Death of a Wedding Cake Baker

Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery Series, Book 11

By: Lee Hollis

Narrated by: Randye Kaye

For Matron of Honor Hayley Powell, catching a half-baked poisoner before her friend's wedding will be icing on the cake....

Liddy Crawford, best friend of food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell, is getting married. The wedding is the talk of the town in Bar Harbor, Maine, including snide gossip about the age gap between the bride and her groom, local lawyer Sonny Lipton. But the cruelty of the comments is nothing compared to the nasty wedding-cake baker, Liddy's quarrelsome cousin Lisa.

So when the belligerent baker is found facedown in a three-tier cake, the victim of a poisoned slice, there are more suspects in town than names on the guest list. With Sonny getting cold feet, Liddy getting hot under the frilly collar of her wedding gown, and a killer possibly crashing the ceremony, Hayley vows to solve the crime before her best friend walks down the aisle....

©2019 Rick Copp and Holly Simason (P)2019 Tantor

Fun cozy mystery

Another fun installment of the Hayley Powell cozy mystery series with recipes along the way!

Nooooooo!!!

This story had me guessing until the end and then you threw a cliff hanger surprise ending in on me. I can't wait for the next one.

WHAT A WILD RIDE

I LOVED THIS BOOK. I MAY HAVE WHIPLASH FROM ALL THE TWISTS AND TURNS IN THIS PLOT, AND I LOVED EVERY ONE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND SERIES.

Predictable and Silly!

I’ve read/ listened to all of the books in this series and this one is just silly. The characteristics are all predictable and Hayley Powell appears to be more annoying and mousey. What a whimp!!? Why is she scared to stand up for herself? Why is she so sneaky and conniving? Her qualities are not humble, kind and polite but a cry for help for a lonely, useless woman. I was annoyed with the previous book and the return of the ex-husband… after not paying child support and forcing Hayley to scrounge to make ends meet all is well because he’s the kids’ father? All is well?’ Silly delusional nonsense. This is clearly a Hallmark story world where white people can secretly loathe their neighbors but will jump at the chance to babysit their children or cook them dinner. Ridiculous!