A Deadly Grind by Victoria Hamilton

A Deadly Grind (Vintage Kitchen Mystery, #1)

by Victoria Hamilton

A Hoosier to die for?

When vintage cookware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton spies an original 1920s Hoosier brand kitchen cabinet at an estate auction, it's love at first sight. Despite the protests of her sister that the 19th-century yellow-brick house they share in Michigan is already too cluttered with Jaymie's "junk," she successfully outbids the other buyers and triumphantly takes home her Hoosier.

But that night on the summer porch where they've left the Hoosier to be cleaned up, a man is murdered, struck on the head with the steel meat grinder that is part of the cabinet. Who is this stranger--and what was he doing on their porch? Does his death have anything to do with the Hoosier?

As the police struggle to determine the man's identity, Jaymie can't help doing a little digging on her own, accompanied by her three-legged Yorkie Poo, Hopalong. But in her bid to uncover the truth about the hidden secrets of the Hoosier, Jaymie may be the one who ends up going, going...gone.

Reviewed by MurderByDeath on

3 of 5 stars

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I have been looking forward to this book coming out for a couple of months now, as I do love vintage kitchenware and murder mysteries. But I only gave this book three starts because I didn't get a chance to really immerse myself in the story as I normally do, as I just had too many interruptions while reading it. So I can't say if I thought the book was very good or not, as my disjointed reading made the story feel disjointed.

Things I liked:
I love the vintage kitchenware angle, as I really enjoy this subject.
A few quirky likeable characters stood out, and I'm looking forward to hearing more from them in the future

Thinks I didn't like:
A bossy older sister.
The hints of a love triangle - cozy mysteries have seen *more* than enough of these and they almost never, ever end up being enjoyable for the reader.

Even though I kept getting interrupted while reading this book, I nailed one of the bad guys right away, but the twist at the end was a clever touch.

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