Death of a Pumpkin Carver

Food and Cocktails Series, Book 8

De: Lee Hollis

Narrado por: Randye Kaye

For Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for the Island Times, Halloween is all about costume parties and holiday treats - until a killer crashes the party....

This Halloween, Hayley can't imagine a worse trick than her ex-husband Danny returning to Bar Harbor. Her kids may be happy to see their dad, but Hayley's determined not to be taken in by his charms, and suspects he's in financial trouble - again.

Still, the haunted holiday is about to get a whole lot scarier after Danny's moonshine - making uncle is found lying dead next to a tombstone in a cemetery - and Danny quickly becomes the prime suspect. To prove her ex is innocent, Hayley will have to dig deep into her own bag of tricks to unmask the real culprit...before anyone else - including her - ends up in the graveyard....

©2016 Rick Copp and Holly Simason (P)2018 Tantor

I love this series. They can make you LOL.

These books are funny and can make you laugh out loud. All the books are great so far. I realize sometimes things change as in a new narrator. I am disappointed in SERGIO'S accent.. However, the narrator is good.. My only other compliant is all the drinking. Yes, I am the person who has maybe 1 drink a year....But really, I would say, if the characters truly drink as much in these stories they are teetering on having a drinking problem. Maybe the last book can be an ODE to AA and recovery. However, I love this series.

Truly enjoyable

I love the series, this is a funny well put together food cozy mystery series. The food always sound delicious and easy to make. It is wonderful how they include a pdf of the actual recipes. Its almost like getting a 2 for 1 deal. A cozy mystery cookbook. Simply wonderful.

New Narrator

Not so easy to follow the story when everyone sounds the same. I understand that circumstances can change the narrator in these book series , and usually it turns out ok. This narrator is not for me.

Fun listen

A plot twist I didn’t see coming- such a good start for a murder mystery as I get into the genre

Love the series but this was hard to listen to

Whenever a series you love gets a new performer, it can be a bit off putting. I really tried to ignore it.

This was a struggle to get through though. I found it difficult to tell the characters apart. For a series that in the past I have found any opportunity to sneak a bit more listening, this time I had to force myself to continue.

Then when it got to Mona and she didn't have a Maine accent, well... sigh.

I have waited so long for these last three books to come out. I will try another, because I love the recipes (the Southern Mac and Cheese recipe in book 2 changed the way I do Mac & Cheese forever).

BTW: Check your library. The recipes are now included as PDF downloads.