Another intoxicating mystery featuring brew pub owner Maxine “Max” O’Hara—from the author of To Brew or Not to Brew.
BEER TODAY, GONE TOMORROW...
Brew pub owner Maxine “Max” O’Hara and her chef/boyfriend, Jake Lambert, are excited to be participating in the Three Rivers Brews and Burgers Festival. Max hopes to win the coveted Golden Stein for best craft beer—but even if she doesn’t, the festival will be great publicity for her Allegheny Brew House.
Or will it? When notoriously nasty food and beverage critic Reginald Mobley is drafted as a last-minute replacement judge, Max dreads a punishing review. Her fears are confirmed when Mobley literally spits out her beer, but things get even worse when the cranky critic drops dead right after trying one of Jake’s burgers. Now an ambitious new police detective is determined to pin Mobley’s murder on Max and Jake, who must pore over the clues to protect their freedom and reputations—and to find the self-appointed judge, jury, and executioner.
The downside to first person present: it's way too easy for the author to spend an insane amount of time inside the MC's head. At least 40% of this book is internal dialogue.
The other 60% was just ok. Nothing exciting but nothing eye-rolling either. The murder mystery was crafted with good intent, but the actions of one of the characters was just too obvious.
The first book had me really interested in the MC and her family and friends but there's no development in this one and it left me feeling ambivalent. I doubt I'll make much of an effort to buy the third book.
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