Brenda H. (booksinvt) - , reviewed on 7/22/2018 + 465 more book reviews

Midnight Snacks are Murder is the second installment in the A Poppy McAllister Mystery series featuring gluten free baker, Poppy McAllister set in the seaside community of Cape May, New Jersey. Poppy has her hands full trying to keep the renovations on track to the old Victorian home she shares with her Aunt Ginny, as the two try to convert the home into the Butterfly Bed and Breakfast. Complicating matters is her overbearing mother in law, Georgina. Georgina has arrived to oversee her investment after the death of Poppy's husband, and is locking horns with handyman, Smitty.

As if she doesn't have enough on her plate Aunt Ginny is prescribed a new medicine and she begins sleepwalking around the neighborhood. Breaking into homes, making snacks and stealing knick knacks. Nothing serious and the neighbors are having a good laugh until Humanitarian Brody Brandt is found murdered in his bed and an eye witness places Aunt Ginny at the scene.

Knowing that her Aunt isn't capable of murder, Poppy sets out to clear Ginny's name with the help of high school boyfriend and restaurant owner, Tim and Giampaolo, barista owner. Her investigation leads Poppy to the local Teen Center where she discovers that things aren't exactly as they appear; rumors of drugs, molestation, embezzlement and bribery abound.

This series is terrific. Well written plots with a terrific cast of characters. Midnight Snacks are Murder will have you laughing out loud from page one. I want to stay at the Butterfly Bed and Breakfast just to spend some time with Aunt Ginny (well, okay to taste Poppy's delicious pastries too). Libby Klein seemed on the cusp of the dreadful love triangle, but am hoping that the last few pages of the book means that Poppy has made her decision.

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