The Baguette Murders- Blog Tour

 

Author: Anne Penketh 

Publisher: Joffe Books

Publishing Date: 21st January 2025 

Blurb 

Meet Pippa. She’s feisty, forty-something — and living her best life in the charming little town of Louennec, Brittany.

Not so long ago, she was a corporate career girl. Now she runs her own bakery — and goes home every night to her dishy gendarme boyfriend and a glass of Merlot.

But murder is just around the corner . . .

Pippa is out on her rounds, delivering delicious crusty bread to her most loyal customers. Her first stop is Derek’s remote gîte. Fitness instructor Derek sees carbs as the enemy. But even he can’t resist Pippa’s signature baguettes.

Pippa cycles to Derek’s door . . . only to discover, someone got there first.

Derek is dead! His body lies slumped across the piano, in a mess of blood and — to Pippa’s horror — breadcrumbs.

He’s been bludgeoned over the head with . . . a lethal stick of bread?

Just like that, Pippa finds the finger of suspicion pointing at her.

Can she follow the trail of breadcrumbs to uncover the true killer — before more of her friends and neighbours die?

My Thoughts 

This is book 3 of the series and I have not read the previous 2 books. 

I had no issues reading this as a stand alone book as it was well written and the plot is unique to book 3, However i probably did find myself questioning a few things as all 3 books are based in the same town. Therefore the the quirkiness and personalty of the town would have progressed through the books so that bit I felt would have helped to have known better. 

I really liked the characters as they were not demanding in getting to known them and they were interesting in their own right. The style of writing and the mystery behind the characters was well done and easy to read. Book was filled with humour and twists to keep a small town talking. 

The only thing I would have liked was, there a few french sentences/ statements which I would have liked in english translation also as I was not sure if I was missing something important to the plot. 

I really liked that the author stepped out a bit, and added dialogue surrounding British people moving to a different country and the impact it makes on those who already live there.

I really liked this  book, it was a cosy thriller (if that is such a thing) so I would recommend.