Thank you to net galley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this book I love this author

This is a charming cozy mystery filled with likeable characters, an intrepid leading character in Hope Early, a lovely small town setting and a plot with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing all the way through. It also gives you an interesting insight into the career of food blogger. After a nasty divorce Hope has returned to her home town of Jefferson, Conn. and has a new career as a food blogger. She, along with some fellow food bloggers, is taking a photography course from famous food photographer Cal Barnhart, whose wife Lily has been missing for three weeks, Two days into the course Hope encounters a fire at the next door home of her neighbor Peggy Olson, and when the police investigate they find the fire was started by arson and there was a second body in the house, that of Lily Barnhart. Hope, along with her reporter friend Drew, and former mystery writer Jane decide to investigate, much to the displeasure of the local police (including Hope's potential love interest, the police chief Ethan. Was Lily targeted because of her work on the local planning and zoning committee or was it a more personal motive? Despite threats and warnings, Hope is on the case and she won't give up until she figures out who is responsible for the death of her neighbor and friend. I enjoyed this book and hope to see more of Hope in the future.