Beyond a Reasonable Donut
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- £8.99
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- £8.99
Publisher Description
Selling her corn fritters at a carnival, Deputy Donut Café owner Emily Westhill faces off against a murderer who doesn’t play fair . . .
Emily and her assistant, Nina, are looking forward to manning the Deputy Donut tent at the Faker’s Dozen Carnival in Fallingbrook, Wisconsin—a festival held on Friday the thirteenth to celebrate good and bad luck. But Emily has barely dropped the corn fritters in oil when bad luck boils up. First, their bucket of confectioner’s sugar disappears—and then while a mime creates a distraction, a magician robs their cash register.
After the carnival, their misfortune continues. Emily discovers that someone has broken into artist Nina’s loft and vandalized a large painting in progress with the bucket of stolen sugar, which is now on the head of the mime, who seems to have been suffocated. Emily would bet Nina was the intended victim, but the cops think Nina silenced the mime. Now Emily must catch the killer white-handed—before someone else kicks the bucket . . .
Praise for Jealousy Filled Donuts
“Charming . . . Yummy donut recipes round out a whodunit (or is it a whodonut?) sure to please cozy fans.”
—Publishers Weekly
Includes delicious recipes!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bolton's gentle fifth mystery featuring widow Emily Westhill, part owner of the Deputy Donut shop in Fallingbrook, Wis. (after 2020's Boston Scream Murder), finds Emily and her enthusiastic assistant, Nina Lapeer, heading to the Faker's Dozen Carnival fairgrounds to prepare their fritter stand. The carnival's theme is Friday the Thirteenth, and there certainly seems to be a good deal of bad luck floating around the Deputy Donut stand: a petty thief makes off with money from the cash box, a manic mime helps the thief escape, and—most peculiarly—a bucket of powdered sugar goes missing. At the end of the day, Emily stops by Nina's apartment, where she discovers the mime suffocating in the errant bucket of powdered sugar. Nina promptly becomes the prime suspect in the mime's murder. Series fans will be pleased to attend the wedding of two cast regulars and to try out the easy-to-follow recipes, including one for corny fritters. This undemanding cozy is a treat.
