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Bread of the Dead: A Santa Fe Cafe Mystery
Bread of the Dead: A Santa Fe Cafe Mystery | Ann Myers
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Trick or treat and murder are on the menu in this first in a new culinary mystery seriesLife couldn't be sweeter for Tres Amigas Cafe chef Rita Lafitte, decorating sugar skulls and taste-testing rich, buttery pan de muerto in anticipation of Santa Fe's Day of the Dead bread-baking contest. That is, until her friendly landlord, Victor, is found dead next door.Although the police deem Victor's death a suicide, Rita knows something is amiss. To uncover the truth, she teams up with her octogenarian boss, Flori, the town's most celebrated snoop. The duo begins to sift through long-buried secrets and to take full measure of duplicitous neighbors, but the clock is ticking and their list of suspects is growing ever longer. Just as the clues get hotter than a New Mexican chili, one of their main suspects winds up dead. Rita fears that the killer is dishing out seconds and her order might be up."
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Cinsarly
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Exactly what it is. Perfectly fun cozy mystery set in Santa Fe during October. Liked all the side characters, although the ex-husband was so mean and hyper masculine that he seemed more like a characiture than a person. Writing and pacing were good. Will read the next one.

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Avanders
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First, the critiques: The "Santa Fe accent" was a bit distracting (as inaccurate as it was), the pronunciation of a few words likewise, and the story dragged a little longer than I'd like at times...

But overall, there was mystery, intrigue, surprise, friendship, and a touch of romance.. all the right ingredients for a good cozy. I will read the next book in the series... (it's always nice to choose local ?)

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KilgoreTrout
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I am really going to need my library to improve its search function so I can more easily discover cozy mysteries with food puns in the name. They're my bread and butter 😂😂

britt_brooke 😂 7y
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