The Carrot Marmalade Murder

Roxy and Nate are finally headed down the aisle, but when his ex ends up dead, Nate becomes the prime suspect. Roxy needs to find the real killer before the wedding goes completely off the rails.

 About The Carrot Marmalade Murder: Roxy and Nate are finally getting married, but murder was never on the program. In the midst of wedding prep, Roxy has to deal with Nate’s trouble-making ex who thinks she can rekindle their romance. Then, things get serious after the ex ends up dead in a Shavano back alley.

     Now Roxy needs to clear Nate’s name, sell her customers on her latest new flavor: carrot marmalade, and find herself a wedding dress. All before it’s time to take a deep breath and confront her own wedding jitters.

 Our Review: As a small businessperson who is routinely stretched for time, there’s nothing like discovering about a character who thinks, acts and sounds just like us [been there, done that, got the T-shirt to prove it], hates, loathes and despises dresses in any form or fashion [thereby finding the perfect something to wear for that walk down the aisle is more annoying than the pickiest of customers]. 

If that wasn’t bad enough, murder steps in to gum up the works. Death in a back alley in a popular tourist town likely qualifies for the emergency of the century—even if the victim probably earned more than her share of enemies for her aggressive attitude alone.

Author Meg Benjamin has a talent for creating setting. Again, this die-hard East Coaster is dying to visit the Colorado Rockies. Adding to that, offering the minute details on the preparations that go into catering large and small events made our mouth water [those Asian meatballs sound yummy beyond belief]. There’s nothing like an intriguing cozy mystery written by Meg Benjamin.

Based on a scale of 1-5, The Carrot Marmalade Murder merits an 8.

Kat Henry Doran, a Wild Women Review