Name: To Brew Or Not to Brew
ISBN: 9780425277690

Joyce Tremel

A brand new cosy crime series from Joyce Tremel in which Maxine O'Hara, owner of a new Pittsburgh-based craft beer pub, solves crimes with the help of her tabby cat Hops. In To Brew or Not to Brew, Max O'Hara is preparing to open her own craft brew pub in Pittsburgh. But there's trouble on tap. Suspicious acts of sabotage culminate in Max finding her assistant brewmaster and chef strangled in one of the vats. If someone is desperate enough to kill to stop her from opening, Max needs to act fast - before her brand-new brew biz totally tanks.

To Brew Or Not to Brew

Sarah Sammis

Like Cleo Coyle's Coffee House mysteries, To Brew or Not to Brew has a lot of time and effort spent on describing beer and brewing. I liked the details in that they give a sense of place. These details also ground Max and Jake into a routine that forces them to balance their time with their sleuthing.

All that said, there is a brief scene within about the first fifty pages that I immediately recognized the murderer. It took a bit longer to understand their motivation.

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Caitlin Snyder

Not a big fan of this cozy mystery. I wanted to like it so badly since it's got beer, a hockey player and cute stray kitten named Hops but it was so incredibly predictable. Tremel tried to add other possible suspects but it was extremely obvious they were not the killer.

To Brew Or Not to Brew

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