Kale to the Queen by Nell Hampton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a cute cozy with a very interesting setting. I did figure out who the murderer was halfway through the book, and I didn't feel like I got to know the characters well, but maybe in the next book they develop more.
Carrie Ann, a chef in Chicago, gets the chance of a lifetime to become personal chef to the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge (who are never identified by name.) First day on the job, one of her assistants is found dead in the greenhouse. Not a good start.

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Crossed by Death by A.C.F. Bookens
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Some things that happen at the begining of the book were confusing, but they are all explained somewhere in the text. I felt some connection with Paisley, as I became a first time mom at 46, but I also felt that there was not enough background story for a first in series book. There were only a few suspects, so I did guess the killer, but overall it was a good mystery.

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A Dark and Stormy Tea by Laura Childs
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It was a dark and stormy night.... Theo is trying to get back to the tea shop from the Heritage Society, in a foggy, rainy night when she notices 2 figures in a cementery. One of the figures falls to the ground, and the other flashes a knive at her before running away. Did she just witness a murder? Yes, a serial killer is back in Charleston after a 7 year absence. Will they find the killer before Theo becomes the next victim?

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