Meddlesome Money by Mildred Abbott

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Rating: 5
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Posted May 23, 2022 by karenbaron in #BookishRecipe, Mystery, Review, Series / 0 Comments

Meddlesome Money

by Mildred Abbott

Series: Cozy Corgi Mysteries #13
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Published by Independently Published on August 7, 2019
Genres: Cozy Culinary Animal Mystery
Pages: 259
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Also in this series: , Cruel Candy , Traitorous Toys, Bickering Birds, Savage Sourdough, Scornful Scones , , Wicked Wildlife, Malevolent Magic , Killer Keys , Perilous Pottery, Ghastly Gadgets, Precarious Pasta

Summer in Estes Park is filled with tourists, wildlife, pastries, and scandal…

The Chipmunk Chronicles, the local newspaper, has a new gossip column—and gossip is great for the Cozy Corgi Bookshop and Bakery. Though infuriated by the way people are treated by the column’s author, Winifred Page can’t help wondering about the outrageous revelations. Fred’s grumpy corgi, Watson, however, is more concerned with an endless search for treats than the rumors flying around town.

When Gerald Jackson, a less than brilliant local lawyer, is featured in the column, people begin to suspect he’s working the town over in a quest for wealth rather than fighting for justice. As his status sinks, others are pulled under with him—people Fred loves.

For once, Fred and Watson are cajoled into investigation mode not for murder, but to help clear her friends’ names and their tarnished reputations. But while the greed and secret dealings in the dark she uncovers bring more questions than answers, murder finds a way to make an appearance after all…

(This culinary cozy mystery includes a recipe for crispy, golden empanadas.)

Meddlesome Money by Mildred Abbott is about a mysterious woman named Bridget Sutton who moved to town and started writing a gossip column. That column is diving into the dark secrets of the citizens in the town, which almost everyone knows about already.

Why even bring up this gossip column? And, why does what was written about Gerald Jackson ring true?

Winifred “Fred” Page

Poor Fred in this installment. She is the next subject in the gossip column penned by one Bridget “Birdie” Sutton, making her one of the prime suspects. Well, if she didn’t have a reputation for herself already. Fred is still funny, as can be when she gets to solving a mystery and trying to figure out the clues. She has a lot of love for Estes Park, even if some of its citizens don’t feel the same for her. Fred has so much on her plate while also trying to solve this murder. I have to say her interaction with Susan Green in Chapter 6 is hilarious:

“I’ve been excepting this call any day now,” Susan’s harsh voice grumbled on the other end of the line. “What’s it been, four weeks? Maybe five?” She didn’t wait for me to answer. “Who is it, and where are you?”

I balked. “What do you mean you’ve been excepting this call? It’s not like I’m arranging to stumble across dead bodies on a schedule. This isn’t routine.”

One of the things I love is how Officer Susan Green is willing to let Fred help out on cases instead of trying to talk her out of meddling in the cases.

The Mystery

This time, there are two mysteries around Bridget Sutton, the new gossip columnist for The Chipmunk Chronicles newspaper, and Gerald Jackson, the lawyer in town. Fred finds out a lot about the two of them throughout her investigations. I thought the two cases were related, but then I didn’t after a certain point. For Gerald Jackson, I didn’t know it was who it was at the end since it just seemed too easy, I guess. I thought that it was something else. Perhaps, he got in way overhead his head on a scheme that a crime family could be a part of. I admit Ms. Abbott had me chasing red herrings again.

Five Stars

Meddlesome Money by Mildred Abbott is a page-turner that would get any reader going, “huh, that person did it… I thought it was this person”. Or at least that was how it was for me. I missed the signs the whole time, even though I still think it was someone else. I can’t wait to dive into Precarious Pasta next.

Don’t forget to check out: Katie’s Empanada Recipe in the back of the book.

The Cozy Corgi Mystery Series

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Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed these reviews of Meddlesome Money by Mildred Abbott.

Until the next time,

Happy Reading!

About Mildred Abbott

Preoccupied with everything found in cozy mysteries: Puppies, Books, Cozy Mountain Towns, and Baked Goods. Although not obsessed with murder, however. At least not in real life (No contract killing here). But since childhood, starting with Nancy Drew, trying to figure out whodunit has played a formative role in everyday life. Author of the Cozy Corgi series and the Twister Sister series.