Death by Scones

A Danger Cove Bakery Mystery, Book 3

De: Jennifer Fischetto, Elizabeth Ashby

Narrado por: Melissa Meshey

From USA Today best-selling authors....

Someone's about to get their just desserts.

Riley Spencer is officially the new owner of the Cinnamon Sugar Bakery in the small town of Danger Cove. She's excited about the grand re-opening, but when she learns a hoax letter went out to the residents of Danger Cove informing them of free baked goods, she panics and does the only thing she can - quickly sets out plates of muffins, cupcakes, and cookie bars. Crisis seems to be averted...until the body of local recluse Nathan Dearborn is found in the bakery bathroom. The cause of death: peanut allergy.

Riley's certain not a single item made with nuts left her kitchen, but no one believes her, least of all the police. To save her bakery and her reputation, Riley is determined to figure out who brought in the fatal pastry. With support from her best friend, Tara, and her long-time crush, Jared, Riley discovers secrets from Nathan's past that make her question if his death was truly an accident or something more sinister. With suspects galore, the police breathing down her neck, a love life in turmoil, and a bonanza of baked goods, Riley has her work cut out for her catching a killer...before he strikes again!

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Death by Scones by Elizabeth Ashby and Jennifer Fischetto Narrated by Melissa Meshey

Riley Spencer’s first day as owner of Cinnamon Sugar Bakery has started off strange. Just after opening Riley finds out there has been a hoax email sent out to several customers promising free food. She quickly devises a plan to embrace this crowd with smaller bite sized samples. Surprisingly the town’s recluse shows up acting a little bit strange. Riley later finds him dead in the bakery’s restroom. The cause of death was ruled: peanut allergy but Cinnamon Sugar Bakery is a nut free bakery. Riley determined to protect Cinnamon Sugar Bakery’s reputation starts her own investigation only to find out secrets that will change her life.

This is the 3rd book in the series but my first book. I had no problem reading this book as a stand alone mystery. The mystery has several red herring to keep you guessing and I found this to be a fun cozy mystery book. I really enjoyed Riley’s quicky nature with her vintage clothes and interest in astrological signs. Riley also a more insecure nature as she worries about disappointing her grandmother, Cinnamon, if she fails at running the bakery by herself.

I listened to the audio version of this book and found Narrator Melissa Meshey to be a sweet and young sounding which fits Riley’s character perfectly. She had wonderful tone and diction and brings the book to life. The only problem I had with the audio version is that when the print book contained a recipe between chapters, the audio version also supplied the recipe between chapters. This was a little distracting, I would rather the recipes were supplied at the end of the book. I would recommend this book to other cozy mysteries especially fans of cozy food mysteries.

**I voluntarily read a copy of this book. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**

Gotta Love Clothes

If you are inordinately detail oriented you will appreciate the minute descriptions of every single change of clothes our heroine employs as well as comprehensive information on everyone else's appearance, outfits, furniture and surroundings. All that attention to her surroundings makes her quite the observant detective. Melissa Meshey's clear, light, chirpy voice [AUDIO] perfectly understated the descriptions as she ran us through the multi-layered plot, doing a good job with vocalizations of various cast members. She similarly imparted a number of really yummy sounding recipes quite smoothly.

Disclaimer: "I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Enjoyable dessert!

I really enjoyed this story. A young girl, an orphan, takes over ownership of her grandmothers bakery. Soon after a strange email a dead body turns up in the bakery on the day of its grand reopening no less. The characters were likable and the main character was funny. It was a light cozy mystery and I look forward to the next in the series. The narrator was good, her voice was perfect for the character, on occasion I found it a little difficult to follow who was talking as her voice for the characters were similar. It wasn't overly distracting though and most of the time I followed ok. I would certainly listen to her again. I received a free review copy of this book at my request in exchange for an honest review.

Death by Scones

Death by Scones :: Jennifer Fischetto


An interesting cozy mystry. There are lots of possible suspects, twists and turns, and bits of romance. It ends with a few surprises.



My only two complaints were there was too much fashion description. It distracted from the story. Also too many zodiac mentions.




The narration was well done. The characters were well portrayed. Melissa Meshey's young voice fit the story.



I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Good listen!

I enjoyed the story. The narration could use a little work but I still enjoyed it. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.