Review: In Peppermint Peril

In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you enjoy tea and books then you definitely read In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon. This first book is a great introduction to this series featuring book themed tea parties.
The characters are likeable from the start (even the members of law enforcement) and the setting is a picture-perfect cozy town complete with a large manor house, a fun tea room, and a murder!
The main characters run a tea shop where every confection contains a bookish clue and have fun literary names (I’d love to order a Miss Lemon or Caribbean Mystery dessert)! The murder occurs at a themed tea party where the elderly hostess is expected to reveal the contents of her will. Before even one bite of the specialty made cake can be eaten, a dead body is discovered. It seems like an open and shut case but with so many suspects, red herrings and old family secrets, I was kept guessing until the very end!
My favorite aspect of the book was definitely the Christmas theme and holiday décor on the cover. The only incongruence is the title which I couldn’t relate to any characteristic of the book except that it has to do with Christmas. All in all, it was an entertaining book and I came to care enough about the characters to want to read the next book in the series.
I voluntarily read and reviewed this book via the publisher.


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