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Book Reviews of Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1)

Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1)
Just Desserts - Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1
Author: Mary Daheim
ISBN: 11855
Pages: 220
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Avon Books
Book Type: Paperback
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19 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 108 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
This is the first of the Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries. Ienjoyed it and intend to read the rest of the series.

From FantasticFiction.com:

When carpet-sweeping mogul Otto Brodie brings his uproarious, flamboyant entourage to the quaint Hillside Manor Inn, everyone is expecting a wild party, but no one expects murder to interrupt the frivolity.

Here are the books in the series in order:

Judith McMonigle Flynn, bed and breakfast owner in Seattle, Washington, is featured in:

Just Desserts (1991)
Fowl Prey (1992)
Holy Terrors (1992)
Dune to Death (1993)
Bantam of the Opera (1993)
Fit of Tempera (1994)
Major Vices (1995)
Murder, My Suite (1995)
Auntie Mayhem (1996)
Nutty as a Fruitcake (1996)
September Mourn (1997)
Wed and Buried (1998)
Snow Place to Die (1998)
Legs Benedict (1999)
Creeps Suzette (2000)
A Streetcar Named Expire (2001)
Suture Self (2001)
Silver Scream (2002)
Hocus Croakus (2003)
This Old Souse (2004)
Dead Man Docking (2005)
Saks and Violins (2006)
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 22 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
I really enjoyed this series. They are hard to find though. Mystery around a bed and breakfast.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 199 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This is a light, humorous cozy mystery. Fun to read.
RockStarGirl avatar reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 329 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Cute cozy mystery....I would have rated it higher had it not had so many characters to keep up with. Other than that, I enjoyed it.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 42 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Good read.
silverjane avatar reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 60 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Afun mystery which keeps you guesing and makes you laugh
Just a fun read
ladycholla avatar reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 2081 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Funny writer, good characters, hope they develop in the continuing series.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Quick light read.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 48 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
first in the series
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
had a hard time getting through this one. Glad I finished it, but I don't know that I'll read more in this series.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 12 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Light, fun reading.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Great cozy; prolific series.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
a good read as hers always are
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 38 more book reviews
Another of Mary Daheim's funny, funny murder stories!! Judith has the worst luck I've ever seen and is forever in murder scenes!! Somehow, she can't seem to avoid being involved in murder everywhere she goes, no matter how hard she tries or how much she doesn't want to!!
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 36 more book reviews
This is the first book of the Bed and Breakfast mystery series.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 79 more book reviews
1st in series
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 170 more book reviews
When the garishly grotesque clan of wealthy carpet-sweeper magnate Otto Broadie sweeps down upon Judith McMonigle's Hillside Manor Inn, it looks like there'll be a wild night of drinking, dining, and fortune-telling in the offing. But when their soothsayer-for-hire Madame Gushenka drops dead after someone douses her tea leaves with bug killer, harried hostess Judith and her irrepressible cousin Renie are left to clean up the mess. One of the Brodie bunch would dearly love to sweep the Madame's murder under the rug, however, and that might mean eliminating the nosy Ms. McMonigle as well. But with the help of her one-time beau, policeman Joe Flynn, Judith is determined to rattle the dust off some closeted family skeletons, in order to coax a killer out of hiding before coffee is served.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on + 141 more book reviews
Wealthy carper sweeper magnate Otto Brodie and his Garishly grotesque clan have descended upon Judith's B&B for a wild night of drinking, dining, and fortune-telling. But the party ends abruptly when Madame Gusgenka, their soothsayer for hire drops dead froma lethal dose of tea and bug killer.
reviewed Just Desserts (Bed-And-Breakfast, Bk 1) on
Book I have has an older cover than the one shown, it is the 1991 edition.