Will Ivy be able to keep the new Captain York in line with finding the real killer?
Ivy Culpepper
Ivy Culpepper is our sleuth. She is an amateur at both sleuthing and bread baking. Ivy is also trying to get back into taking photographs for a living. She gets wrapped up in this case by her best friend, Emmaline Davis-Culpepper, and that her boyfriend is being typecasted for the murder. That right there is what really gets Ivy into trying to solve this case and providing the evidence to this new guy. Ivy is such a great sleuth and a good storyteller. I loved everything about her and especially why she wants to help out. The love Ivy has for her small town is so real, and I can definitely get it. I like Ivy because she seems relatable while also trying to solve a murder because of a loved one being on the line, and they may potentially go to jail.
The Mystery
Ivy never saw the dead body or even went to the crime scene until way after the fact. In reality, Ivy heard about it at her brother's wedding, to you guessed it, the sheriff, Emmaline. Ivy didn't want to investigate this murder, but her best friend asked her to, and then her boyfriend Miguel is being harassed by the cops. So she has to investigate to clear him. Ivy and I felt like we were playing whack-a-mole while figuring out who actually did it. The reason for that is that the school board president wasn't well-liked by a lot of people. Made the suspect board majorly too big.
I didn't think it was who did it, and I am still processing who actually did it. Ivy had some help from two little old ladies who always kept me laughing. One of them was her old English teacher who taught many people, and the other is the lady who owns the bread shop that Ivy works at. These two old ladies kept Ivy on her toes while also keeping the investigation fun.
Four Stars
Death Gone a Rye by Winnie Archer is a hoot of a book and kept me guessing throughout the whole thing about who the actual culprit was. Let's just say that Ms. Archer has done a fabulous job of weaving together all those clever red herrings. I kept thinking that it was one guy until something else popped up that made me think it was that person. I truly felt like I was playing whack-a-mole with these herrings. Ivy is such a great character, and I can see a lot of potential in this series. Ms. Archer can definitely weave a story like a good piece of bread. My rating for Death Gone a Rye by Winnie Archer is four stars, plus I am recommending it to anyone that enjoys cozy mysteries.
Don't forget about those recipes in the back of the book. They sound pretty good.
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Victim/Toe Tag: Vanessa "Nessa" Renchrik (R)
Beachcomber Weapons: household object
Beachcomber Crime Scene: business office (School District Office)
Detectives: Ivy Culpepper (I)
This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove