Doughnuts and Deception
by Agatha Frost
Kindle Edition, 234 pages
Published March 18th 2017
Goodreads synopsis:
Julia never expected to be caught up in another murder investigation, but when she discovers that homeless people are dying suspiciously and the police aren't investigating, she can't sit back and do nothing. After promising her young lodger, Jessie, that she will do everything she can to help, Julia finds herself diving headfirst into the case, aided by her new Detective Inspector boyfriend, Barker. Sure there is a serial killer preying on the vulnerable residents of an old burnout warehouse, Julia must act quickly to get to the bottom of the mystery, but can she crack the case before more bodies turn up?
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4.25 Stars
This is the third book in the Peridale Cafe mystery series by Agatha Frost.
The first book was okay and the second book better, but with book three I can see that this series is here to stay.
Jessie, a former homeless person, asks Julia to look into a number of unusual deaths in the homeless community. And of course, Julia gets way in over her head. I was kind of surprised a cozy mystery tackled such a topic but anything goes in cozy mysteries these days. It isn’t until the fourth death that Julia gets a lead. And where it takes her is quite a surprising ordeal. Every book seems to introduce us to an interesting person who might become a recurring character and in this book, that spot goes to Tommy, practically the king of the homeless community who used to be a developer and is like a grandfather to young Jessie.
This story really sucks you in so when the killer is revealed, I hope you are as surprised as I was.
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