Meri Allen

The first in a refreshingly delicious new cozy series set in an ice cream shop ...

An Ice Cream Shop Mystery

The Rocky Road to Ruin

Justice will be swirled by amateur sleuth Riley Rhodes in the first in Meri Allen's brand-new mystery series, The Rocky Road to Ruin! Riley Rhodes, travel food blogger and librarian at the CIA, makes a bittersweet return to her childhood home of Penniman, Connecticut – land of dairy farms and covered bridges - for a funeral. Despite the circumstances, Riley’s trip home is sprinkled with reunions with old friends, visits to her father’s cozy bookshop on the town green, and joyful hours behind the counter at the beloved Udderly Delicious Ice Cream Shop. It feels like a time to help her friend Caroline rebuild after her mother’s death, and for Riley to do a bit of her own reflecting after a botched undercover mission in Italy. After all, it’s always good to be home. But Caroline and her brother Mike have to decide what to do with the assets they’ve inherited – the ice cream shop as well as the farm they grew up on – and they’ve never seen eye to eye. Trouble begins to swirl as Riley is spooked by reports of a stranger camping behind the farm and by the odd behavior of the shop’s mascot, Caroline’s snooty Persian, Sprinkles. When Mike turns up dead in the barn the morning after the funeral, the peace and quiet of Penniman seems upended for good. Can Riley find the killer before another body gets scooped?

Beth Livingston

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for a eARC.

This book was a great read. It had me guessing who done it till the very end. If you love cozy mysteries the this is for you. I'd recommend it. I'm giving The Rocky Road to Ruin a 4 out of 5 stars. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

The Rocky Road to Ruin An Ice Cream Shop Mystery

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