Book Review and Giveaway - Murder by the Millions (A Literary Dining Mystery) by Daryl Wood Gerber

My Review

Allie Catt  works as a caterer and part-time bookstore employee in Bramblewood, North Carolina, just outside Asheville.  She combines her two loves by catering book theme events.   She is working on a big party with a Great Gatsby theme.  The event host, Jason Gardner, even has a Gatsby-ish life.  When he ends up dead, Allie works to solve the mystery.

I wanted to read Murder by the Millions because I like Daryl Wood Gerber's cozy mysteries and absolutely loved the first book in this series.

This mystery was a delightful read too!  The Great Gatsby is my favorite classic novel, and I loved the party theme, the Gatsby allusions, and the little Gatsby quotes at the start of each chapter.  I love the book and catering/food tidbits that intersect in this mystery.  The food history information was  especially interesting.

The mystery aspect of this book is well done, with several suspects and an enjoyable detecting process to follow.

I like Allie Catt, her friends and neighbors.  I appreciate the Cast of Characters pages - very helpful!

I recommend Murder By the Millions for other cozy mystery fans.  You will enjoy this series!

Book Synopsis

In a beautiful mountain community near Asheville, North Carolina, caterer and personal chef Allie Catt serves up mouthwatering, literary-themed dinner parties inspired by her clients’ favorite  books. Her next event is sure to be a roaring success—if a murderer isn’t a killjoy . . .

If it were true that the best thing a girl can be in this world is a fool, then Allie Catt would be out of luck. Fortunately, Allie’s business is a smashing success. And following her Pride and Prejudice event, grander plans await . . .

Feast for the Eyes bookstore manager and Allie’s best friend, Tegan, is hosting a book club soiree and wants it to be a glittering affair based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic Jazz Age-set novel, The Great Gatsby. Soon, Art Deco table settings and visions of flappers are dancing the Charleston in their heads. Even Tegan’s prickly sister, Vanna, is on board. And surely, Allie’s tuxedo cat, Darcy, thinks it’s the cat’s meow.
Amid the planning, charismatic developer Jason Gardner arrives in town to buy some historic buildings on Main Street. He, too, has plans: to create a modern mall. Allie is more than concerned. She even wants to protest. But when Jason invites her to cater a lavish party, she finds him surprisingly likable. Then she’s summoned to his estate for a meeting—and finds him dead.

Once again Allie’s landed in the middle of a crime scene. Worse, one of her earrings is later discovered near the body. And when police learn she was upset about the mall, she’s suspect #1. Allie’s blossoming sleuthing skills once cleared Tegan’s name, but can she save herself—before a killer writes her a not-so-great Gatsbyesque ending . . .

Author Bio

Daryl Wood Gerber is the Agatha Award-winning, nationally bestselling author of the Literary Dining Mysteries, the Fairy Garden Mysteries, the French Bistro Mysteries, and the Cookbook Nook Mysteries, as well as the Cheese Shop Mysteries written under the name Avery Aames. She also writes standalone suspense novels and the Aspen Adams Novels of Suspense. Prior to her career as a novelist, she was an actress with roles in television shows including “Murder, She Wrote,” and she wrote for the popular TV sitcom “Out of this World.” Originally from the Bay Area, she now lives in Southern California, where she likes to cook, garden, and spend time with her frisky Goldendoodle named Sparky.

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