Name: A Catered Murder
ISBN: 9781575667256

Isis Crawford

When Libby and her sister Bernie cater a vampire-themed high school reunion in honor of best-selling author Laird Wrenn, they find themselves knee-deep in murder when Wrenn drops dead after dinner and Libby is accused of the crime. Reprint.

A Catered Murder

So I read this book to back-track after reading "A Catered Halloween," which is further along in the series. I am pleased to say that this book is more enjoyable than the Halloween one, but it still lacked some basic information about the characters, and the mystery wasn't readily solvable.

I am curious as to what happened to their father, and how much damage he has from the injury. Obviously he is paralyzed or stuck in the wheelchair, but it just seems like there's more that could have been mentioned since the author alludes to his emotional problems but not really giving us any details.

I liked the sister relationship and see that the stereotypes in cozy mysteries are really like a checklist. One sister is the suave diva, while the other sister is the frumpy one with relationship issues that never seem to go away (although it seems like this one will hopefully end with the first book). At least the dialogue is nice, though it's peppered with weird actions like a bee on an arm being brushed off followed by a flying ant. The constant talk of the recipes got a little tiring. It's not bad in the flow, but I don't think people discuss pastries as much as these characters do while discussing murders. 

Definitely not the best series I've read, but also good enough to make me curious about the next installment.

A Catered Murder

Reviews

Highlights