Two Bites Too Many (A Sarah Blair Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Kensington (September 24, 2019)
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

Synopsis

Far from a domestic goddess, Sarah Blair would rather catch bad guys than slave over a hot stove. But when a dangerous murder boils over in Wheaton, Alabama, catching the killer means leaving her comfort zone . . .

Things are finally looking up for Sarah Blair following her unsavory divorce. Settled into a cozy carriage house with her sassy Siamese cat, RahRah, she has somehow managed to hang on to her modest law firm receptionist job and—if befriending flea-bitten strays at the local animal shelter counts—lead a thriving social life. For once, Sarah almost has it together more than her enterprising twin, Emily, a professional chef whose efforts to open a gourmet restaurant have hit a real dead end.

When the president of the town bank and city council is murdered after icing Emily’s business plans, all eyes are on the one person who left the scene with blood on her hands—the twins sharp-tongued mother, Maybelle. Determined to get her mom off the hook ASAP, Sarah must collect the ingredients of a deadly crime to bring the true culprit to justice. But as neighbors turn against her family, can she pare down the suspects before another victim lands on the chopping block?

Includes quick and easy recipes!

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Review

This book kept me engaged while trying to figure out who had enough motive to kill Lance.

This is the second book in this series and it is just and thrilling as the first.  It seems that Sarah has adjusted to her role as RahRah’s caretaker while life continues as normal and she finds herself in the middle of deciphering a crime that has put her mother in the hot seat.  There are also some issues regarding her sister Emily that take an interesting turn.

As with the first book, I enjoyed getting to know a few more town residents and picturing more of the town through the author’s descriptions while trying to figure out who the killer could be this time.  While there are a few characters I wouldn’t mind it being, I feel like they are going to be permanent to the storyline.  There are many possibilities and the author does a good job throwing in multiple suspects and motives.  While this killer was one character I had suspicions about, I didn’t know for certain until the end.

The relationship between Sarah and Emily is a typical sibling and twin relationship.  There are highs and lows but you can tell that they care what happens to each other.  Their mother is quite a character, but I feel like it adds more dimension to the story.

Overall we give this book 5 paws up and look forward to the next installment.

About the Author

Judge Debra H. Goldstein is the author of Two Bites Too Many, as well as One Taste Too Many, the first of Kensington’s new Sarah Blair cozy mystery series. She also wrote Should Have Played Poker and IPPY Award-winning Maze in Blue. Her short stories, including Anthony and Agatha nominated “The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place,” have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies including Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, and Mystery Weekly. Debra serves on the national boards of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and is president of the Southeast Chapter of MWA and past president of SinC’s Guppy Chapter.

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