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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This 4th book in the Beacon Bakeshop Mystery series is also the first I've read. I consider it my favorite "new to me author" I've discovered this year. Immediately upon finishing it, I snapped up the first three books in the series so I can catch up. I absolutely loved this one. This Halloween-themed mystery involves Lindsey Bakewell and her haunted lighthouse home in Michigan as well as her bakeshop. There's a truly outstanding cast of characters and a clever plot that's a cut above the traditional cozy. Very highly recommended to cozy fans!! I hope there are many, many more books to come in this series. (I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via Net Galley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.) Murder At The Pumpkin Patch book in the A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery series by Darci Hannah. Lindsey is busy baking in her bakery, located in her, the former lighthouse keeper. Lindsey loves Halloween, but she could do without some teenagers pranking. A customer suggests that Lindsey talk with Leslie Adams, a teacher at the local high school. A group of students arrives at the lighthouse to carve pumpkins, and Lindsey has a chance to talk with the students about who might be behind the pranks. Teddy, Lindsey’s assistant baker, and Kennedy, her BFF, have arranged for The Ghost Guys to come and see if they can communicate with any ghosts. Kennedy plans on doing a livestream podcast at the same time as The Ghost Guys start to get some readings of the presents of a supernatural being. Then an unknown voice utters danger, and a few seconds later utters evil afoot. Then a bright, eerie light appears that sends everyone running. Lindsey watches Kennedy’s podcast as she runs outdoors and sees Kennedy come to an abrupt halt and fall backward. When Lindsey reaches Kennedy, she sees that Kennedy had run into the body of Leslie Adams, hanging from a tree limb. Lindsey liked Leslie and couldn’t understand why anyone would want the well-respected teacher dead. Lindsey will call on her boyfriend, Rory, Kennedy, and, hopefully, Kennedy’s boyfriend, Tuck, a member of the local police department, for help finding the murderer. Lindsey soon discovers that there is no shortage of suspects. This book is the best in the series. The book is well-written and plotted. Ms. Hannah wrote so descriptively that I had “goosebumps” several times. The book moves at a good pace and was hard to put down. There were plenty of twists and turns that I kept guessing until the end of the book as to the killer's identity. There are delicious-sounding recipes included in the book. I’m anxiously awaiting the next book in the beautiful series. Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant by Darci Hannah is the fourth installment in the Beacon Bakeshop Mysteries, and another fantastic read, plus it takes place during Halloween… the most wonderful time of the year! How can you go wrong with a haunted lighthouse turned into a bakery, Halloween, ghost hunters, a costume parade, and tons of mouth watering food descriptions throughout the book, along with lots of great recipes at the end. I want to live in this imaginary town and become friends with Lindsey and her group… that’s one of the reasons I keep returning to the series because Hannah writes such wonderful and diverse characters. Another reason is her descriptions of the town and all the food. I’m always inspired to bake something new after reading one of her books. I read many cozy mystery series, but there are maybe a dozen that I actively seek out to find when the next book is coming out, and the Beacon Bakeshop Mysteries is one of them…. So if you can’t guess, I highly recommend this book and series. baker, bakery, coffee-shop, cozy-mystery, ex-SEAL, family, family-dynamics, festivals, ghosts, gossip, lighthouse, local-law-enforcement, Michigan, murder, murder-investigation, mysteries, Newfoundland-dog, podcaster, pranks, read, recipes, scuba-diving, secrets, small-business, small-town, verbal-humor***** Very atmospheric! Lindsey is a wealthy New Yorker who had a meltdown and decided to buy a decommissioned lighthouse near where she spent summers with her grandparents in their bakery. She is an excellent baker as well, so the she opened a bakery/cafe and has acquired a friend who is ex-SEAL/barrista/SCUBA teacher for Great Lakes shipwrecks. This time it is another festival but it turns grim when a favorite teacher is murdered and the suspects are all friends I enjoy this series and this book is a very good read. I requested and received an EARC from Kensington Books via NetGalley. Thank you! sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:The latest installment in Darci Hannah's delicious Beacon Bakeshop Mystery series set in small-town Beacon Harbor, Michigan, featuring a baker heroine who lives in the local lighthouse with her beloved Newfoundland dog, Wellington. Lindsey prefers to keep her bakeshop's Halloween decor light and autumnal, rather than gruesome and ghoulish. But everyone knows her lighthouse home is haunted. Some intrepid teens have even tried to break in to witness the resident ghost themselves. Dreading Halloween night, Lindsey reluctantly allows her influencer and podcaster best friend, Kennedy, to host a live ghost hunting investigation in the lighthouse, conducted by a professional team. Protective of her ghost, Lyndsey is understandably nervous about what they might uncover . . . The segment is uneventful??until things take a terrifying turn. The team freaks out. As Kennedy joins the mad dash outside, she bumps into what looks like the prankster teens' creepy clown costume hanging from a tree. But when Lindsey's dog, Wellington, begins to whine, they make a grim discovery: the clown is no dummy. It's a corpse. Now Lindsey and company will need to keep their cool if they want a ghost of a chance to solve the murder??and see another Halloween . . . Praise for Murder at the Blueberry Festival "You'll never see the end coming in this delightfully zany tale." ??Kirkus Reviews Includes Delicious Reci No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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There is never a dull moment as bakeshop-lighthouse owner Lindsey and her friends become entangled in the town events in Beacon Harbor, Michigan at Halloween. Surprises unfold as they try to find who murdered a local schoolteacher. There are many possible suspects with likely motives, but just who is responsible? I have to admit that I figured this one out, but that did not keep me from turning pages just in case I was wrong.
I did find some things repetitive. Descriptions of the food in Lindsey’s bakery are expected, but everything there was made of or seasoned with pumpkin spice. It would have felt more normal to me if that pumpkin flavored treat was sitting on the shelf next to something like seasonally decorated cookies or cake. But this may be more of an issue for me than other readers simply because I do not care for pumpkin.
Although this is the first book I have read in the series, I did not feel as if I was missing any background information I needed. The characters are well developed enough that a reader new to this series can easily pick up this book.
Thanks to Kings River Life Magazine for selecting my name as the winner of Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant in a random drawing. No promise of a review was made or requested and all opinions stated here are strictly my own. ( )