From Publishers Weekly
This delicious new mystery/recipe series will give readers some serious doughnut cravings. When a dead body is unceremoniously dumped in front of her smalltown doughnut shop in the wee hours of the morning, Suzanne Hart knows it's not going to be an ordinary day. The deceased is Patrick Blaine, a friend and loyal customer. Against advice from her overprotective mother and hunky state police investigator Jake Bishop, Suzanne decides to try to track down Patrick's killer, but her investigation makes her a target. Beck turns a somewhat predictable plot into a light, fun read filled with entertaining characters—Suzanne's two-timing ex-husband, her wacky best friend, and an ex-cop pal who gives her the inside scoop—who have the potential to transcend the cozy mystery formula in future volumes.

First book in the Donut Shop Mystery series.

This cozy promises to be a fun new series. It was a quick read, and I liked the spunky main character, Suzanne. I am hoping though that future books in the series move a bit from the typical cozy formula - amateur sleuth tries to solve crime while being pursued by the real murderer, falls for the one good cop on the job (the others are good for nothing), has the quirky best friend, etc. I think Jessica Beck will find her groove as she develops the characters further in future books. I did appreciate that the story is not overly populated with too many extraneous characters. I did not need to keep a running list of characters as often happens in cozies when authors try to add too many red herrings. My main criticism is that I got an enormous craving for donuts while reading this!!

I already have the second book in the series, Fatally Frosted and plan on reading that right away. This book and the second are both headed to BooksnBeer whom I will be meeting in person in a couple weeks at the 10th Anniversary BC Convention. Can't wait!

This book was hand-delivered to me by Ri at the BC convention this weekend. It was great meeting a bunch of my BC and BO friends. Hmmmm… thinking about convention in Dublin next year.

This one looks like a really cute cozy mystery – I look forward to reading it. Also, Ri warned me that I would be craving donuts at the end of the book. Look out diet!!!