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    Much Ado About Muffin
    Much Ado About Muffin
    Much Ado About Muffin
    Audiobook10 hours

    Much Ado About Muffin

    Written by Victoria Hamilton

    Narrated by Margaret Strom

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    About this audiobook

    Opera singer Roma Toscano may have a crippling case of stage fright, but she certainly is stirring up drama in Autumn Vale, New York, as she prepares for an upcoming performance at Merry's Wynter Castle. With her flamboyant style and flirtatious personality, Roma attracts fans as well as critics, including the town's postmistress-and Merry's bitter foe-Minnie Urqhart.

    But Roma and Minnie's heated rivalry goes cold after Merry discovers Minnie dead at the post office. While every clue seems to be another ingredient in the investigation of Roma, Merry thinks the case is half-baked, and she's eager to get her mitts on the real killer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateAug 2, 2016
    ISBN9781515970361
    Much Ado About Muffin
    Author

    Victoria Hamilton

    Victoria Hamilton is the pseudonym of nationally bestselling romance author Donna Lea Simpson.She now happily writes about vintage kitchen collecting, muffin baking, and dead bodies in the Vintage Kitchen Mysteries and Merry Muffin Mystery series. Besides writing about murder and mayhem, and blogging at Killer Characters, Victoria collects vintage kitchen wares and old cookbooks, as well as teapots and teacups.

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    • 4/5
      4 star
      I really love this series, the main reason for that would be the great characters, starting with Merry and then all the quirky townies. My favorites are Shilo who luckily is back in this book after being largely absent in the last book. My next favorites are Pish, Hanna and Lizzie all have a big presence in the book. The mystery in this one was intriguing as there seemed to be such a large quantity of suspects. But the thing that will pull me into the next book is the overall series question of how Merry plans on saving the castle, now that it seems she will be marrying and staying in Autumn Vale
    • 4/5
      Merry Wynter returns to Autumn Vale after an extended trip to Spain to find many of her friends a bit frosty after her long absence. At Wynter Castle, Pish is housing an operatic star hoping for a comeback, Roma Toscano. In town, her best friend Shilo seems remote and even Merry's almost boyfriend, Sheriff Virgil Grace has big news he wants to discuss. When Merry's nemesis, postmistress Minnie Urquarht is discovered dead, with a collectible letter opener in her wound, Merry feels compelled to nose around. There were plenty of storylines and a lot of new characters to keep up with as the series continues to grow in length. I thought the cult-like Consciousness Calling storyline just added a few too many extra red herrings, but liked how it dovetailed with the main murder. I hope Merry continues to focus on Wynter Castle and how she can make her place in Autumn Vale permanent.
    • 4/5
      Much Ado About Muffin by Victoria Hamilton is the fourth book in A Merry Muffin Mystery series. Merry Wynter has been in Spain for the last two months. Her mother-in-law is dying and asked to see Merry (she treated Merry horribly when she was married to her son). After her passing, Merry decided to stay for a spell. It was nice to get away from life and have things done for her. Merry even quit talking and writing her friends back home in Autumn Vale, New York. But she realizes that it is time to return to reality and heads home. Merry arrives at Wynter Manor to find out that Pish has invited a guest to stay (awfully nervy). The guest is none other than Roma Toscano, the opera singer who hit on Merry’s deceased husband, Miguel (right in front of her). Pish states that Roma needs his help (he could have asked first). Merry agrees to let her stay, but she will definitely regret it. Merry soon finds out that Roma has antagonized most of the townspeople (which is hard to do). Merry has her own amends to make for neglecting her friends for so long including her best friend, Shilo (and Merry’s romantic interest, Virgil Grace). When postmistress, Minnie Urquhart ends up dead, Roma becomes the number one suspect. Roma recently had an argument with her (at the house in front of witnesses) and the murder weapon belongs to Roma. This sends Roma into another round of hysterics. Merry sets out to clear Roma’s name and hopes it will get Roma out of her house and Autumn Vale. But Merry has some other matters that need attending as well. Emerald seems to be under the influence of an unscrupulous woman, and she will not listen to reason. Merry is determined to help Emerald whether she wants the help or not. Come join Merry in Autumn Vale in Much Ado About Muffin.Much Ado About Muffin is a well-written story with a nice, complex mystery. I found, though, that there is a little too much going on and quite a few characters (it is hard to keep them all straight). The book goes at a good pace (steady) with quite a bit of action. The setting of Autumn Vale sounds so lovely that I want to live there. The book has some quirky, but friendly characters. There is some romance in the novel, but it is just the right amount so that it enhances (not distracts) the storyline. I give Much Ado About Muffin 4.25 out of 5 stars (I liked it). There are some recipes included at the end of the book. I look forward to reading the next book in A Merry Muffin Mystery. I hope that Merry finally figures out what to do with the castle in the next book. Merry needs to find a way for the house to earn money for her (host gathering, make it into an inn or a restaurant, host mystery dinners). I received a complimentary copy of Much Ado About Muffin from NetGalley (and the publisher) in exchange for an honest evaluation of the novel. The comments and opinions expressed are strictly my own.
    • 4/5
      This is such a delightful cozy mystery, with no fewer than three very good candidates for murderer and a bucket full of red herrings. The heroine is bright, worldly and a force with which to be reckoned in podunk Autumn Vale, NY. For the most part, locals don't know quite what to make of her. But she has her fans, not the least of which is the local sheriff. But then the post mistress winds up murdered in the post office and the small town is suddenly overrun with G-men in dark suits arriving in a flotilla of black federal vehicles. They have that special gift which makes everyone feel like a guilty suspect. I was hooked from the start and enjoyed the entire journey from cover to cover. Well done, Ms. Hamilton!I am grateful to Berkley Publishing Group and Goodreads First Reads for having provided a free copy of this book. Their generosity, however, did not influence this review - the words of which are mine alone.Synopsis (from book's back cover):Opera singer Roma Toscano may have a crippling case of stage fright, but she certainly is stirring up drama in Autumn Vale, New York, as she prepares for an upcoming performance at Merry’s Wynter Castle. With her flamboyant style and flirtatious personality, Roma attracts fans as well as critics, including the town’s postmistress—and Merry’s bitter foe—Minnie Urqhart. But Roma and Minnie’s heated rivalry goes cold after Merry discovers Minnie dead at the post office. While every clue seems to be another ingredient in the investigation of Roma, Merry thinks the case is half-baked, and she’s eager to get her mitts on the real killer...
    • 5/5
      I had really enjoyed this author's Vintage Kitchen series so I decided to give her Merry Muffin Mysteries a try to and have enjoyed them just as much. This is the fourth book in the series and it is still as good as the first ones. I like how her Merry seem to come fall into the mystery and stumble across the murders and feel like she has to do what she can to solve them even though sometimes those around her feel like she needs to stay out of trouble. I like how Merry wants to see the right person put away for the crime and goes about investigating in her own way to find out who that is. I also love the recopies at the end of the book and can just see Merry making some of them and wanting to give them a try myself. I received a copy of the book from the author to read and review.