Death on Tap (Sloan Krause Mystery)

by Ellie Alexander

After catching her husband cheating on her, craft-brew expert Sloan Krause leaves the family business to work for a hip, new nano-brewery, only to discover a competitor dead in the fermenting tub, clutching a secret recipe.

• ISBN10: 1250108632
• ISBN13: 9781250108630
• Publish Date: 3 October 2017
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 30 June 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St Martin's Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[Aidan Brack (Mysteries Ahoy)]

I suspect that beer enthusiasts will probably savor the lengthy descriptions of beer-paired foods such as chocolate stout brownies as well as the various beverages imbibed throughout the book.

Read my full review at Mysteries Ahoy!

[annieb123]

This is the first in a new cozy mystery series by Ellie Alexander about Sloan, a brewer who works in a brewery owned by her in-laws. Since her husband has taken up with an employee ('the beer wench') and she needs some space to work out her future, she takes a job with a new-to-town brewer. When a rival brewer is found in one of their brewtanks and her husband is a suspect, Sloan decides to see if she can clear his name.

The main character is also in a crossover standalone story in the other series by this author (Bakeshop mysteries) called [b:Trouble Is Brewing: A Bakeshop Mini-Mystery|35427700|Trouble Is Brewing A Bakeshop Mini-Mystery|Ellie Alexander|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1497364773s/35427700.jpg|56805430].
I really enjoyed the pacing of this mystery, though the actual murder and 'whodunnit' seemed almost incidental to the plot and character development. I was surprised by the denouement and expected a few more twists, but the writing is very solid and I look forward to the next in the series.

Either the author is a brewer herself or this book is extremely well researched. I found the background and brewing information really interesting. She's serious about her beer!

Three and a half stars
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.