Caramels with a Side of Murder

Daley Buzz Cozy Mystery, Book 2

By: Meredith Potts

Narrated by: Lisa Beacom

Sabrina Daley's world is turned upside down when a local psychic predicts that her missing sister will be found.

Unfortunately, the psychic, Miss Terri, is unable to provide any further details.

Desperate for something more to work with, Sabrina shows up at Miss Terri's house the next day, ready to beg for another psychic reading. Instead, Sabrina finds Miss Terri's lifeless body.

So when the local police have trouble solving Terri's murder, Sabrina sets out to bring the psychic's killer to justice before they strike again.

©2017-Present Meredith Potts (P)2018 Meredith Potts

Great narrator keeps your interest.

If you could sum up Caramels with a Side of Murder in three words, what would they be?

Interesting,Unique,Predictable,

What was one of the most memorable moments of Caramels with a Side of Murder?

The obvious is the moment Sabrina realizes she may be a suspect for murder.

Which scene was your favorite?

N/A

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No........ but it is a entertaining read.

Any additional comments?

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Book 2 of the series

Caramels with a Side of Murder by Meredith Potts is book 2 in the Daley Buzz Mysteries Series. This book pretty much leaves off where book 1 Chocolates with a side of murder leaves off. This time Sabrina is taken by her best friend to visit Miss Terry the town psychic. Miss Terry tells Sabrina her sister will be found, but gives her no more information. The next morning Sabrina heads back to ask Miss Terry more questions. Instead of talking to her she finds Miss Terry dead.

David, Sabrina's cop boyfriend is on the case to solve the murder. Sabrina weasels her way into investigating the murder as well.

I personally do not like Sabrina or David. They interrogate everyone as if they had evidence they were guilty, instead of no evidence at all. I felt so bad for the poor son and sister. The way the 2 went after them was just shameful, but yet they were so easy on the boyfriend. They have no evidence on anyone so everyone is considered guilty until proven innocent.

When Sabrina runs into Melissa from book 1 who she accused of murder. I wanted to slap Sabrina when she got all huffy when Melissa does not accept her apology. She only apologized to try and get info on someone anyway.

I do think David should be taking the lead on the investigation instead of standing back and letting Sabrina do it. If Sabrina wants to be a cop maybe she should go to school and get her badge.

I think if the characters were a bit more likable I would enjoy this series more. The story lines are good. The mystery is really good and leaves you waiting until the very last pages. That I really like. I don't really like knowing within the first few chapters who the murder is.

Lisa Beacom narrates this audiobook. I do prefer her narration over book ones narration with Lainie Pahos. She does very well with the character voices and kept my attention better.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Meredith Potts. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Good cozy story

Psychic given a reading to Sabrina and her friends. Did she know of her prediction of a murderer coming for her, good story and good narration By Lisa Beacom

Caramels as Brain Food?

Caramels as Brain Food?

Or caramel truffles. I missed book one in this series so don't know how the detective hooked up with the barista but she is proving to be quite the investigator. Lisa Beacom's narration does justice to the tale and its protagonists. A fun, high sugar & caffeine nibble--good thing e-calories don't count! But be aware cliffhanger details persist.

New Narrator

So with this book I was hoping to get more on the subplots from the last book. Unfortunately we don’t see much about the mansion or missing sister 😦 I was really hoping to uncover more on that side than was in this story. I get that the author wants to tease it out, but I feel like it’s being watered down for the mystery of this story. Again Sabrina really surprises me with her forcefulness. She apologizes to people, but then turns around and starts accusing again with this new murder. You should and can have suspicions, but they should be founded and you shouldn’t be shouting them in public, because what if you’re right? Then the murderer will get you too! Her boyfriend makes less sense as he is a police officer and shouldn’t be doing some of the things that Sabrina is having him do with her in terms of investigations. So for me the story is about a 3.5/5 stars. I see potential, especially with this new subplot of men having secret meetings lol. Please give us more though in the next book!

So the narrator changed for this second book. She doesn’t have too much of a different voice, so I didn’t exactly notice it at first, until I really stared at the cover of my audiobook when I was listening, then I saw. I feel like she did a better job than the last narrator. And actually was going to praise the narrator for improving haha, but since this is a new person I won’t be doing that. Beacom does well with characters and I could tell who was talking even with the same gender! I really liked the way she read the story, it felt more relaxed. I give the narration a 4.5/5.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Meredith Potts. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.