Murder with Ganache: 03/25/24

Murder with Ganache by Lucy Burdette and Laura Jennings (Narrator) (2014) is the fourth book in the Key West Food Critic mystery series. Hayley's cat destroying most of the cupcakes for Connie's wedding is the first in a string of bad events that leads to Connie canceling her wedding.

Other events that mar the wedding plans are Hayley's step-brother goes missing and ends up in hospital. The girl he was last seen is found dead along the mangroves. Connie's father and fiancé have a falling out resulting in her father leaving town.

On top of all of the family drama and the murder of a teenaged runaway, Hayley has a huge stack of deadlines for the magazine she works for. Her editor's boss is being worse that usual and he seems to be caving to her. It's a lot of stress for anyone to handle.

Since Rory isn't a regular character we only have Hayley and her family's assessment of his personality to go on. Is he a surely teen put into an impossible situation or did he somehow kill the girl?

Despite all of the tension and the finger pointing, I happened to spot the murderer on their first introduction. The one character with the least at stake and the least part in any of it was so clearly the person behind it all. I ended up reading Murder with Ganache mostly for the family drama instead of the murder mystery.

The fifth book is Death with All the Trimmings (2014)

Five stars

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