Chocolate Cake and Chaos
by Agatha Frost
Kindle Edition, 130 pages
Published April 2017
Goodreads synopsis:
A funeral wreath is delivered to Barker’s cottage. Is it a prank, or a grim warning? Julia’s fears that somebody is trying to kill Barker are confirmed when a dead body with a striking resemblance to him is found on his doorstep the very next day, just as their romance is deepening. Barker might be on temporary suspension from his role as Detective Inspector at the village police station, but that doesn’t mean he’s short of enemies in Peridale, especially when a dark face from his past arrives in the small village to stir up painful memories. With an unclear list of suspects and motives, Julia vows to keep Barker safe, but can they figure out the puzzle as they work outside of the law in a race against time to stop Barker paying the ultimate price?
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4.25 Stars
This is the fourth book in the Peridale Cafe mystery series by Agatha Frost.
In the last book, Julia’s boyfriend DI Barker Brown gets suspended from his job and is now waiting for the department to finish their investigation into his behavior during the string of homeless deaths where he did not exactly follow protocol.
Then a funeral wreath is delivered to his cottage saying “RIP Barker” leaving him to wonder who had it out for him. Not long later he realized that a man he had put into jail when he first started at the department is out and ready for revenge. That is when the find the body of Barker’s superior officer dead on Barker’s doorstep. Since his superior office has often been mistaken for him, Barker thinks the killer is definitely after him.
I thought this book was great. I was sorry to see Barker’s superior killed because I felt like he would have been an awesome recurring character.
Great story and I look forward to continue on in this series completing it in 2020.
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