Ellie Alexander

After a locally loathed woman winds up death on the floor of Jules Capshaw and her mother's bakery, Jules must find the killer while still filling pastry orders. Includes recipes. Original.

Meet Your Baker

Sajiya Chaudhary

I love the fact that the author was generous enough to put all the recipes at the end of the book! This was a good, fast read. The premise was good enough, having read another mystery series with food at the center, I expected this to be similar but it wasn't. Plenty of things going on with individual characters but the lead heroine - Jules is interesting! I didn't think that I would want to continue with the series, but I keep catching myself thinking about Jules!

Izza

3.25 stars | had a rocky start with this one. I wasn’t sure if I would even finish it but it improved drastically as it went.

Stephanie Joseph

Pick, pick, pick!! 
I love the author and her writing. Her books are unforgettable and deserve the 5-star rating. This is the first book in the series and it didn’t disappoint. There is tension, drama and a whole lot of mystery all happening in a bake shop. The best thing about this cozy series are the recipes in back. I can’t wait to give them all a try. 

Rating: 5/5

Welcome to Torte-a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the treats are so good that, sometimes, it's criminal... After graduating from culinary school, Juliet Capshaw returns to her quaint hometown of Ashland, Oregon, to heal a broken heart and help her mom at the family bakery. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is bringing in lots of tourists looking for some crumpets to go with their heroic couplets. But when one of Torte's customers turns up dead, there's much ado about murder... "Sure to satisfy both dedicated foodies and ardent mystery lovers alike." --Jessie Crockett, author of Drizzled with Death The victim is Nancy Hudson, the festival's newest board member. A modern-day Lady Macbeth, Nancy has given more than a few actors and artists enough reasons to kill her...but still. The silver lining? Jules's high school sweetheart, Thomas, is the investigator on the case. His flirtations are as delicious as ever, and Jules can't help but want to have her cake and eat it too. But will she have her just desserts? Murder might be bad for business, but love is the sweetest treat of all... "Alexander weaves a tasty tale of deceit, family ties, delicious pastries, and murder." Edith Maxwell, author of A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die

A Bakeshop Mystery

Audrey Vandecauter 

4/5 ✨ 
I wasn’t convinced when I started it, but the story really sucked me in! So many plot twists!

Hannah Alexander 

So I always have a hard time with the beginning of series because of how much information that comes with book 1 but even with that I really enjoy this one ,and have already put in the resuest for book 2. It was a munder mystery with the beiginnig of a love story. It was easy to fell into and stay invole with the story! great for a quick read!

This was really cute! It was the quintessential cozy mystery book. Woman returning to hometown? Check. Failed love? Check. Old flame might be reignited? Check.

What I will say to the benefit of this; this is a series without the female protagonist going through a makeover. She doesn't need to "get her groove back" or have someone push her to buy a new dress and she goes from "frumpy" to gorgeous. It is a common trip in cozy mysteries and it drives me bonkers! So this not having it is a huge plus and kind of reignited my desire to read cozy mysteries.

If you're looking for novel content though, this isn't it. It really has what you expect in a cozy mystery without a ton of innovation. Personally I feel like that's what draws people to cozy mysteries (you know what you'll get sort of thing) but I can see how this would be a problem if you aren't someone looking for a formula novel.

Megan Rose

This was a really fun read! I always enjoy a good whodunit, especially when it’s set at a bakery.

Meet Your Baker

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