do I begin Have read all ten entries of this series and enjoyed the first, Bookstrayed from being grounded in the goings on of the catering business, This book suffers from that same fate, I do enjoy the sisters relieved this time around they're not incessantly bickering, their boyfriends though Marvin is painted here as even more of a wussy, and how their retired police chief dad realistically fits into the plotlines.
Understandably as the series progresses, the plots are getting more involved to avoid that pitfall of storylines seeming too similar, But you have to believe there might be too many possible suspects in the mix when one of the sisters says she "needed a cheat sheet to keep track of everyone's activities".
Who was married to whom Which ones were at the reenactment Who was hankypankying with each other Which character had a grudge against another
Would love the series to get back to it's "Catering" roots, just as the titles would suggest.
And on a related nitpicky complaint, recipes included have no connection to anything in the book, Since characters discuss progress of the case over snacks and cookies, couldn't those have been included Instead there are cake, pie, potato salad, and carrot/raisin salad recipes, There's also a spicy chicken marinade where only two ofingredients have specified amounts,
I will look forward to and will read the next Little Taste of Heaven book, Even with my complaints it's a cozy series deserving of support, This was very well written but very long,pages. The two sisters are so,ething else, Never giving up Cant
't wait to read the others, A quick, holidaythemed mystery that I read over the long holiday weekend, Bernie and Libby are catering a reenactment of a local event that may or may not have actually happened in their town during colonial times, When the local manabouttown is killed by a musket to the face, they undertake an investigation to clear Libby's boyfriend Marvin, who was in charge of picking things up and delivering them to the reenactment site.
There are a lot of red herrings, and the final resolution was more complex than usual, But it was a fun holiday read, This was a good read, What should have been a nice holiday turned into a mess, I felt bad for Marvin, He shouldn't have had to go through what he did, I was happy that Bernie and Libby were able to find out what really happened, This one involves Independence Day, a Revolutionary War reenactment, a pig, a witch, a playboy, and a shooting club, I liked the shooting club scene, That was interesting, but I would have liked more to have happened with that, I also liked the pig, She was cute. The reenactment was sad. A picnic would have been better, The mystery was intriguing, and I was surprised by the outcome, Isis Crawford has been around the block, as it were, in the cozy mystery business, Shes a “caterer” for all seasons, In this, our fourth Isis book, she moves on with “A Catered Fourth of July, ” She always reminds us that “revenge” is a dish best served cold, though, like a good gazpacho!
Its early July and hotter than a firecracker and things are just about to go “boom” for our sweet sisters Bernie and Libby in their pastoral town of Longley, New York.
But thanks to their catering expertise, theyve arranged a cool enough setting for a reenactment of the Battle of Meadow Creek in honor of the Revolutionary War and the Fourth of July.
Sure enough, after the reenactment of that famous battle and the “wounded” are rounded up, ready to enjoy the munchies that the sisters have provided, alas, the “notorious town playboy, Jack Devlin, doesnt get up.
The blood on his uni is very much real, Quickly fingers of suspicion are pointed and Bernies beau Marvin is accused of the killing,
Theres no love lost for Jack, but murder is murder and after all, this is a country that lives by the law, home of the free and land of the brave and innocent until proven guilty!
The two sisters step forward and, degree by degree, they track down the killerbut not before some harrowing experiences to add to the “intensity” of the plot development.
Clues and red herrings abound, but, remember, this is Isis Crawford and this is a cozy mysteryso dont despair,
The Red White and Blue of the USA shine brightly as justice blind or not is served and the sisters, once again, save the day!
This was the third book of this series I have attempted to read.
And like all the others I readpages or the firstchapters and I just couldn't get into the storyline, Like the others it seemed like it kept repeating itself over and over, One whole page was two characters saying "yes it was" "No it wasn't" down the entire page! REALLY So needless to say I didn't finish this book, And after trying this series with three different books I won't be picking this series up to read, Nice to see the climate emergency entering the cozy mystery with a boiling July fourth seeing the long suffering caterers setting out a picnic that is doomed to be ignored.
For a reenactment of the battle of Longley ala a pub brawl endly badly when a musket explodes killing the local lothario, When Libby's boyfriend is declared suspect No,the sisters do what they do second best: sleuth, This novel is a lot of fun, especially in winter! A Catered Fourth of July is book ten in A Mystery with Recipes series by Isis Crawford, Libby and Bernie were catering for the annual Longley, New York, Fourth July celebration in sweltering heat, When the final scene of the reenactment was played, one of the participants Jack Devlin was found dead, The first person that became a suspect was Libby's boyfriend, Marvin, To clear Marvin's name Libby and Bernie decided to investigate to find the killer of Jack Devlin, The readers of A Catered Fourth of July will continue to follow Bernie and Libby to see if they cleared Marvin name and found the killer,
A Catered Fourth of July is another fantastic book to read, and like all books, in this series, I had trouble to stop laughing with the characters, A Catered Fourth of July is well written and researched by Isis Crawford, I do like that Isis Crawford includes at the end of A Catered Fourth of July list all the recipes that were mention throughout the book, I love Isis Crawford portrayal of her characters and the way she made them reacted with each other,
I recommend this book, Well I really enjoyed this delightful cozy mystery! High noon on July Fourth in the quiet town of Longley, New York, and it's got to be one hundred degrees, Thankfully, sisters Bernie and Libby are setting up their yummy catering out of the sun in the gazebo for the reenactment of The Battle of Meadow Creekand not baking in those Revolutionary War uniforms with their fellow townspeople.
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After a few cheery exchanges of "Moveth" and "Thou speakest treason," the muskets are fired and the fake battle is over, But the blood on notorious town playboy Jack Devlin looks very real, Is it possible that Jack has had his last tryst
When town councilman and resident loudmouth Rick Evans fingers Bernie's beau Marvin as the killer, Bernie and Libby know they've got to get cooking on the case.
But the former Casanova has burned half the townincluding the hotheaded politician and his occasionally faithful wife, And what about reenactor Elise Montague, who is training to be an EMT yet almost fainted at the sight of blood on the deceased
Bernie and Libby have their plates overloaded with suspects, and will need to work very fast to clear Marvin's name.
The simmering killer is still out there, armed and taking shots, and unless the sisters quickly get to the bottom of this patriotic premeditation, . . their goose may be cooked!
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Delicious Praise For Isis Crawford And Her MouthWatering Mysteries!
A Catered St.
Patrick's Day
"Cozy fans will appreciate the zany characters, witty dialogue and puzzling plot, " Publishers Weekly
A Catered Thanksgiving
"This will please Crawford's old fans and bring in new ones, " RT Book s
A Catered Birthday Party
"Fans of Diane Mott Davidson and Joanne Fluke will enjoy the investigative and culinary antics of the nosey sisters.
" Library Journal
A Catered Halloween
"Fun, . . wellplotted. " Publishers Weekly
A Catered Christmas
"Comical minor arguments, bitchy asides, cookie dependencies, and useful recipes keep this moving, " Library Journal
A Catered Murder
"Fans who love culinary mysteries are going to gain pounds after reading this delicious whodoneit, " I Love a Mystery Such a bland mystery, Too many characters to keep track of and too little plot to carry it along, It might have been more interesting if it felt more like a cozy, I would have expected the catering and the recipes to be more of a character in the story, Also Wiccans in a cozy Did not seem like a sweet, easy summer read to me, I read to page, and I kept putting the book down and selecting another one, I decided today not to finish Isis Crawfords A Catered Forth of JulyA Mystery with Recipes,because the story was too slow moving, and the sister sleuths and the book as far as I read did not make me feel as though a great holiday was or had been celebrated.
I am sorry to say this, but I found it boring, and I want to truly celebrate Julyth!I honestly thought this book was awful, The characters were vapid and unlikable, and sometimes the direction and choices reminded me of something I would have written when I was, Why is it none
of the women in town could be liked, . . at all I get that the plot is everybody is sleeping with that one guy, but it seemed like a purposeful choice to hate on everyone else, Im not here for hating on other women, so I dont appreciate that attitude in my fictional characters, either,
Overall, this was just a disaster of a book, .
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