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Book Review of A Scone To Die For (Oxford Tearoom, Bk 1)

A Scone To Die For (Oxford Tearoom, Bk 1)
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I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I thought it would be one of those silly, eye-roll worthy books but it was pretty good. I prefer more serious, intense mysteries over the cozies. The thing with the mom not remembering her iPad password so often was over-exaggerated but it was still funny because I have one of those parents. So there are definitely some funny moments that made me chuckle or groan with understanding. I´m also not a big fan of mystery books that involve cats but this wasn´t so bad. The cat was just a cat with good timing but I do want to know where miss cat was hiding.

Gemma had a great job and was making great money but she wasn´t happy with her life. She decides to move back home to England and open a tearoom. She loves it and business is good until she comes to open the tearoom one morning and finds a man in the courtyard dead. It appeared he had choked on a scone. The news ended up being very bad for business and she realized she needed to do some investigating on her own or her business would be dead too.

I loved the Glossary at the end. I wish I had known it was there as I was reading. That will also come in handy when watching BBC TV. I also love books with recipes and can´t wait to try the scone recipe. I will definitely be reading more books in this series. This book makes up for the last cozy I thought was going to be good but wasn´t.