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Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches review

Tari Hann

This is the third book in the Daisy’s Tea Garden series by Karen Rose Smith. I loved this series from the beginning and was lucky enough to be in a book club that had gotten to discuss both of the first two books in the series. Big changes are coming for Daisy and her family, and this book has her dealing with those as well as her relationship with Jonas, which I think is in a good place (I hope it stays there lol).

My Goodreads review:

Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches (A Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery, #3)Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches by Karen Rose Smith

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this trip to Willow Creek PA and to Daisy’s Tea Garden. Spring was just beginning to peek out when there was another murder that Daisy felt like she needed to investigate, or her shop’s reputation would suffer as well as the shop would experience financial losses. I like where she and Jonas are in their relationship. It’s really sweet and right when they’re together. By the end of this book, they’d both grown a lot as individuals as well as a couple. As a side story, Daisy knew that one of her employees was keeping something from both her and the police. That wasn’t the only secret being kept. There were a number of suspects, and I didn’t guess who the murderer was. The showdown was fairly quick, but it was a good one. After the surprises in this book, I’m really anxious now to read the next one!

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Murder with Cinnamon Scones–review

Tari Hann

This is the second book in the Daisy’s Tea Garden series by Karen Rose Smith. In one of the Facebook book clubs I’m in, we loved the first book so much, we wanted to have Karen come back to another online meeting so we could discuss this book this month. I’m anxious now for the next book in the series!

My Goodreads review:

Murder with Cinnamon Scones (A Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery)Murder with Cinnamon Scones by Karen Rose Smith

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was an awesome addition to this new series! I didn’t guess the killer and I am glad that Daisy has finally come to her senses about one of the handsome men in her life.

It was January in Willow Creek and the store owners were all gearing up for a Quilt Lovers’ Weekend that would bring in extra business to an otherwise slow time of year. When Tessa’s boyfriend Reese, who runs the local art gallery, was killed near where Tessa liked to paint, of course she’s the prime suspect. Daisy was determined to back her best friend and find out who the real killer was. After the murder weapon was planted in Tessa’s apartment, it was pretty clear that someone was out to frame her. In her digging, Daisy found out that Reese wasn’t exactly who Tessa always thought he was. Who hated Reese enough to want him dead? Someone from the town or someone from his secret past?

I loved visiting Willow Creek again. Aunt Iris is such a sweetheart although the same really can’t be said for her sister who is Daisy’s mom. Iris and Daisy have a great relationship though and it seems to make up for anything Rose has fallen short on as a mother. Rose isn’t a bad mom, just has more expectations than Daisy would care for. I liked that Jazzi’s birth mom got to get with her again. I’m not sure how that will go but I’m pretty confident that Jazzi will never abandon Daisy for her. It was so cute how Foster and Violet were dating whenever Vi was home from college.

I hope this series goes on for a long time and am definitely looking forward to the next book!

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