Last Licks
Kate receives the shock of a lifetime when she’s blindsided by an offer she can’t refuse. An assistant movie director desperately wants to shoot a key scene at Lickety Splits, and she’s willing to pay big bucks to sweeten the last-minute deal. All Kate has to do is tolerate a bustling film crew for a few hours and provide one important prop, a scoop of handmade ice cream.
But when up-and-coming actress Savannah Crane drops dead after spooning down some chocolate almond fudge, Kate’s first taste of Hollywood might be her last. Someone poisoned the leading lady, and with Lickety Splits draped in yellow crime scene tape, detectives are ready to cast Kate as the leading suspect.
Determined to clear her name, Kate finds herself churning through a long list of unsavory characters to catch the real killer lurking around town. As she uncovers the truth about the jealous rivals and obsessive stalkers who haunted Savannah’s life, Kate soon realizes that tangling with the late starlet’s “fans” could make this her most terrifying fall yet
Series: A Lickety Split Mystery – Book 3
Author: Cynthia Baxter
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Culinary/Holiday
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 256
Publishing Date: December 31, 2019
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A new addition to the “A Lickety Split Mystery” series by Cynthia Baxter published by Kensington Books https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/ comes the delicious (Halloween) holiday cozy, Last Licks.
Kate’s ice cream shop is a beautiful place to spend a few hours. Visiting with the characters from this series is time well spent. Kate and Emma, as well as Grams, are fun, exciting characters that will tickle readers funny bone, and make them worry as well as they get involved in a murder. This holiday cozy has a yummy setting, who wouldn’t enjoy spending time at an ice cream shop that specializes in exotic flavors. Chapter headings with informative ice cream history and tidbits make each one a joy to start.
The murder itself is well-plotted, with believable suspects, clues, and a conclusion that will leave readers reeling. The ending will have readers gasping, filled with the need to jump in and help the characters catch the bad guy. A holiday cozy should incorporate the holiday as the central theme, and this one hits the mark. There are plenty of ghouls, ghosts, and zombies, as well as suspense and intrigue throughout the pages. Even though we are coming up to the Christmas holiday, a Halloween theme is still a great read for the festive season. I am happy to recommend Last Licks and the entire series.
More (Halloween) holiday cozies readers may enjoy are Nancy Coco’s https://www.nancyjcoco.com/ “A Candy-Coated Mystery” https://www.thecozyreview.com/fudge-bites/ or Leslie Meier’s http://www.lesliemeierbooks.com/ wonderful holiday cozy “A Lucy Stone Mystery” https://www.thecozyreview.com/halloween-murder/.
About the Author:
Cynthia Baxter is the author of the Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery series, with Last Licks being a holiday cozy book in the series. Writing as Cynthia Blair, she has written 40 other novels, including contemporary women’s fiction and young-adult novels.
Cynthia has worked as a travel writer, which took her to such exotic destinations as Tahiti, Brazil, and several Caribbean islands. She has taught creative writing at Hofstra University on Long Island and given fiction writing workshops at the Cape Cod Writers Workshop.
In her spare time, she enjoys making modern art quilts and fabric jewelry. She is passionate about traveling, reading, and of course, ice cream. Her favorite flavors are peach, coconut, and chocolate hazelnut.
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