Cheddar Luck Next Time

De: Beth Cato

Narrado por: Dominique Salvacion

A cozy cheese-scented mystery with delightful characters, a dash of murder and tons of intrigue, perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and The Maid.

Cheese-obsessed Bird Nichols has just inherited her grandmother’s estate in a quiet, quirky Californian town. But when a body is found on her property, her life begins to get rather loud…

Bird Nichols is ready to make a fresh start in a familiar place. Last year, her parents died together in a car crash and her beloved grandmother is presumed dead from an ocean drowning. Bird is now moving onto her grandmother's California coastal property, and finally living out her dream. Bird loves cheese like nothing else. It's her autistic special interest, and she designs her boards along her sensory needs, and other people love them, too.

But just when everything seems to be going right, the local troublemaker ends up dead on her rural road. Grizz, the closest thing Bird has to family, is the sheriff department's favourite suspect, but she is determined to prove Grizz’s innocence. So now, Bird needs to unpack her possessions, assemble her pretty cheese boards, and find the true murderer before they strike again.

©2025 by Beth Cato. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Fun idea, hope for more with a bit more polish, different narrator.

I really liked the idea and had just finished the author’s other cozy mystery, which was very enjoyable. This one sets up a really cute premise with an interesting MC and cool location, but the story got away from itself at times. Narrator wasn’t good with secondary characters. The British accent almost unbearable. Hopefully more books to come, with a professional voice actor.