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Truffles and Tragedy: A Down South Cafe Mystery Book by Gayle Leeson

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Truffles and Tragedy: A Down South Cafe Mystery 

Cozy Mystery 6th in Series Publisher: Grace Abraham Publishing (March 16, 2021) Number of Pages: 295 (approximately) Digital ASIN: B08VMM8F27

Down South Cafe owner Amy Flowers learns her chocolate truffles might not be the only things her patrons find "out of this world."

When her cousin, Jackie, asks her to give a presentation to her online class, Amy thinks all she has to worry about is speaking before a group. But then the nitpicky professor collapses. He has been murdered, and hot-tempered Jackie is the prime suspect. Some online forums are even speculating that the professor was an extra-terrestrial, so Amy must sort out fact from fiction to get to the truth.

Certain the real killer is setting Jackie up, will Amy be able to outwit the killer and save her cousin?

What I Thought:

 This was another great installment in the Down South Cafe series. I have a read a few in the series, not all and I always enjoy what I read, this one was no exception. In this one, Jackie is going back to school and has a hard to deal-with professor. When she asks Amy to be presenter for her online class for this professor, Amy agrees. On the evening Amy is to present and while she is presenting, the professor collapses. It is learned that he had been poisoned and Jackie is the main suspect. Of course Amy has to investigate to prove her cousin is not a killer.  I like the setting of this book, it reminds me of where I live in a very small close-knit community. The characters who work at Amy's Down Home Cafe are very close, like family. I find that to be endearing. There were some new characters in this book that were not so likable and he author did a great job of portraying them in a way for the reader not to like them. There were not a whole lot of suspects in this book, and not a lot of twists like in some other stories, but it was still very good, very well written, and the plot was believable. When the reveal of the killer took place, I was surprised as it was not what I expected. I will definitely be reading more in this series and hope to get caught up on the ones that I have missed. 

I received a complimentary copy of this book. 

About Gayle Leeson

Gayle Leeson is a pseudonym for Gayle Trent. Gayle has also written as Amanda Lee and Gayle Trent. Going forward, Gayle intends to keep her writing under the Gayle Leeson name. She lives with her beautiful family in the hills of Southwest Virginia.

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