Tara Lush

Ice cream and murder. Will this amateur sleuth melt under pressure? After being humiliated in front of her entire hometown of Moose Knuckle, New Hampshire, Hadley Mortimer heads south to lick her wounds. All the way to the island of Devil's Beach, Florida, where she's opened her first business: Give Me Chills, an artisan ice cream truck. After a couple of weeks, she's living the cream and has even met a gorgeous guy named Zander, who seems to appreciate more than her soft serve cones. When Zander asks her to bring an ice cream cake to his great-aunt's funeral, she overhears two people talking about murder. Hadley -- a true crime junkie -- lets curiosity get the best of her and she begins to sleuth. It's not easy juggling a new crush, a popular food truck and a murder investigation. Hadley has to do all three without having a meltdown...

Give Me Chills

Kelly

** spoiler alert **
           This is the third Tara Lush story I’ve read, but this one was really disappointing. 

The prologue was really detached from the rest of the story. It kept talking about a stalker, but there wasn’t reaaaally a stalker. 

Hadley’s vigilante murder investigation was completely unbelievable. She repeatedly claims to be a big fan of true crime… but doesn’t think to tell Zander to ask for an autopsy to check for cyanide. And, she tries to collect evidence herself, which any true crime fan should know would make it harder to use in court. 

The whole thing with the hydrangeas was really confusing and not very well explained. It left me confused. 

The ending felt SO rushed. It was only in the last bit that we even learned of the actual suspect, and the epilogue was to brief of a wrap-up and didn’t answer most of my questions. 

I’ll continue to read Tara Lush’s work because this is the first one that I’ve truly disliked.

Give Me Chills

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