"Vanishing Into The 100% Dark (Bean to Bar Mysteries #8)" by Amber Royer has Felicity and crew visiting Tokyo, Japan for a chocolate festival. Conviently, there is a Kaiju movie being filmed across the street. Some stunt tricks are learned and chocolate eaten. Also, keep a hold of your phone. It may keep you from getting pulled into a murder mystery.

There was a few problems and mysteries going on in this one. A lot for a short trip so far from home. It all starts with Felicity's phone getting stolen at the airport once they land in Japan and ends with them making friends with a film crew. Since so much was going on it was distracting enough to keep me from getting one suspect specifically in mind for anything.

widow, fiancé, Japan, chocolate, chocolatier, cultural-differences, festivals, local-law-enforcement, amateur-sleuth, influencer, podcaster, tv-film-industry, ex-physical-therapist, murder, murder-investigation, ex-cop, verbal-humor, thefts, relationship-issues, relationships, cozy-crime, teens, asthmatic, cat, rivalry, books, interviews, entitled-attitude****

The chocolate shop crew was invited to a chocolate festival in Tokyo! Delighted, they all packed up to go, but first there was the mugging at the airport, then seemingly everyone in the detective fiction book clubs gave her ominous books, then the first corpse vanished. Added to all this is the teenager true crime podcast influencer who feels so entitled. Speaking of vanishing acts, what's with that calico cat?
Very interesting story with lots of things new to me.
I requested and received a temporary uncorrected eGalley from BooksGoSocial and Golden Tip Press via NetGalley. Avail Mar, 2025
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I love a good cozy murder mystery and that’s exactly what this book was! Felicity is basically the queen of solving murders. I love whenever there’s a cat in the story. What does Honda the cat know?? Will felicity solve the murder so Chloe doesn’t get arrested? This book was very interesting! I didn’t realize it was number 8 in the series but I had no problem following along. I’m definitely going to go and read the others in the series.
What a fun and quick read!!

Thank you NetGalley, BooksGoSocial and Amber for the E-ARC!

Publication Date: March 4 2025
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Through NetGalley, I received a free copy of VANISHING INTO THE 100% DARK (Book 8 of the Bean to Bar mystery series) by Amber Royer in exchange for an honest review. Felicity Koerber isn’t quite sure how she became an invited presenter at an illustrious chocolate festival in Tokyo, but she and her friends are all grateful to accept and attend. However, Tokyo isn’t quite the working vacation Felicity was hoping. First, when she arrives, she’s mugged in the airport. Second, once she sets up her vendor booth, Felicity ends up with stacks of books dropped off by friendly strangers. Oh, noes, not books! (At least not when special books portent murder). Third, not everything in sweet at the chocolate festival; it seems like Felicity has an unknown enemy there. Fourth, of course, is murder. Felicity and her friends end up entangled with a group producing a monster movie; as a result, they end up entangled in another murder investigation, too.

I liked this book and enjoy the series. I recommend this book to fans of the series and the series to fans of cozy murder mysteries featuring tragic backstories, recovery, chocolate shops, special events, and featured pets.

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