Pastries, Pies, and Poison by Katherine H. Brown

Item: Pastries, Pies, and Poison
Rating: 5
Author: karenbaron

Posted June 11, 2019 by karenbaron in Mystery, Review, Series / 0 Comments

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Pastries, Pies, and Poison

by Katherine H. Brown

Series: Ooey Gooey Bakery Mystery #2
Series Rating:

Published by Katherine Brown Books on June 1, 2019
Genres: Cozy Culinary Mystery
Pages: 201
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Also in this series: Rest, Relax Run for Your Life

Lipstick and lies, pastries and pies, plus a little poison thrown in the mix.

Piper and Sam are excited to cater their first large event – breakfast and desserts for a corporation’s weekend wellness retreat being held in a nearby town.
You know what that means? Road trip!

Piper thought it sounded like the perfect opportunity to clear her head of men. With things left unresolved with Griff, plus her old friend Landon popping back into her life, her mind and heart are in worse shape than a batch of burnt cookies.

Unfortunately, the weekend goes pear-shaped in a hurry. A man is dead and everyone at the retreat is a suspect. Can Piper get out of this new pickle and solve the mystery in time to salvage the retreat and the catering job? Will Sam heed the warning to stay out of the police investigation? And will the Ooey Gooey Bakery survive the weekend without them?

Piper and Sam find trouble….again

Pastries, Pies, and Poison by Katherine H. Brown is a fantastic book that is easily enjoyed, perhaps with some cookies or even some pie. It picks up where the last one ends and is a pretty entertaining book.

Piper

Piper is our main character and the one that is taking us on the ride. She is the narrator that takes us through the mystery. Piper is the co-owner of Ooey-Gooey Bakery, and it sounds like an awesome place. She is having a hard time figuring out somethings between Griff, her best friend’s brother, and Landon, her childhood friend.

Likes

her baking and cooking
being able to solve crimes
not thinking the worst in everyone
wanting to help when she can

Dislikes

Piper is sometimes a bit of an airhead about things that can be important.

Griff

Griff is the brother to Sam and is the love interest for Piper. He doesn’t like her snooping, especially when it causes her to get into trouble. Griff wants to be able to protect Piper especially after she was kidnapped in the last book, but he isn’t doing a good job here. He helped her a bit this time, and some big things happen between Piper and Griff.

Mystery

The mystery here is that two people were murdered and another person ends up getting kidnapped. One people that was killed is a person that works for Breaking Chains and the second person is a victim that Piper and Sam are trying to help. Apparently, it didn’t work out for either of them since they are both died.

Five Stars

Pastries, Pies, and Poison by Katherine H. Brown is the second book in a good cozy mystery series. I am giving it a five-star rating and recommending it to everyone that likes cozies and baked goods.

Other Books in the Series

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About Katherine H. Brown

Katherine Brown is a Texas girl with books in her blood. She has been reading as long as she can remember and has been “making books” from the time she was a child. Her first few were of a non-traditional binding – cardboard & wrapping paper stapled with handwritten pages in the middle & a ribbon closure! Her love of books runs deep and she hopes to encourage readers of all ages to explore and use their imagination by helping them fall in love with books just like she did.

Katherine is married to a wonderful man, Patrick, and has a spunky, smart, amazing step-daughter Lexi. Lexi is the biggest fan of this author’s first published series, School is Scary, and is constantly asking when the next book will be finished so she can read it too.

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