Assault and Pepper

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Call Number: Mystery / Budewitz, Leslie, Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Cozy / Budewitz, Leslie
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Budewitz, Leslie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Cozy / Budewitz, Leslie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / Cozy / Budewitz, Leslie	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"Berkley Prime Crime mystery"--Spine.
"Includes delicious recipes!"--Page 4 of cover.
The Agatha Award-winning author of Crime Rib is proud to introduce Pepper Reece, the owner of the Seattle Spice Shop who thinks she can handle any kind of salty customer-until a murderer ends up in the mix... After leaving a dicey marriage and losing a beloved job in a corporate crash, Pepper Reece has found a new zest for life running a busy spice and tea shop in Seattle's Pike Place Market. Her aromatic creations are the talk of the town, and everyone stops by for a cup of her refreshing spice tea, even other shopkeepers and Market regulars. But when a panhandler named Doc shows up dead on the store's doorstep, a Seattle Spice Shop cup in his hand, the local gossip gets too hot for Pepper to handle-especially after the police arrest one of Pepper's staffers, Tory Finch, for murder. Tory seems to know why she's a suspect, but she refuses to do anything to curry favor with the cops. Convinced her reticent employee is innocent, Pepper takes it on herself to sniff out some clues. Only, if she's not careful, Pepper's nosy ways might make her next on the killer's list...

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Good start to a new series submitted by ValerieL on August 3, 2015, 7:55pm I've read many cozy mysteries set in various types of shops, but a spice shop is a new one and that's what initially drew me to the book. While I felt that the mystery itself was a little weak and not particularly engaging, I enjoyed the book. I knew very early on who killed the victim, but that didn't spoil the story for me like it sometimes does.

I may not have particularly cared about the victim and/or who killed him, but I found Pepper and her employees to be interesting and well-rounded characters. I'm looking forward to seeing how the author continues to develop the characters in this series. The setting is Pikes Place Market in Seattle as well as other parts of the city. I've never been to Seattle, but the author provided such vivid descriptions of various places that I feel like I *have* been there before. I believe that when I do visit someday, I'll be able to recognize many of the places in the book without problem.

Even with the semi-weak plotline, I believe this was a good start to a new series and I'm looking forward to reading more in this series.