Tangled Up in Brew (A Brewing Trouble Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Berkley (October 4, 2016)
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0425277706
E-Book ASIN: B01AHKXIAQ
My Review
When I read this was about brewing beer, I knew I wanted to read it. We have many micro breweries around my neck of the woods. No, not bootlegging. LOL I always enjoy sampling the new ones and often find some that are really good.
What’s a good beer without a murder, eh. What’s supposed to be a friendly competition at the Three Rivers Brews and Burgers Festival turns into something else when the beverage critic drops dead from an apparent poisoning. Let the sleuthing begin. This one was full of suspects and it wasn’t easy to figure out the who and why.
I enjoyed meeting these characters and visiting the town of Three Rivers. Much of it felt like somewhere I visited before and that’s something I always enjoy about cozies. That and the colorful characters that roam the pages.
I should mention this is the second book in the series. I had no trouble following along and liked it a lot, so I’ll be going back to catch the beginning now.
4 Stars
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Synopsis
Another intoxicating mystery featuring brew pub owner Maxine “Max” O’Hara—from the author of To Brew or Not to Brew
BEER TODAY, GONE TOMORROW…
Brew pub owner Maxine “Max” O’Hara and her chef/boyfriend, Jake Lambert, are excited to be participating in the Three Rivers Brews and Burgers Festival. Max hopes to win the coveted Golden Stein for best craft beer—but even if she doesn’t, the festival will be great publicity for her Allegheny Brew House.
Or will it? When notoriously nasty food and beverage critic Reginald Mobley is drafted as a last-minute replacement judge, Max dreads a punishing review. Her fears are confirmed when Mobley literally spits out her beer, but things get even worse when the cranky critic drops dead right after trying one of Jake’s burgers. Now an ambitious new police detective is determined to pin Mobley’s murder on Max and Jake, who must pore over the clues to protect their freedom and reputations—and to find the self-appointed judge, jury, and executioner.
Author Joyce Tremel
Joyce Tremel was a police secretary for ten years and more than once envisioned the demise of certain co-workers, but settled on writing as a way to keep herself out of jail. She is a native Pittsburgher and lives in a suburb of the city with her husband and a spoiled cat.
Her debut mystery, To Brew Or Not To Brew
Author Links
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I need to get the first one cause this sounds like a fun series! 🙂
Stormi
I have a good feeling you’ll enjoy this series, Stormi:)
I love investigating micro breweries too. Ya never know when you’ll come across a new, delicious brew.
sherry @ fundinmental
I sure like some of those growlers we tried.
I really enjoy cozy mysteries from time to time so I’m going to have to look into this one. And come on, beer! Can’t go wrong.
I’m a bit of an addict. For cozies, not beer! LOL
sounds like a good read. This would be a new author for me.
thanks.
I sure had fun. Plan to keep an eye out for more from this author too:)
This is a new author and series to me. I’m looking forward to reading both books. A brew house in the storyline sounds interesting.
I love the brew house idea. Got some fun new characters to get to know too:)
We’ve got lots of pubs here also that have their own micro-breweries, and as a beer lover too, this book’s calling out to me now. 🙂
Pull up a stool, Emma! LOL
Sounds like a fun read. Love the cover because cats. 😀
I love critters in cozies. I actually read one where a character had a pet tarantula. And, no, it wasn’t a scary story. LOL
It sounds like a fun series! I haven’t read a cozy before about brewing beer.
Me either, Lola. I’m always looking for cozies with a new theme:)
I want to read more cozy mysteries and this sounds like fun. I’ll have to grab the first book.
It’s always good to find a new cozy author and series:)