Sweets of Doom by Wendy Meadows My Review

 

Book overview

An amateur sleuth in a small town, and a respected school teacher found dead… Will Margaret bring light to his murder and find the killer?

The entire neighborhood is shaken when their friend and respected school teacher, Jose Santiago, is found dead by his teenage son, Michael. That’s not the only unnerving threat hitting the streets recently, Margaret has been getting wry letters taped to the door of her candy store. Her son, Zach, and Detective David Graham don’t think it’s a coincidence as an investigation to find the killer gets underway.

Dark details of Jose’s murder come to light as the cause of death was cyanide poisoning, with markings of a local coven found around the crime scene. Suspicions fall on the local ‘witch’ coven, making them the primary suspects.

Michael hires Margaret to try and track down his father’s murderer, with David begrudgingly accepting her help on the investigation to keep an eye on her.

As more cryptic notes are left, along with lousy misfortune hitting the residents – this cozy town soon dissolves into a ghostly version of a frenzied Salem in 1962. Paranoia stands on every corner and the bad luck and backlash quickly turn a friend to foe – to a killer.  

And I thought 

Sweets of Doom is book 2 or 3 in a series.  

The main character refers to solving 3 murders in town 

As a reluctant sleaurh in this title Margaret seems to begin to  get into the job if p.i. 

Her son Zachery pushes her into the role.  

Her detective friend steps up and asks her on a date. And they begin kissing.  

What bothered me was his allowing her to actual investment and interview witnesses. I can not see that really happening so I just have to think about how I rate this book. 

It is about witches and curses. 

The ladies in town are dabbling in 

N witchery. 

The book ends with the ladies tanking Margaret for solving the crime. 

The detective live interest drives by. 

Before all this in the beginning the son Zachery is overzealously in protective mode if his mom

 Comment from both lead you to believe there is a reason . 

But the back story is not explained in this title. 

Eaving this reader wondering. 

How Margaret ends up in a house with at least 5 bedrooms in a new town. 

Reading earlier titles might answer my questions. 

All in all I  can easily say this was not a favorite from this author.