Marshmallow Malice
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Caught in a sticky situation . . .
With Juliet Brody and Reverend Brook tying the knot in Ohio’s Amish Country’s most anticipated nuptials of the year, Bailey King is determined to do everything in her power to make the event a sweet success. Except midsummer heat waves and outdoor ceremonies don’t mix, and an exasperated Bailey soon finds herself struggling to fulfill bridesmaid duties and keep her stunning marshmallow-frosted wedding cake from becoming a gooey disaster. Then much to everyone’s shock, the entire ceremony crumbles when a guest drops dead, and the cause isn’t sunstroke . . .
Turns out, the uninvited victim came equipped with lots of dirt on the devout reverend’s hidden past. As Reverend Brook tops the murder suspect list on what should have been the happiest day of his life, Bailey and her sheriff’s deputy boyfriend vow to clear his name. Can the duo boil down a series of baffling clues before Juliet considers her marriage a bad mistake—or the killer whips up another deadly surprise?
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Chocolatier Bailey King is back on the case in Flower's entertaining fifth Amish Candy Shop Mystery (following Toxic Toffee). Bailey is maid of honor and the cake designer at her boyfriend's mother's wedding to Reverend Simon Brook, where an unknown woman barges in and calls the Reverend a traitor. When the woman's body is found on the front steps of the church the next day, it is up to Bailey and her boyfriend, sheriff's deputy Aiden Brody, to solve the murder and clear the Reverend's name of any wrongdoing. The woman, identified as Elizabeth Chupp, was formerly Old Order Amish, and it soon becomes clear that the Amish community knows more about the woman's relationship with the Reverend than he is letting on. Bailey's grandmother is Amish, which gives her an in with the reclusive rural Ohio community and allows her to snoop where the deputy can't. But her investigations may make her the murderer's next target. Many secondary characters including Bailey's mischievous pet pig, a visiting friend from New York City, and Aiden's ex-girlfriend keep the plot entertaining. This is Flower's best Candy Shop Mystery yet.
