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katiya's review
4.0
Cookie's errant granddaughter, Clarissa, has a home at the bakery for the summer. It will take their combined patience to get along with each other, especially with the added stress caused by the death of a customer who keels over in the store after one bite of his special treat. Throw in a menacing lurker, a threatening businessman, and an unstable livelihood - Cookie's got her hands full.
I'm not sure how to land on this one. The story was different enough from other mysteries set in bakeries that I didn't feel like I had picked up a book I'd already read, but I wasn't convinced. While Clarissa did behave poorly, her grandmother's reaction to her was more warden than doting relative. Clarissa, meanwhile, was not likeable. And, to be honest, I wasn't as enthralled with Jerry, the love interest who also happened to be a police officer, as Cookie was. I did like the story (though it may sound as though I don't) and feel that many of my objections will be overcome as the series progresses.
marilanoire's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this book and I will definitely read the other books in this Series. I rated four stars, buts it’s really more between four and five. I had a good time reading this. And now I’m off baking some cookies...
angrygreycatreads's review
3.0
How to Bake a Murder is a cute short cozy. First in a series featuring a grandmother who is hosting her very reluctant grandmother to give her daughter a break from some teenage rebellion time. The Grandmother, Cookie, runs a bakery which she lives above and is currently barely breaking even. A regular customer dies in the shop and now rumors abound, in the midst of all this a developer swans in with offers to buy up the shop. Cookie wants to clear her name, figure out who killed her customer, and try to hang on to her shop. There are also some romantic side plots. Cute cozy, on the shorter side, currently free as a Kindle book.
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