3.5 stars

Unusual setting for a cozy mystery: a cannabis themed cafe on the California coast. Cordon Bleu graduate Chloe Barnes left a life and career in Paris after her relationship went astray and moved home to help her grandmother, recently diagnosed with cancer.

When Chloe discovered the helpfulness of cannabis with chemo side effects, she decided to open a cafe. With her aunt as her financial backer, Chloe creates an out of the ordinary business. This is not a stoner story -- careful consumption is the theme.

Chloe is a nice person who is trying to settle in to the community and create a niche for herself, personally and professionally. In the way of cozies, she is hampered by the fact that she keeps stumbling over dead bodies. She is one of those heroines who refuses to heed the many warnings of the police to butt out of the investigation and to keep out of harm's way.

The body this time is a very popular food podcaster who gives Chloe's business a rare rave review. This sets off some jealousy by other local restaurateurs, one in particular. The podcaster's body shows up at a local food festival and is found by Chloe.

These are readable. There is some character development here. The ending almost sounded like a wrap of the series, so we'll see what comes next. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Chloe's nemesis, Starr, is accused of murdering a podcaster in town for a food festival. Now it's up to Chloe to discover the facts and potentially clear Starr's name.

This book has all of the charm of its predecessors - sweet small-town vibes, Chloe's fantastic group of friends, her quirky Aunt Dawn and Grandma Rose, and all of the delicious-sounding baked goods. The murder was twisty and intriguing. Fast-paced, cozy fun!

I absolutely loved the idea of mystery book that takes place at a cannabis cafe - so unique and cool. I was instantly drawn to this book. This book included amateur sleuths, podcasts and cannabis infused treats - I loved all of it. Chloe was an amazing main character and I look forward to more of these books.

I really enjoyed this book and this series. An ice cream festival and a dead body under a food truck. Chloe must figure who did it to help an innocent person.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for providing this book, with my honest review below.

A Cold Dose of Murder was such a unique little mystery that I am so eager to pick up more books in this series by Emily George! I hadn’t thought of the possibilities of a story focusing on not a traditional bakery but a cannabis focused one, and yet the way the story played with the concept read true not just for the fictional main character, Chloe’s, mission with her cafe, but also for the book and I am guessing for the series.

Chloe is a bit of an unintended sleuth, hitting her stride with her cannabis focused cafe after a series of life shaking events. When she gets showcased on a controversial podcast she starts getting the fame for her cafe her great baking deserves but quickly gets caught up in another mystery when the podcast host is murdered at Chloe’s town’s ice cream fair (please tell me this exists somewhere near me).

The mystery read well as did Chloe, her caring family, and the town’s cast of characters and visitors. This managed to be both light hearted and charming while keeping me engaged with the intrigue around the murder. I felt both hungry and satisfied throughout! The only element to this book I felt wasn’t as well explored was Chloe’s conflict around her feelings for love interest Jack. He was perfect, and her hesitance to grow close felt realistic, but her hesitance showing in her action and her ability to move past it didn’t come off in a way I could believe, it just felt shallow. I’m going to chalk this up as something that may have been better explored and setup in a previous book, though outside of this the book can easily be read as a standalone. And please do read it if you’d like a cozy mystery with a very unique setting given the cannabis cafe, or some delicious sounding recipes which are included.

Kindle Copy for Review from NetGalley and Kensington Publishing.

I received a free, advance copy of this book and this is my unbiased and voluntary review.

Chloe cannabis foray has been a booming success as her popularity has sky rocketed with the help of a food critic. Her cannabis infused ice cream is keeping her ice cream truck with long lines. But things quickly turned deadly when the food critic is found dead by her truck. What nefarious activity s is going on? It will be up to Chloe to figure out as she must find a way to clear her name and reputation if she wants to stay in the business.

WOW, this book was such a fun one to read. I hadn't read any others in the series but I really enjoyed the twists and turns of this one.

#AColdDoseofMurder #NetGalley is a great addition to this unique cozy mystery series.
Chloe is participating in Azalea Bay's summer ice cream festival, and she's excited to share her cannabis infused treats with everyone.
After receiving much praise from well known podcaster, Calista Bryant, Chloe is over the moon, but not everyone is happy with her cannabis cafe.
When a murder takes place at the festival, Chloe steps up and begins asking questions, she's determined to bring the killer to justice.
I really like this series, especially as someone who joys the medicinal benefits of cannabis.
I love Chloe's friends and family and I'm looking forward to recommending this book to other readers.
I'm looking forward to the next book!
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.