Perilous Pottery by Mildred Abbott

Item: Perilous Pottery
Rating: 5
Author: karenbaron

Posted May 17, 2022 by karenbaron in #BookishRecipe, Mystery, Review, Series / 0 Comments

Perilous Pottery

by Mildred Abbott

Series: Cozy Corgi Mysteries #11
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Published by Independently Published on March 5, 2019
Genres: Cozy Culinary Animal Mystery
Pages: 310
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Also in this series: , Cruel Candy , Traitorous Toys, Bickering Birds, Savage Sourdough, Scornful Scones , , Wicked Wildlife, Malevolent Magic , Killer Keys , Ghastly Gadgets, Meddlesome Money, Precarious Pasta

Estes Park is fired up by a new coffee shop and pottery studio bringing chocolate espresso pastries, fierce competitive spirits, and murder…

Winifred Page might feel apprehension as she steps into the Koffee Kiln—Carla Beaker’s new charming coffee shop and pottery studio—but her corgi sidekick, Watson, welcomes the idea of a new place for snacks. With Carla’s disdain for the Cozy Corgi Bookshop and Bakery, Fred fears the caffeine will come with a side of drama. What she finds is delicious chocolate espresso scones, decaf coffee… and a dead body.

As Fred and Watson fire up their investigative savvy, they face down one of Estes Park’s cold-hearted matriarchs. To solve a murder, Fred must confront her own insecurities as she navigates the tangled coils of obsessions, business deals, and betrayals.

(This culinary cozy mystery includes a recipe for a sinfully delicious chocolate espresso torte.)

Perilous Pottery by Mildred Abbott is about Fred trying to find out who killed Violet and hoping to be friends with Carla.

Is Violet’s killer someone she crossed?

Winifred “Fred” Page

Yup, I’m back in Fred’s life in Estes Park, Colorado. I still would love to be working at Fred’s bookstore. Fred is a great character, and I love her relationship with Leo. Okay, Fred is also jealous of how Leo and others can pick up Watson without him grumbling. Fred is turning forty, and she doesn’t even want to think it is possible to be turning that age right now. Fred is going up against some snobby people as she’s trying to solve this murder that took her a bit longer to solve this time around. I fell for a red herring, but I also really wanted the person to be it because the red herring is rude and cruel. Either that or for her to be the victim….hmm.

Okay, all jokes aside, Fred would still be my friend in real life if she wasn’t fictional, even though she finds dead bodies all the time. Plus, Watson is adorable, especially when helping Fred solve a case by letting people use him as a support animal while they grieve.

The Victim and Mystery

Violet Yates is our victim. She may first seem like someone who would not harm anyone because she is an elderly lady, although things usually surface once someone dies and people start to dig into their past. Violet may seem like an innocent lady who is rich and has an obsession with certain things. At the time of her death, it was pottery. She was doing many things around town that had me thinking it was another person who could have murdered Violet.

I have to say that I liked how Officer Green handled two red herrings even though I only liked one for this particular murder. Granted, I know I fell for the red herring once again as I crossed the actual murderer off my list as it didn’t seem possible that person could have done it.

Five Stars

Perilous Pottery by Mildred Abbott is a fantastic book from Ms. Abbott that had me laughing throughout the entire story. I have to say, though, that if I worked with Fred in her bookstore, I wouldn’t be able to bypass all those lovely smells coming from the bakery. Working so close to a bakery all day makes me feel for Fred every time I enter one of these stories knowing that Katie has a great recipe to be featured throughout the book. I love Fred, Watson, and all their friends, especially when they are trying to help Fred solve a case.

My rating for Perilous Pottery by Mildred Abbott is five stars, and I recommend it to everyone who loves an excellent cozy culinary animal mystery story. Don’t forget to look at books 1-5 and 8-10 if you want to see those reviews done by Jennifer and me. Oh, and another thing to not forget to do is look at Katie’s Chocolate Espresso Torte recipe in the back of the book. Yum!

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Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed these reviews of Perilous Pottery 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.