What’s a kitchen witch to do when her almost-fiancé leaves her suddenly single and unemployed? For Mia Malone, the answer’s simple: move to her grandmother’s quirky Idaho hometown, where magic is an open secret and witches and warlocks are (mostly) welcome. With a new gourmet dinner delivery business—and a touch of magic in her recipes—Mia’s hopes are high. Even when her ex-little sister, Christina, arrives looking for a place to stay, Mia takes it in stride.
But her first catering job takes a distasteful turn when her
client’s body is found, stabbed and stuffed under the head table. Mia’s shocked
to learn that she’s a suspect—and even more so when she realizes she’s next on
a killer’s list. With Christina, along with Mia’s meddling grandma, in the mix,
she’ll have to find out which of the town’s eccentric residents has an appetite
for murder…before this fresh start comes to a sticky end…
One Poison Pie
(Kitchen Witch Mystery, book one) by Lynn Cahoon
Start date: October 30,
2021
End date: November 5,
2021
Rating: 3 stars out
of 5
Trigger warning: extortion, sex trafficking
This book was scatterbrained at
times. There is a lot jampacked into one novel that, even for the first book in
a new series, seemed like too much at once. The plot was kind of a mess,
jumping all over the place, and even at the end, I felt I had more unanswered
questions than I would have liked.
Before the novel begins, Mia Malone buys an old schoolhouse in her grandmother’s hometown of Magic Springs to give herself a fresh start after her breakup. She left behind her cheating ex-boyfriend, Isaac Adams, and the catering company she helped him build. She intends on turning the new property into a catering business once the building is up to code. Living with her until she can get back on her feet is Christina Adams, Isaac’s younger sister and the screwup of the Adams family. Mia is suspicious of Christina’s presence fearing she may have ulterior motives, but she gives her a position in her catering company anyway.
