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Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes: A Mystery | Sandra Jackson-Opoku
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A sparkling debut mystery set on the south side of Chicago, featuring the quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy Summers, proprietor of a soul food caf. When Savvy Summers first opened Essie's soul food caf, she never expected her customer-favorite sweet potato pie to become the center of a murder investigation. But when Grandy Jaspers, the 75-year-old neighborhood womanizer, drops dead at table two, she suddenly has more to worry about than just maintaining Essie's reputation for the finest soul food in the Chicagoland area. Even as the police deem Grandys death an accident, Savvy quickly finds herselfand her beloved cafin the middle of an entire citys worth of bad press. Desperate to clear her name and keep her business afloat, Savvy and her snooping assistant manager, Penny Lops, take it upon themselves to find who really killed Grandy. But with a slimy investor harassing her to sell her name and business, customers avoiding her sweet potato pie like the plague, and her police sergeant ex-husband suddenly back in the picture, will Savvy be able to clear the cafs name and solve Grandys murder before it all falls apart? After all, while Savvy always said her sweet potato pie was to die for, she never meant literally.
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OMG, y‘all this book. I have a new mystery series I‘m obsessed with.

Savvy Summers owns her small cafe and catering company. When a notorious cheapskate customer dies in her restaurant the night after his anniversary party that SHE catered….all eyes are on her, and she‘s determined to find out the real story

This was soooo good. And this was their debut novel. 🤯🤯🤯 I‘m so excited to see more of this series.

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Charming characters, an intriguing mystery, plenty of sass and humor, and meals made with “a pinch of bacon grease and a pound of love” have set this series off to a nice start.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/29/savvy-summers-and-the-sweet-potato...

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This cozy mystery series starter is a treat! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#savvy-summers-and-the-sweet-potato-c...

Publication is expected July 29.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #StMartinsPress #MinotaurBooks #SweetPotatoCrimes 📚💙

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