Jody M. (jodymcgrath) - reviewed on 8/26/2016 + 110 more book reviews

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Robbie Jordan has worked so hard to open up her country store restaurant Pans and Pancakes, and it is finally paying off when business begins to boom during her grand opening. The job is long hours and hard on the body but it has always been her dream. When the assistant to the town's mayor is found dead, with one of Robbie's special cheese biscuits shoved in her mouth, she becomes a person of interest in the case. With her dream just starting to be realized, and knowing that town gossip could kill that dream in a second, Robbie sets out to puzzle out who killed Stella and why they would want to frame her for it.

This was a pretty standard cozy mystery, which isn't to say it wasn't good, there was just nothing outstanding about it. Robbie was likable, but she had a few too many TSTL moments. She was independent and feisty though, which I admired. They introduced a love interest, Jim, who I didn't really care for. He seemed like he didn't belong in the Indiana setting, and he was too boring. Perhaps the second love interest, maybe, will be more fun. If the author takes it that way.

Many of the townsfolk were very interesting, some with good back stories, some just introduced to maybe expand on in later novels. The descriptions went a little overboard sometimes. The would describe in detail her biking gear, and it had no relevance to the story. This happened with a lot of ordinary actions. It is weird that it did not get edited out.

Even though the book was a little rough, I liked it enough to read the next installment Grilled for Murder. Hopefully now that the setting and characters have been introduced, the flow will be a bit better. If you like normal cozy mysteries, you will probably enjoy Flipped for Murder.

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