No Grater Crime by Maddie Day

 No Grater Crime

Book Summary

Robbie Jordan's Pans 'N Pancakes boasts delicious eats and the best vintage cookware finds in South Lick, Indiana. 

No Grater Crime by Maddie Day has Robbie Jordan enjoying a day of shopping with her Aunt Adele at the Scottsburg Antique Fair.  Robbie is looking for vintage cookware items to sell at Pans N’ Pancakes.  She finds some great items including a beautiful grater with a green handle.  The next day, the restaurant is hopping.  Robbie is serving a mushroom omelet that is turning out to be popular.  The couple opening an antique shop across the street stop by as well.  Robbie notices that Hattie Sands browses through her selection of antique cookware.  Around lunchtime, Lt. Buck Bird stop by with some distressing news.  The people who ate her mushroom omelet have become ill and one man is in a bad way.  The health department shuts down the restaurant when the last patron departs and that is when Robbie hears the one customer passed away.  She also discovers that many of her vintage cookware tools including the pretty grater have disappeared.  The next day a food truck parks in front of the new antique shop and opens for business.  Robbie is distressed over what happened with the mushrooms and decides to do a little digging.  She intends to get answers especially when she hears that she is going to be charged in the customer’s death.

My Thoughts

No Grater Crime by Maddie Day is the 9^th A Country Store Mystery.  It can be read as a standalone if you are new to the series (but you will be missing out on some cute country cozy mysteries).  Robbie Jordan is getting married in a month and still has some details to finalize.  Her life becomes complicated when customers become ill after eating her mushroom omelet.  Her restaurant is shut down leaving Robbie with unanswered questions and a dead patron.  To top it off, some of her vintage implements have disappeared and a food truck opens across the street.  No Grater Crime is a cute story that is action packed.  I have been looking forward to Robbie and Abe’s wedding.  They are such a sweet couple.  I thought the author captured the area with her word imagery (of South Lick, Indiana) plus the dialects, dialogue, and references to nearby cities.  It is funny how people call items by different names depending on what area of the country they are from.  One example is soda.  When I lived in Ohio, we called it pop.  When I moved to Florida, I was told it was soda.  I like that the author includes different examples.  The mystery was interesting.  There are multiple suspects in this whodunit that easily could have done the deed including Abe’s ex-wife.  I had a good time following the mystery and seeing how it turned it (I love to solve the crimes).   I would have liked a more thorough wrap-up.  I was also baffled as to why Robbie never reported the missing items.  It seemed odd.  The ending will delight fans of the series.  No Grater Crime is an enticing tale with mortal mushrooms, a purloined utensil, a lookie-loo, food truck trouble, and a wonderful wedding. 

No Grater Crime publishes Tuesday, August 24 and can be pre-ordered from Amazon*.  You can find the other novels in A Country Store Mystery series here.   You can find Maddie Day's other novels here and Edith Maxwell's here.  I hope you have found a new book and author today.  I will return on Monday with The Secret Staircase by Sheila Connolly.  It is the 3rd A Victorian Village Mystery.  I hope you have a fun filled weekend.  Take care, be kind, and Happy Reading!

Kris

The Avid Reader 

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