I didn't have high expectations for this book. I picked it up mainly because I just wanted something fun to read that wasn't for school. It was fairly predictable and Suzanne was often annoying in her persistence in trying to solve the murder. Her logic for snooping didn't make sense (if she doesn't keep snooping, the killer could come after her but the killer has already warned her to stop interfering or she will be next) and her ex-husband is annoying. Despite that, it was a cute little read. The characters were nice and the romance simple. A couple of the characters had odd personality changes that didn't make sense and weren't explained. The end was a little more intense than I was expecting, which was nice. The recipes sound really good and I want to try some of them. I don't feel like this is worth analyzing too much. It was pretty much what I expected so I'm not surprised. It was a nice, light break from my typical reading material. It is kind of odd. I do love the idea of cozy mysteries, but I have only read ones where I was not a fan of the execution.Glazed Murder is no exception... which is a pity, as I love donuts and I liked the cover. But.I did not see any justification for Suzanne to start her own investigation... only her being scared, but then, I hated how she kept emphasising that the police did not do enough, when it was only one or two days after the murder, and she should have known that they are working, just they would not spill any beans about private information to her. Also, she was really dumb and unprofessional, and that all those, in principle, smart people believed her cheap tricks means that Jessica Beck dumbed and "gullibled" down everyone even more, and just does not know people and enterprises well enough at all. All her ideas are what a stupider type of 12-year old would think of, visiting the same place in different outfits (and nobody remembers faces, right?), acting as journalists / high rollers and thinking they are belieavable... I also do not understand why she was so secretive towards Emma, when she told everything to Grace, when Emma was reliable and loyal, whereas Grace was the silliest, most delusional chick in April Springs.Not to talk about her unprofessionalness in her work. She leaves her workplace any time she wishes, leaving the work to Emma, and the recipes... I mean, I expected more special recipes from a handmade donut shop, not, for example, that cheating type, from premade cookie dough...As for Bishop... I hate how loads of these stories end up with the policeman and the main heroine getting together... especially it is really unprofessional to date someone involved with the case...As for the investigation plot, I found it exciting and I liked the variety of suspects... but I hated Suzanne's actual guessing game... I don't think that the number 7 with the crossed stem is that rare to make a perfect assumption out of it...I also felt that the dialogues could have been written better, as well as Suzanne's monolgues. I felt Beck was jumping around in topics too much, and was connecting topics sloppily... I also felt some dialogues only served the purpose of Beck being able to pack in as many information in the cheapest and most comfortable way.I did love the character George, though.
What do You think about Glazed Murder (2010)?
It got boring at times but overall I think this is a comfortable mystery book.
—Pinkypink x
she should have read Joanne Fluke more thoroughly before writing her own
—Dolague
Once again, the recipes held more interest than the actual story.
—salu
This book was calling me! I am addicted to the series now!
—Ruth
