• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2017 December #2
  From the windows of Spice It Up! on the square in sleepy Brandywine Creek, Georgia, proprietor Piper Prescott can track the doings in town. It looks like hunky Police Chief Wyatt McBride and gorgeous real-estate agent Shirley Randolph are definitely an item. Piper expects to see them at the wedding of her former mother-in-law and a retired judge. But she doesn't. No one does. Just as the vows are said, cell phones ring, as law-enforcement personnel, the coroner, and a reporter slip out. Shirley's nude body has been found on McBride's property, making him the prime suspect. Piper believes he's innocent, but the hapless deputies in charge don't see it that way. Piper and her pal Reba Mae consider the other options as the town turns out for Shirley's funeral, the senior class holds its prom, and Shirley's real-estate clients scramble to complete transactions. Secondary characters from the four earlier titles in the series are back, adding depth and some backstory. This will appeal to fans of Susan Wittig Albert's China Bayles series. Includes recipes. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews.

GAIL OUST is often accused of flunking retirement. Hearing the words "maybe it's a dead body" while golfing fired her imagination for writing a cozy. Ever since then, she has spent more time on a computer than at a golf course. She lives with her husband in McCormick, South Carolina.