Red Velvet Revenge

July 1, 2012

When summer's heat deadens walk-in traffic, the Scottsdale-based bakery gals (Death By the Dozen) head for the local rodeo to ply their tasty wares, but instead find a feisty cowboy dead by bull goring.

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July 1, 2012
Mel and Angie, owners of Fairy Tale Cupcakes, take their new cupcake truck to the Juniper Pass rodeo, where they find themselves dueling BBQ vendors, a saboteur, and a killer. The trouble starts when they find bull-rider Ty dead and learn that their young intern, Oz, is a suspect. Then their truck's freezers are unplugged overnight, defrosting thousands of cupcakes. The ladies turn the cupcakes into cake pops to keep sales going while asking Ty's former mentor Slim and his family, as well as other town regulars, about Ty and his past. Minor characters and romantic tension add flavor and depth to this foodie mystery. McKinlay, who authors several series under her own name, as well as under pseudonyms Josie Belle and Lucy Lawrence, continues to deliver well-crafted mysteries full of fun and plot twists. Foodie crime fans will enjoy this title along with others from authors such as Julie Hyzy.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)