Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery (Golden Girls Cozy Mystery Series)
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The first novel in the all-new Golden Girls Cozy Mystery Series!
When Dorothy’s obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf–themed wedding Rose is hosting.
Things are heating up, and not just because of Blanche’s hot flashes. Rose’s cousin is eloping to Miami, and Rose is playing host. If she can't balance the groom’s family’s snobbery against the traditional St. Olaf wedding week guidelines, her hometown may never accept her cousin again!
Dorothy quickly realizes she needs a date with whom she can exchange wedding-related wisecracks. Turning to a newfangled VHS dating service, she believes she’s found the ideal conversationalist. Unfortunately, what looks good on TV can actually be a total jerk in real life. It seems she’ll just have to enjoy the company of Sophia, Blanche, and whomever Blanche has targeted for a hookup.
As the Girls all pitch in, Rose is thrilled that the tea-and-fish-themed kickoff event is perfect, not a herring out of place. That is until Dorothy’s date is found dead—face-planted in an otherwise scrumptious-looking cheesecake. With every guest a suspect (especially Dorothy) and a marriage on the line, the four besties must ID the real killer, get the should-be-happy couple down the aisle, and make sure nobody from St. Olaf gets lost in the wilds of Miami. It’s up to the Golden Girls to sleuth out a way for friendship and love to win the day!
The first novel in the all-new Golden Girls Cozy Mystery Series!
When Dorothy’s obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf–themed wedding Rose is hosting.
Things are heating up, and not just because of Blanche’s hot flashes. Rose’s cousin is eloping to Miami, and Rose is playing host. If she can't balance the groom’s family’s snobbery against the traditional St. Olaf wedding week guidelines, her hometown may never accept her cousin again!
Dorothy quickly realizes she needs a date with whom she can exchange wedding-related wisecracks. Turning to a newfangled VHS dating service, she believes she’s found the ideal conversationalist. Unfortunately, what looks good on TV can actually be a total jerk in real life. It seems she’ll just have to enjoy the company of Sophia, Blanche, and whomever Blanche has targeted for a hookup.
As the Girls all pitch in, Rose is thrilled that the tea-and-fish-themed kickoff event is perfect, not a herring out of place. That is until Dorothy’s date is found dead—face-planted in an otherwise scrumptious-looking cheesecake. With every guest a suspect (especially Dorothy) and a marriage on the line, the four besties must ID the real killer, get the should-be-happy couple down the aisle, and make sure nobody from St. Olaf gets lost in the wilds of Miami. It’s up to the Golden Girls to sleuth out a way for friendship and love to win the day!
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I was so excited to see this title appear as I’m an avid Golden Girls fan and it did not disappoint!
Murder by Cheesecake follows the girls through several capers at once. Rose is exhausting herself and her time in assisting her niece Nettie with her nuptials, all the while ensuring that she follows the strict St Olaf wedding traditions that the elders have stressed must be a part of the wedding. As such, this creates quite the laughs and mishaps as only Rose can have explaining her Norwegian roots. The story couldn’t be complete without cheesecake, so as Rose is preparing the decadent desserts for the wedding and housing them in the hotel’s freezer, she comes across something she will never forget! Dorothy, Sofia, and Blanche to the rescue to help sort everything out and get Rose and Dorothy out of a pickle.
Rachel Ekstrom Courage revived the girls from their respite from the television show, adding in anecdotes and pop culture from the eighties that throws you back into their world of Miami and the capers the girls always found themselves in. It was a wonderful escape that she created which stirred my inner nostalgia for the binging of the Golden Girls episodes. It’s a must read for Golden Girls fans! I look forward to more from the series!
Thank you to NetGalley and to Hyperion Avenue Publishing for an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
Murder by Cheesecake follows the girls through several capers at once. Rose is exhausting herself and her time in assisting her niece Nettie with her nuptials, all the while ensuring that she follows the strict St Olaf wedding traditions that the elders have stressed must be a part of the wedding. As such, this creates quite the laughs and mishaps as only Rose can have explaining her Norwegian roots. The story couldn’t be complete without cheesecake, so as Rose is preparing the decadent desserts for the wedding and housing them in the hotel’s freezer, she comes across something she will never forget! Dorothy, Sofia, and Blanche to the rescue to help sort everything out and get Rose and Dorothy out of a pickle.
Rachel Ekstrom Courage revived the girls from their respite from the television show, adding in anecdotes and pop culture from the eighties that throws you back into their world of Miami and the capers the girls always found themselves in. It was a wonderful escape that she created which stirred my inner nostalgia for the binging of the Golden Girls episodes. It’s a must read for Golden Girls fans! I look forward to more from the series!
Thank you to NetGalley and to Hyperion Avenue Publishing for an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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