Risky Biscuits
(A Sugar & Spice Mystery)
by Mary Lee Ashford

About the Book

Risky Biscuits (A Sugar & Spice Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Iowa
Lyrical Underground (July 9, 2019)
Paperback: 190 pages
ISBN-10: 1516105079
ISBN-13: 978-1516105076
Digital ASIN: B07JDXFM7G

Former magazine editor “Sugar” Calloway’s life has taken a delicious twist since she launched a community cookbook publishing business with blue-ribbon baker Dixie Spicer. Now these amateur sleuths must solve a small-town murder—without getting burned . .

Sugar and Spice Cookbooks’ newest project is a fundraiser organized by the St. Ignatius Crack of Dawn Breakfast Club, famous for their all-you-can-eat biscuits and gravy events. But when a group member is found dead, Sugar and Spice’s priorities change from raising dough to figuring out who put murder on the menu.

The return of former badboy Nick Marchant has stirred the town’s gossips too. Add a few grudges and some old-fashioned greed over a land deal into the mix, and it’s a recipe for mayhem. And when someone serves up a second helping of murder, Sugar and Spice need to sift the guilty from the blameless, or their next breakfast may be their last . . .

* Includes delicious recipes! *

Risky Biscuits by Mary Lee Ashford
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine. (And I loved this book so much that I bought my own copy!)

First of all, this is a cozy mystery extraordinaire! I have read many cozy mysteries over the past few years, and most are well-written, fun, and “cozy.” The mysteries often keep me guessing. The characters are quirky and intriguing. Baking is a usual theme for these. And typically there is no profanity, bedroom scenes, or graphic violence. All of this is true for this book and more besides! I can say without a doubt that this is one of the best cozies I have read in a long time.

In addition to the impeccable writing and interesting characters, our heroine in this mystery added so much humor to this story! One of the things I often notice about so many books of every genre nowadays is that the art of humor seems to be almost nonexistent. Not so with Mary Lee Ashford! There were so many “laugh-out-loud” moments that I had to catch myself from disrupting those around me.

Another thing I appreciate in this book series is that even though I didn’t read the first book, I didn’t feel lost. I still was able to understand what was going on and enjoy all the fun insights from our heroine’s viewpoint. Oh, and there was a fun cat in the book, too. Doesn’t every mystery need a cat??

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About Mary Lee Ashford

Mary Lee Ashford is a lifelong bibliophile, and avid reader, and supporter of public libraries. In addition to writing the Sugar & Spice mystery series for Kensington Books, she also writes as half of the writing team of Sparkle Abbey, author of the national bestselling Pampered Pets mystery series from Bell Bridge Books.

Prior to publishing Mary Lee won first place in the Daphne du Maurier contest, sponsored by the Kiss of Death chapter of RWA, and was a finalist in Murder in the Grove’s mystery contest, as well as Killer Nashville’s Claymore Dagger contest.

She is the founding president of Sisters in Crime – Iowa and a current board member of the Mystery Writers of America Midwest chapter, as well as a member of Novelists, Inc., Romance Writers of America, Kiss of Death the RWA Mystery Suspense chapter, Sisters in Crime, and the SinC internet group Guppies.

Mary Lee has a passionate interest in creativity and teaches a university level course in Creative Management to MPA candidates, as well as presenting workshops and blogging about creativity. She loves encouraging other writers and is a frequent presenter on a variety of topics at workshops, conferences, and writers’ groups.

In her day job, Mary Lee is a Deputy Chief Information Officer. She currently resides in the Midwest with her husband, Tim, and Sparkle, the rescue cat namesake of the Sparkle Abbey pseudonym. Her delights are reading and enjoying her family and especially her six grandchildren.

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