Review: A fun read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2013
Maxine is a fun amateur sleuth with a catering business. I enjoyed the sprinkling of cookies and cakes and truffles and chocolate Santas throughout the book. But when she caters a Christmas wedding for gamers, foul play reigns. Maxine gets caught up in an investigation that brings in Detective Patrick Shannon, providing a touch of romance to the mystery. Between Maxine’s dysfunctional relationship with her mother and other family dynamics, there is an interesting cast of supporting characters. I liked Grandma Ellie. Add in a food fight and a chocolate fountain to die for—and someone does—and this is one very entertaining mystery.