Great cozy! I love, love the cover, it sets the mood for mystery. Jaymie Leighton, has an interesting view of life. Instead of being impassioned about writing, she is more interested in people. Not thinking that a wrong person should be convicted of a crime, she is persuaded by her employer to investigate the murder of Shelby, the girl friend of her employer'son. The little that she observed of him did not lead her to like him. Short tempered, Cody and she had actually seen him hit Shelby!

Her love interest, Jakob had been married and abandoned, leaving him to take cate of their daughter, Jocie, a sweet and intelligent little girl with a form of dwarfism.

The mystery has a lot of twists and turns and I followed most of it but got a little bit lost when it came to actual murderer. The story was very enjoyable, I got a little lost when if came to who the murderer was but a true delight to read. ( )

This was my first time reading this series and I loved it! The characters are very amusing, the storyline was good and it kept my interest all through. I love how Ms. Hamilton refers to other authors and the different styles of writing in the book. I also liked the romance element and how chaste they were without it being a big deal that they weren't jumping right into bed together. I'm not a prude by any means but this was refreshing. Will definitely be reading the beginning of this series and looking forward to the next installment. I received an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ( )

Jaymie Leighton likes to collect vintage cookware and she writes a food column. She lives in Queensville and is getting ready for Dickens Days. She has met a nice man named Jacob. She also found a dying local woman, Shelby Fretter. Fretter's family has a bad reputation and has often been written up by Nan Wainwright, the local newspaper editor who publishes Jaymie's column. Nan asks Jaymie to get involved when her son, Cody Wainwright, is accused of the murder. He had a troubled relationship with her. Jaymie finds a possible relationship between Shelby's murder and a case of a missing woman named Natalie. She helps the local police find out what really happened. Frankly, a white colander has nothing to do with the story other than being another vintage piece that Jaymie has collected. I liked the story.

Liked the setting and supporting characters. The main character seemed a little bland. This town is more ethnically diverse than most small midwestern towns I know of! Nitpick, but it threw me off: author doesn't seem to realize just how early the sun sets in the upper Midwest in December. One scene, late in the book, has people wandering around a "cut your own" Christmas tree farm, at a time when the sun would have set. ( )

White Colander Crime is the fifth book in the A Vintage Kitchen Mystery series.

Everyone in Queensville is looking forward to their annual Dickens Days festival. In addition, Jaymie Leighton is also looking forward to the opening of the newly renovated Queensville Manor.

As Jaymie is about to enter her editor's office to pick pamphlets the paper had printed for Dickens Days, she hears a heated argument between Nan, her editor and her son, Cody. The argument was over the girl, that Cody was dating, Shelby Fetter. When the body of Shelby is found dead and severely beaten, suspicion falls on Cody, as they had a physical, at times, relationship. When Cody is arrested, Nan tells Jaymie to cover the story and at the same time to try and learn if her son did kill her. The more Jaymie learns, the more it looks like Cody has been set up to take the blame for Shelby's murder. Jaymie learns that there has been a scam being run in Queensville and if she can find out who is behind it, she feels sure she will have the murderer in her sights.

On the romance side, Zach has moved to Detroit and has a new girlfriend and Daniel has found someone else and has gotten married. But Jaymie hasn't given up hope of finding her true love and feels confident that Jakob Muller is just the man that she wants to be with and she loves his little daughter.

Recipe also included.

Looking forward to the next book in this enjoyable series. ( )