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An Eggnog to Die For (A Cape Cod Foodie Mystery) by Amy Pershing

About An Eggnog to Die For

An Eggnog to Die For (A Cape Cod Foodie Mystery) 

Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting - Cape Cod, Massachusetts Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (November 9, 2021) Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593199162 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593199169 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08VRGNFST

Professional foodie Samantha Barnes has a simple Christmas list: a quiet holiday at home with her dog and a certain handsome harbormaster; no embarrassing viral videos; and no finding dead bodies. Unfortunately, she’s got family visiting, she’s spending a lot of time in front of the camera, and she’s just stumbled over the lifeless body of the town’s Santa Claus.

Plus, Sam’s plans for Christmas Eve are getting complicated. There’s the great eggnog debate among her very opinionated guests. There’s the “all edible” Christmas tree to decorate. And there’s her Feast of the Five Fishes prepare. Nonetheless, Sam finds herself once again in the role of sleuth. She needs to find out who slayed this Santa—but can she pull off a perfect feast and nab a killer?

 What I Thought:

This is the second in the Cape Cod Foodie Mystery Series. We again visit Cape Cod and Sam Barnes and her endearing friends. Sam is a restaurant reviewer for the Cape Cod Clarion. If that does not keep Sam busy enough, it is the holiday season and Sam's parents are in town, besides getting ready for the "all edible" Christmas Tree and the Feast of the Five Fishes. When Sam is reviewing a new restaurant, "Ginger Jar" she stumbles over the body of the town Santa. Of course, Sam has to investigate with the help of her friends, including her love interest, Harbor Master Jason. This was a good cozy set during the holiday season. The author did a good job describing all of the Holiday celebrations taking place on Cape Cod. Sam is a very likable character and her do Diogi just adds to the charm of the book. This was  great cozy with many red herrings that kept me guessing to the very end. There, of course, is a little romantic twist to the book with Sam and Jason's relationship. Even though this is a book in a series, it could be read as a stand alone and the reader would not be lost. I look forward to more in this series.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. 

About Amy Pershing

Amy Pershing, who spent every summer of her childhood on Cape Cod, was an editor, a restaurant reviewer and a journalist before leading employee communications at a global bank. A few years ago she waved goodbye to Wall Street to write full time. An Eggnog to Die For is the second of the Cape Cod Foodie mysteries featuring Samantha Barnes, a disgraced but resilient ex-chef who retreats home to Cape Cod where she finds herself juggling a new job as the local paper’s “Cape Cod Foodie,” a complicated love life, a posse of just-slightly-odd friends, a falling-down house, a ginormous puppy and a propensity for falling over dead bodies. Kirkus Reviews gave An Eggnog to Die For a starred review, saying, "A delightful sleuth, a complex mystery, and lovingly described cuisine: a winner for both foodies and mystery mavens." A Side of Murder, the first of the Cape Cod Foodie mysteries, which Elizabeth Gilbert called “the freshest, funniest mystery I have ever read,” was the first book in the series. The third, Murder Is No Picnic, will be published in May 2022.

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