery in time to catch the murderer or will she come to a sticky end? (Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe at the end of the story!)
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Enjoyable addition to a great series While I guessed the murderer way too early, I still enjoyed this sixth book in the Oxford Tearoom Mysteries. I had been offered a free copy by the author, but since I don’t read reviews that aren’t verified purchases, I bought my copy. It was worth it. I really enjoyed seeing a different side of Mabel Cooke, leader of the octogenarian amateur detectives and the cameo appearances of Caitlyn from H Y Hanna’s new Bewitched by Chocolate series. Perhaps my favorite part was getting to know the hero…
Murder at a funeral? “Four Puddings and A Funeral” is the 6th book of the Oxford Tearoom Mysteries series. The book is set in the quaint Cotswolds villages of Meadowford-on-Smythe and Oxford. Gemma Rose is the owner of the Little Stables Tearoom, located in a 15th-century Tudor building in Meadowford-on-Smythe. Gemma and Cassie, Gemma’s best friend who also works for her, are catering the funeral of Rex Clifford, a prominent local businessman. All is going well until the widow, Adele Clifford, collapses at…
Hate to go against the grain but.. …found this latest book in the Oxford tea room series to be mediocre at best. It’s too bad, because I really have enjoyed H.Y’s Hanna’s offerings to date and had greatly looked forward to this one. Plotting is poor and it was c,ear early on who the guilty party was. I had a hard time believing that all those people in positions of trust -detectives, doctors and lawyers- would spill confidential information so easily to our heroine when she popped up in their offices or rooms. One, maybe but…