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Dessert is the Bomb (Cookies & Chance Mysteries Book 11) Kindle Edition

by Catherine Bruns (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 130 ratings
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From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a hauntingly hilarious Halloween Cookies & Chance mystery!

Baker turned sometimes-sleuth Sally Muccio has always loved Halloween, but this year she has more on her mind than ghosts and goblins. In addition to catering a party at her wacky father’s funeral home, a competing bakery has just moved in across the street from Sally’s Samples. The new owner, Celeste Delgado, seems intent on burying Sal’s novelty cookie shop into the ground with her sensational smash cake bombs. Suddenly, the homemade fortune cookies that Sal and her best friend Josie create with loving care are predicting an ominous future for their business.

Before Sal can discover what’s behind Celeste’s grudge, the woman is killed by an explosion. To take the cake, Josie was heard threatening Celeste shortly before her death. A night in the slammer, another deadly explosion, and dangerous family secrets all add to Sal’s growing list of concerns. Like an oven timer, precious minutes of her life are ticking away. Can she find Celeste’s killer before everything blows up in her face?

*Recipes Included!*

The Cookies & Chance Mysteries:
Tastes Like Murder (book #1)
A Spot of Murder (short story in the "Killer Beach Reads" collection)
Baked to Death (book #2)
Burned to a Crisp (book #3)
Frosted With Revenge (book #4)
Silenced by Sugar (book #5)
A Drizzle Before Dying (short story in the "Pushing Up Daisies" collection)
Crumbled to Pieces (book #6)
Sprinkled in Malice (book #7)
Ginger Snapped to Death (book #8)
Icing on the Casket (book #9)
Knee Deep in Dough (book #10)
Dessert is the Bomb (book #11)

What critics are saying:

"A fantastic cozy mystery!"
—InD'Tale Magazine

"I want to visit more with all of the quirky characters just to see what crazy and outrageous things they will do next!"
—Fresh Fiction

"The Cookies and Chance Mystery series is more than just a series....it's a family!! Once you read the first book, you are hooked and feel like a member of the crazy Muccio family."
—Cozy Mystery Book Reviews
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    Cookies & Chance Mysteries
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Catherineis the USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty mystery novels. A former newspaper reporter and press release writer, she's earned BA degrees in both English and performing arts. Her books have won the Daphne du Maurier and RONE awards. In her spare time, she loves to bake, read, and attend live theater performances. Readers are invited to visit her website at catherinebruns.net.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B093K3RY5N
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gemma Halliday Publishing (September 28, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 28, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4126 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
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    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 130 ratings

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Catherine is the USA Today bestselling author of the Cookies & Chance mysteries. She lives in New York with her very patient husband, three sons, and several spoiled pets. Catherine has a B.A. in English and is a former newspaper reporter and press release writer. She also writes the Italian Chef mysteries, Cindy York real estate and Carrie Jorgenson (Aloha Lagoon) culinary series. Her book, For Sale by Killer, won the 2019 Daphne du Maurier award for Mainstream Mystery/Suspense.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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P. Wilfort
5.0 out of 5 stars Deserts is the bomb!
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2023
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I loved it! Sally gets into everything, The characters are great, I loved how it ended. I'm looking ward to the next in this series. I highly recommend this series.
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Sharon
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Family!
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2022
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Fun characters in this series, and makes me crave cookies & desserts. :)
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Baker Lady
5.0 out of 5 stars Love This Series
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2021
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Sally doesn’t really want to get involved in murder investigations. But murders happen and people she loves are suspects, so what’s a girl to do? This time it’s Sally in the hot seat, though, since the murder was a bomb planted in the hearse her wacky mortician father rented out to the victim to make bakery deliveries. Since the victim was a rival of Sally in business and has a history with another family member, the investigating officer zeroes in on Sally. I loves this series and rejoice with every new book. And the recipes are great, too!
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Shirley
5.0 out of 5 stars Dessert is the Bomb
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2021
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Sally and Josie are in a big mess again! Seems someone wants to cause more trouble within her family. Her father and mother have a big party at the Muccio Funeral Home for Halloween, when everything explodes! Josie and Sally get arrested and her family are all up in arms about this new Detective and his way of handling things. This is an awesomely good read, don’t miss it!😊😊
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Nana Fields
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2021
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I loved it! The characters are great. It was a really fun plot with a great mystery and many twists! Love this series so much!!!
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Kathy Yute
5.0 out of 5 stars You will love this book
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2021
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I can't wait until the next mess that Sally gets into. I just love the pickles she manages to create in trying to solve the mystery.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This series is a HOOT and you cannot help but love everything about it !!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2021
I am a HUGE fan of the Cookies & Chance Mystery series by Catherine Bruns and I know I say this every time but when I start reading one of the books in this series I feel like I am hanging around with family...albiet it's a crazy and scary family at times...but family just the same and I love all of them....even Sal's father !!

The Cookies & Chance Mystery series centers on Sally Muccio Donovan, her best friend and partner in the bakery, Sally's Samples, Josie and their families. Sally and Josie are both busy with the bakery and their families but when there is a murder, you can bet they will be involved in that as well.....

In Dessert is the Bomb, the eleventh book in this series, they are as close as they can be to a murder when a bakery opens up across the street from Sally's Samples and the owner ends up dead a few days after opening up It's the Bomb and Sal and Josie are arrested for the murder when the owner gets into Sal's fathers hearst and it explodes. Usually Sal and Josie have an in at the police department with their friend Detective Brian Jenkins but he is out of town and they have to deal with Detective Dorsey and he instantly arrests the two for the murder !!

They soon learn that the deceased, Celeste Delgado, has a past with someone in Sal's family that provides a lot of questions and once they start asking questions, they find out that even though Celeste wasn't in town very long, there is a long list of suspects to look into.

Readers will love, love, love, love, love this series !!! Sal and her family are a HOOT and you cannot help but love them and their crazy ways !! The way that they all stand up for each other and protect each other will inspire you to look into your family. However no matter how hard you look, I doubt you will have as much craziness as Sal has in hers and there is nothing wrong with that. I only wish that I had a Grandma Rosa in my family....she is the glue that holds that family together and she does it so well !!!

I highly recommend giving this series some serious attention !! I know that once you start reading you will be a fan for sure !!!
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Kathleen C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Dessert is the Bomb Earns 5/5 Exploding Chocolate Bombs…Clever Fun!
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2021
For four years, Sally’s Samples has had profitable ups and some deadly downs, but currently owner Sally Donovan and her baker/BFF Josie Sullivan are experiencing an “up” in popularity. But, they say what goes up can come down, especially when the competition opens up across the street. The new bakery, It’s the Bomb, specializes in cake “bombs,” but owner Celeste Delgado makes sure to note with a snarky introduction and veiled threat, she includes cookies on her menu. Sally cringes, but, it’s Josie dropping a “bomb to blow the place sky high” threat that will haunt them both. But, trying to focus just on their own business is difficult when Delgado shows up at their Halloween catering gig for Muccio’s Mortuary, Sally’s father’s business, to pick up the mortuary’s hearse she rented for her Halloween marketing stunt. But, all falls apart with Delgado’s dessert pun, Josie’s threatening response, and an ominous retort when Sally questioned why Celeste is bent on destroying her and the Muccio clan. Karma makes sure Celeste misses the treat and gets the trick with a big Ka-Boom!

Catherine Bruns has “exploded” with fresh creativity in the eleventh book of her Cookies & Chance Mystery series again with karma as the head baker of just desserts! The intricately developed mystery reveals business competitors turned vengeful adversaries with the victim insinuating a grudge with the Muccio family. Josie has a hard time defending her threats and explaining her suspicions about Delgado’s bakery products, and although Sally’s amateur, but experienced, investigative style has been effective, she and Josie are now dealing with an antagonistic and uncooperative detective in charge quick to close the case on them! There are other suspects closer to the victim that need Sally’s attention, and with family offering entertaining assistance, insights, and advice, the drama is well-rounded. The diverse characters, of course, make the series, and even though the family dynamic is quirky, they are an endearing clan. However, when is karma going to bake up some just desserts for Nicoletta Gavelli who rivals any literary curmudgeon with her negativity, complaints, and snark. Excellent story…must not miss! Recipes include the Chocolate Smash Bomb along with Sally’s Samples’ Pumpkin Spice Cookies and Butterscotch Cookies, and from Grandma Rose Cannoli Pancakes.

Disclosure: I received an ARC from Gemma Halliday Publishing. My review is voluntary with honest insights and comments.
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