Author's guest post at my blog:
https://bookfare.blogspot.com/2018/12/foodfic-please-welcome-gayle-trent.html

When half the town gets sick from food poisoning following a party at the local pharmaceutical company. Daphne Martin finds herself being questioned by the police since she had provided the cakes for the party. For Fred Duncan a his bout of food poisoning turns fatal. Now his Mom Connie would like Daphne to find out who caused his death. While doings this for Connie, Daphne also has to cater a birthday party for a group of pet guinea pigs, work at her cake decorating, and test driving a guitar playing video game for her sister to see if it's appropriate for her niece and nephew.

The author has a writing style that is light and breezy and is easy to read. The plot if well developed with twists and turns with a few red herrings thrown in. The characters are believable by the way they have started to let their individual personalities start to show through. ( )

When half the town gets sick from food poisoning following a party at the local pharmaceutical company. Daphne Martin finds herself being questioned by the police since she had provided the cakes for the party. For Fred Duncan a his bout of food poisoning turns fatal. Now his Mom Connie would like Daphne to find out who caused his death. While doings this for Connie, Daphne also has to cater a birthday party for a group of pet guinea pigs, work at her cake decorating, and test driving a guitar playing video game for her sister to see if it's appropriate for her niece and nephew.

The author has a writing style that is light and breezy and is easy to read. The plot if well developed with twists and turns with a few red herrings thrown in. The characters are believable by the way they have started to let their individual personalities start to show through. ( )

I enjoyed this 2nd book just as much as the first. It was nice to see more of Daphne and Ben and a few new characters at that. Daphne tires not to get involved in the recent case of a death of a friend, but she can't help herself. The recipes are worth the read as well for some yummy sweets. ( )

I enjoyed this book, although I had the same problem with it that I have with most cozies, i.e., they're just way too unbelievable. It's kind of had for me to suspend my disbelief that the local caterer is better at solving murders than the police are.

This book was a PDF that I had to read on my computer screen, which I didn't enjoy very much. Just a comment as far as format -- I'd much rather receive an ebook than a PDF, but I'm thankful for receiving it anyway! :) ( )