After graduating from culinary school, Juliet Capshaw returns to her quaint hometown of Ashland, Oregon, to heal a broken heart and help her mom at the family bakery. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is bringing in lots of tourists looking for some crumpets to go with their heroic couplets. But when one of Torte's customers turns up dead, there's much ado about murder...[summary via Amazon]
I love a good food-themed cozy mystery. There is nothing better than a tantalizing mystery, and reading it with a cup of tea and a sweet baked treat. This experience was at it's best with the first book in the Bakeshop Mysteries, Meet the Baker.
Juliet Capshaw is fresh-off-the-boat, as she takes time away from her cruise ship job to nurse a broken heart and spend time with her mom, who owns and runs Torte, in her hometown of Ashford, a magnet to thespians everywhere. What she doesn't expect is to get caught up in her murder and mayhem, when a local is found dead in Torte's kitchen.
I love Shakespeare and all the adaptions of his plays. Whether it is in an open air theatre, a move re-telling, or just reading Julius Caesar, it sends my literary senses into overdrive. Combining Shakespeare with a tantalizing mystery, delectable treats and interesting characters, made Meet the Baker a five-star read for me.
The mystery was top-notch and it left me guessing right until end. Nope, this wasn't one where I guessed the killer! Juliet (yes she's named after that Juliet) and her mom cook up some mouth-watering treats and I was pleased to see some great recipes at the end of the mystery for me to try! However, it was the characters and their love of Shakespeare that is going to have me coming back for every single book in this series. I was completely delighted with the Shakespeare quotes spread through the book.
Whether you enjoy delectable recipes, literary references or a tantalizing mystery, this series is one you don't want to miss.
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