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The Diva Spices It Up by Krista Davis is my latest book review and the 13th in the Domestic Diva Mystery Series.
Sophie never considered ghostwriting as a side gig, until former actress and aspiring lifestyle guru, Tilly Stratford, trophy wife of Wesley Winthrope, needs someone to write her celebrity cookbook. Sophie agrees, hoping she’ll earn enough bread on this assignment to finish her bathroom renovations. But as it turns out, Sophie isn’t the first foodie to get a taste for recipe ghostwriting, and if the marginalia are any indication, this project could be a killer . . .
Wesley claims professional ghostwriter, Abby Bergeron, suddenly abandoned Tilly’s cookbook with no warning. But Sophie quickly discovers that Abby may be more ghost than writer now . . . and her disappearance was no accident. So Sophie cracks open a fresh investigation, but sifting the seasoned murderer from this sampling of salty suspects won’t be easy. Will Sophie savor another case closed or will the culprit simply melt away?
I liked the idea of this book. Sophie was doing something she hadn’t done before ghostwriting and I knew there would be delicious recipes (there was!) but the book was not my favorite. I felt like the author was reaching to add drama for Natasha and making that mix with the mystery. Everything seemed a little too outlandish. The book still had the same great developed characters and the same humor but it just wasn’t as good as the other books in the series. I didn’t enjoy the mystery and I felt like there was too much going on to really concentrate on the main murder. I look forward to the next book in the series and hope it’s better than this one.
Have you read this book or any books in the Domestic Diva Series?
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