Sconed to Death
Annie Hart has transformed the yarn shop she inherited into a thriving business and tea shop. Now she needs to sell it so she can move back to LA. She just has to ensure that young Toby Swanson is kept on as the supplier of their famous scones.
Annie decides to secretly enter Toby in a new reality TV cooking show. But his application video takes a deadly twist when Annie and her business partner, Gray, discover a body on the beach while filming. Even worse, it looks like the young woman had been enjoying Toby’s cherry scones and the shop’s rose tea before her death.
With the help of her misfit group of local yarn artists, can Annie find a killer and save her reputation?
This one had all the ingredients for a charming cozy mystery, but the final result fell a little flat for me. On paper, Sconed to Death by Betty Hechtman sounded like a book I would really enjoy, especially with its yarn shop and tea shop set in an old schoolhouse. Unfortunately, the story didn’t quite work for me. The writing felt repetitive, the dialogue was awkward at times, and the mystery was far too easy to solve.
I kept wanting more emotion, more charm, and a
stronger connection to the characters. I was also hoping for more real
investigating, but the whodunit felt underdeveloped. I noticed the Hoosier jabs
as well, though they weren’t quite as heavy-handed here as they were in Death
Among the Stitches. More than anything, I wanted this book to deliver the
cozy, engaging escape I look for in this kind of mystery, but it never quite
got there. In the end, Sconed to Death just wasn’t the cozy, charming
escape I had been hoping for.
The
Avid Reader
*I voluntarily read an advanced copy of this book. I am not required to leave a review. The comments and opinions expressed are strictly my own.
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