Killer Brownies

Sea Glass Beach Mysteries, Book 1

De: Amelia Pine

Narrado por: Bobbie Gentili

Meet Paige: professional milliner, amateur baker and… detective? When a beloved internet food personality is murdered, bridal boutique milliner Paige Andrews must don her detective hat. Can she uncover the truth before it’s too late or will the real killer serve her a slice of danger?

Welcome to Sea Glass Beach, California, where sunshine and surf hide dark secrets beneath the waves. Paige has her perfect new beginning—a quaint cottage, a thriving design career and a vulnerable rescue beagle. But when a famous internet food personality is murdered, she finds herself caught in a web of deadly intrigue, with her friend Abby as the prime suspect.

With humor, determination, and a dash of style, Paige and her group of quirky friends race against time to uncover the truth.

Bonus recipes included!

©2024 Amelia Pine (P)2025 Amelia Pine

Wonderful start of a new series

Killer Brownie is the first in the Sea Glass Beach mystery series by Amelia Pine. Paige Andrews is a mid-30’s milliner and amateur baker who with her friends (the Beachside Dining Club) enjoy an idyllic life in a CA beach town. After a controversial internet chef is found dead, one of Paige’s friends is implicated and another is attacked, the Paige and the dining club friend decide to investigate the murder. It’s a great collection of characters who care for and help each other. With the descriptions of the scenes I felt like I was right there with them. The narration by Bobbie Gentili was excellent. She created unique voices, accents, tones etc for all the characters that were perfect for their descriptions. Her performance brought the characters and story to life. I’m looking forward to listening to the next book in the series.

Perfect Cozy Beach Mystery

This was a lovely book. Sea Glass Beach is the kind of place I’d like to visit again. I could practically smell the salt in the air. We had a delightful main cast with fun personalities. The town had some interesting folks who I’m interested in seeing what they are up to next.
The puzzle was really good! I wasn’t sure who did it but things came together very nicely.
If you like cozy mysteries definitely check this one out. Thank you to the author for a review copy of this to listen to.

Surf and Cozy Mystery with Hats

"Killer Brownies (A Sea Glass Beach Mystery #1)" by Amelia Pine is set in Sea Glass Beach, California and follows Paige Andrews as she and her dinner club group investigate the death of cooking influencer Justin Thyme. She's doing all this while trying to juggle her busy schedule working as a bridal millinery designer and new dog mom.

The mystery did keep me guessing. There were several potential suspects. Each of the suspects had a good motive for anger and benefit from Justin's passing. There was one person in particular I kept focusing on but I'm not totally sure why, maybe gut instinct after binging cozy mystery books for a little over a year.

I'm excited to see where this series goes. I say this partly because the millinery aspect is interesting to me. I've done a little myself while in school and I find it interesting what books like this include. The recipes sounded delicious as well. I may have to try some of the tips that were mentioned.

Update note after listening to audiobook:

This narrator does a great job at making each character unique. There's a different tone or accent for each character and they stay consistent. They brought the characters and book to life.

Cozy story, well read

Good narration and easy listening for this fun mystery. Well written and enjoyable! If you enjoy cozy mysteries you’ll love this.

Love, Love, Love This Cozy Mystery

Killer Brownies is the first book in the Sea Glass Beach Mystery Series by Amelia Pine. The amateur sleuth is Paige Andrews, a milliner (hat maker) in her mid-30s.

I fell in love with this cute cozy mystery series on page one! The sleuth’s profession,the characters, and the setting hooked me immediately.

The story takes place in a charming California beach town with pelicans, sandpipers, and surfers.

Paige lives in a quaint cottage with her cute rescue beagle. She is good at her job and has a great group of quirky friends, the Beachside Dining Club, who gather monthly to eat food and share gossip.

Paige loves to bake and gets adventurous by adding her own twists to recipes. The many yummy food descriptions throughout made me hungry! I loved that the story included three bonus recipes at the end. I plan on making all of them!

The mystery was very good. The victim wasn't super likable, so there were plenty of suspects to keep it interesting.

Amelia Pine is a great writer. She has a clear understanding of the cozy genre and hit all of the marks: a cozy setting, a quirky community, a smart and sweet sleuth, a cute pup, fun hobbies, and interesting occupations for all the main characters.

I enjoyed the narration. Bobbie Gentili does a good job of bringing the characters to life and giving everyone a unique voice.

I loved Killer Brownies and can't wait to go on more sleuthing adventures with Paige and the Beachside Dining Club!

Loved It!

I read the book and loved it so much I got the audio book for a roadtrip with the idea that well, we’ll try it and see. My husband and I listened together and he got pretty involved in the cozy mystery fun in the sun, I must say. We listened straight through! The narrator was working with good material to start with and brings just the right energy and quirkiness to Paige and her Sea Glass Beach friends.

good listen

It seems cheaters never win holds true, and karma was served pretty well. This was a fun and entertaining mystery . I didn't like Chelsea one bit. She had no redeeming qualities. Rick nauseated me with his idiotic power trip moves. Some characters were too syrupy sweet to be real. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this and am giving an honest review. The narrator did a good job bringing the it to life.