Book Tour: A Study in Chocolate by Amber Royer

 

 

A STUDY IN CHOCOLATE

Bean to Bar Mysteries Book 5

by

AMBER ROYER

Cozy Culinary Mystery / Women Sleuths / Romance 

Publisher: Golden Tip Press

Date of Publication: January 27, 2023

Number of Pages: 260 pages 

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Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand is expanding, as it has become a gathering spot for the community, despite having been the scene of multiple murders. Artists she met while doing a chocolate sculpture are now working out of the shop. So when Felicity is invited to tea by an eccentric art collector, she's intrigued, especially when she gets asked to pose for a portrait done with chocolate on chocolate. Only, where there is a murder the next day at the same historic house where the tea was held, one of Felicity's artist friends becomes the main suspect.

When the killer threatens that unless Felicity unravels the murder, one of her two love interests will be the next victim, she finds herself unwittingly at the center of a puzzle with a Sherlock Holmes-obsessed murderer who wants to be the next Moriarty - and wants to cast Felicity as Sherlock.

Felicity starts finding unexpected connections between her friends and acquaintances and must deal with the idea that someone who knows her is a murderer. At the same time, she has to keep her business running, despite construction dust and unruly customers - and an unexpected order for thousands of truffles.

Satchmo the retired police-dog-turned-therapy dog returns to help her sniff out a few clues, and the kidnapping of Ruffles, the quirky artist's cat, helps lead Felicity into the puzzle. Can Felicity solve it in time to protect the people she cares about from becoming additional victims?

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Thank you to the author and LSBBT for providing a copy of this book for review. This is the second Bean to Bar Mystery Book that I’ve read. I recommend readers begin with the first book in the series, but this book can be read as a stand-alone.

I love that this series is set  in Galveston, Texas, a city I know well. Felicity and her partner, Logan, run a chocolate shop on the Strand, making all their product from scratch. Readers are treated to lots of delicious descriptions of chocolate bars and baked goods. Warning: don’t read hungry!

Felicity has a thing for Logan. Unfortunately, she also has a thing for local cop, Arlo. This has been an ongoing love triangle, which keeps Felicity in a state of perpetual indecision and readers hoping she’ll put us out of our misery. BTW I’m team Logan!

Felicity and her friends attend a tea hosted at the historical home of a art dealer, new to town. After he is found murdered the following morning, Felicity realizes his killer is taunting her, using clues from a Sherlock Holmes book. When they threaten the life of someone close to her, she becomes desperate to solve the murder and unmask the mastermind behind the crime.

The pace of this book is lightning fast with little time to breathe between scenes. There is a crowd of suspects and red herrings galore. Royer will keep you guessing to the end, leading you down secret tunnels and underground rooms. At times I felt overwhelmed by the action and had to slow down my reading to absorb all the details.

This is a fun cozy murder mystery in a great setting with a host of great characters. I recommend it to readers who enjoy this genre. 

I rate this book: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars

Amber Royer writes the Chocoverse comic telenovela-style foodie-inspired space opera series and the Bean to Bar Mysteries. She is also the author of Story Like a Journalist: A Workbook for Novelists, which boils down her writing knowledge into an actionable plan involving over 100 worksheets to build a comprehensive story plan for your novel. She also teaches creative writing and is an author coach.

Amber and her husband live in the DFW Area, where you can often find them hiking or taking landscape/architecture/wildlife photographs. If you are very nice to Amber, she might make you cupcakes. Chocolate cupcakes, of course! Amber blogs about creative writing technique and all things chocolate.

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