This is a nice cozy read with a solid mystery, good character development, and a nice town and scene descriptions. In S’more Murders, Maya Corrigan has presented a well-thought-out mystery. This one had me guessing until the end, but it all tied nicely together on the final reveal and the reasons why and how certain events occurred. I enjoyed the characters, especially the main heroine, Val, her grandfather, and her friend, Bethany. The tie-in to the Titanic was interesting. Plus the recipes at the end sound delicious and the cover is super cute. I will check out more of Maya Corrigan’s other books.

Thank you, NetGalley, Maya Corrigan, and Kensington Publishing for an advance copy of this book with no obligation to post a review.

This is a charming mystery series featuring Val Dennison as an amateur sleuth. She lives with her grandfather while she runs a cafe in the local fitness center and does catering on the side. The characters are interesting and fun, and the mystery will keep you guessing until the end. The story line link to the Titanic adds a lot of interest. And the best part of this series comes with the recipes at the end - I have made several of them to great success.

This is book # 5 in the A Five-Ingredient Mystery series. I haven’t read any of the previous books, but the plot sounded promising. A murder mystery while aboard a recreation of the Titanic’s maiden voyage sounded too much fun to pass up just because I hadn’t read the previous books in the series. The murder-mystery enactment goes off the rails when a real dead body turns up and our main character and caterer Val becomes determined to find the killer. There were plenty of suspects and satisfying twists and turns. How would I describe this book in one word? FUN. I am looking forward to reading the first four in the series.

When I read mystery, I like it when I get it just around the time the truth was revealed, and while that's definitely going to be different for everyone, this book and I? The tempo was spot-on. I LOVE it when the convo was still saying someone was the killer and I was already like, but wait, that other someone though... and was soon to be proven correct, with extra crazy yet believable-ish reasoning behind it. Satisfaction. Mmmmm. The food mentioned sounds great as usual. And one of the best part? While grandpa still threw in some annoying comments, he's finally less annoying in this book to me!

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This was so not the type of book I usually read, but it sounded really good. And it was good. It was a murder mystery dinner party theme. I kind of lost interest in it half way through but only because I realized this genre isn't really for me.
The writing was really well done and the author does a great job at setting up scenes so you feel like you are there.
The 3 stars are because I was never really able to become fully invested in this book.