Lye in Wait (Home Crafting Mystery, #1)

by Cricket McRae

Cocoa butter soap, check. Lemon lip balm, check. A dead body? That's just what Sophie Mae Reynolds finds in her workroom: the corpse of Walter Hanover, the neighborhood handyman. He died from drinking lye, something she has in good supply. But the police don't suspect Sophie Mae, a thirty-something widow who makes and sells beauty products. Instead they call it a suicide. But why would a man with lottery cash and a loving fiancee kill himself? No one can stop the impulsive Sophie Mae from answering this riddle, not her sensible best friend Meghan or Detective Ambrose, who incites annoyance as well as stomach flutters. Sophie Mae's big mouth and sharp nose lead her to a peppermint-scented trail of arson, bigamy, and a shocking family secret that reveals a personal connection to Walter ...and his killer. This crafty new series features real recipes and a blundering, yet lovable, amateur sleuth who brings a fresh face to cozy mysteries.

• ISBN10: 0738711160
• ISBN13: 9780738711164
• Publish Date: 8 October 2007
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 11 September 2014
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[Mystereity Reviews]

Just an ok book. Seems like the author had to put a lot of filler and it didn't add to the plot and overall it was fairly predictable. Annoying ex-husband, hunky cop, etc. It also annoys me when the sleuth deliberately withholds information from the police. Apparently this is only a crime in the real world. All in all, not a bad read, but didn't make me eager to go out and read the other books in the series.