Brenda H. (booksinvt) -
Murder Can Frost Your Doughnut is the fourth installment in the A Haunted Craft Fair Mystery series featuring painter Celeste Cabot and her chihuahua Van (short for Van Gogh). Celeste has arrived at the Sevier County Fair and is looking forward to selling her paintings in between enjoying the rides, food and celebrity impersonators.
Walking back to her trailer on night one, Celeste sees someone sneaking out of a neighboring trailer and when she goes over to take a peek finds a dead Elvis on the floor clutching a doughnut. Despite the warnings of the two detectives (and her romantic interests) Caleb and Pierce, Celeste shimmies her way into the heart of the investigation and soon finds the killer's spotlight on her.
A fun way to spend an afternoon but so many things about this series leave me confused. Most crafters and fair carnies head out out on the road for the Summer season. Yet it seems that Celeste is always within minutes of her home, her parents, brothers and best friend show up randomly and Celeste takes meals at her Aunt's diner.
Plus, could Celeste be any more careless? If you are being stalked by a killer wouldn't you smarten up and stop marching all around the fairgrounds in the pitch dark or perhaps leave your trailer and spend a night at home?
This addition wasn't as enjoyable for me as I didn't think that the ghost Donald did much to contribute to the investigation and wasn't as interactive as the past ghosts that Celeste has painted.
Walking back to her trailer on night one, Celeste sees someone sneaking out of a neighboring trailer and when she goes over to take a peek finds a dead Elvis on the floor clutching a doughnut. Despite the warnings of the two detectives (and her romantic interests) Caleb and Pierce, Celeste shimmies her way into the heart of the investigation and soon finds the killer's spotlight on her.
A fun way to spend an afternoon but so many things about this series leave me confused. Most crafters and fair carnies head out out on the road for the Summer season. Yet it seems that Celeste is always within minutes of her home, her parents, brothers and best friend show up randomly and Celeste takes meals at her Aunt's diner.
Plus, could Celeste be any more careless? If you are being stalked by a killer wouldn't you smarten up and stop marching all around the fairgrounds in the pitch dark or perhaps leave your trailer and spend a night at home?
This addition wasn't as enjoyable for me as I didn't think that the ghost Donald did much to contribute to the investigation and wasn't as interactive as the past ghosts that Celeste has painted.
