Tea and Treachery by Vicki Delany – A Tea by the Sea Mystery

This is a new series that combines two no fail cozy settings, a tea room with its fragarent brews, yummy scones, sandwiches and pastries and a Cape Cod sea side setting. To this recipe add zest with a testy, sharp tongued grandmother Rose; humor with a slightly wacky exuberant wanna be novelist friend Bernie and ground it with the steady workaholic granddaugher Lily who owns and cooks for the tea room conveniently located in a stone cottage on the adjacent grounds of her grandmother’s roomy Victorian B&B. To spice things up add a hunky English gardener and a mysterious dark haired son of the nearly bankrupt neighbor who is trying to sell his house to a developer with a very iffy reputation.

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“Bad Housekeeping” – 1st in a New Series by Maia Chance

I really enjoyed this book mostly because of the sophisticated edge and attitude of Great Aunt Effie who is a true delight.  I loved her breezy insouciant attitude and her impeccable style under very trying circumstances.  This mystery is humorous in tone and some of the characterizations are pointed and feisty, it is quite a sparkling read.

It is not a corny cozy at all and is fast paced, the story zips right along just like the Cadillac that Great Aunt Effie drives.   Comfortable ride with a lot of style and speed.

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