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Against the Currant
Against the Currant: A Spice Isle Bakery Mystery | Olivia Matthews
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In Olivia Matthews's Against the Currant, the first Spice Isle Bakery Mystery, investigating a murder was never supposed to be on the menu... Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York: Lyndsay Murray is opening Spice Isle Bakery with her family, and its everything shes ever wanted. The West Indian bakery is her way to give back to the community she loves, stay connected to her Grenadian roots, and work side-by-side with her family. The only thing getting a rise out of Lyndsay is Claudio Fabrizi, a disgruntled fellow bakery owner who does not want any competition. On opening day, he comes into the bakery threatening to shut them down. Fed up, Lyndsay takes him to task in front of what seems to be the whole neighborhood. So when Claudio turns up dead a day latermurderedLyndsay is unfortunately the prime suspect. To get the scent of suspicion off her and her bakery, Lyndsay has to prove shes innocentunder the watchful eyes of her overprotective brother, anxious parents, and meddlesome extended familywhat could go wrong?
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DebinHawaii
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I couldn‘t settle on a cozy mystery for Match with an Easter or St. Paddy‘s Day theme so instead the tagged book is my pick for #SeasonalCozies It‘s a foodie cozy, takes place in NYC & the Caribbean bakery it‘s set around is opening during March. First in a series, I‘ve had the ARC on my Kindle for ages (& the second & third books too) so I am happy to have a push to finally read it & get the series started!

#SeriesLove2024

julieclair Looks like a fun choice. Enjoy! 1mo
TheSpineView 👍🤩📖 1mo
Andrew65 Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
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Emilymdxn
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Everything I want from a cosy mystery and I LOVED the Caribbean background, Grenadian culture and baked goods, and New York neighbourhood drama. I‘m really excited to read the rest of the series. It‘s cool to see an urban setting cosy mystery against a different cultural background than most cosies. Highly highly recommend!

#scarathlon #skeletoncrew

Larkken This looks so good! Glad it delivers 6mo
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Preciouz29
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I enjoyed almost every part of this book.....except our MC. She was too timid, too wishy washy, too hypocritical; too everything not great. The rest of her family and all the other characters were great. Also, I greatly want a currant roll and a hot ginger tea now. But seriously, I'll definitely read book 2 to see if she gets better as the series goes on.

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Dollycas
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The Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries are off to a great start with Against the Currant. The characters are unique and interesting as is the setting of the Little Caribbean neighborhood in Brooklyn.

Read My Full Review Here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2023/01/24/against-the-currant-a-spice-isle-b...