Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too

This one was sort of weird, with Martin juggling a lot of balls in the air at once. There’s Nora’s on-again-off-again relationship with Michael and the constant tension his ties to the mafia brings; a new suitor half-heartedly trying to woo her away; her sister Emma’s continued uneasy relationship with sobriety; the bizarre behaviour of her party-planning friend, and the dead owner of the Fitch estate and a new hot-wing sports bar called Cupcakes.

Martin continues to weave uneasy topics into her plots – this one involving the disreputable dead man and his step-daughter – but mostly this felt like a transition book; more about the character development and overall arc than its own murder mystery.

From a plotting perspective, it show more was well done – even on re-reading I hadn’t remembered how it ended, but the result was a story that felt more than a little seedy and dissatisfying. Good but with an unpleasant after-taste. show less

This is one of my favorite Blackbird mysteries, even tho the plot was a little weak for me at the end when the murderer was revealed. But I still liked it alot.

This one has Nora pregnant. But she's ended her relationship with Mick. She has been seeing another man, but isn't certain where thats going. It appears that Mick may be rejoining the family business. The title comes from the person who was murdered in this one, a man who runs a restaurant similar to hooters called cupcakes.

09' Xmas present

I never finished it. It is a number in a seriies and it felt like I should have read previous books to catch up.

Book 5 in the Blackbird Sisters mystery series.