Crepe Factor by Laura Childs

Publisher: Berkley
On Sale Date: October 4th 2016
Pages: 336
Genre: Cozy mystery
Series: Scrapbooking Mystery #14

Carmela Bertrand runs a scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It's the holiday season so it's busy, especially now there's a festive winter market going on in the city, which she visits with her best friend Ava. They don't expect to be a witness of a murder scene on the winter market, when they are watching a stand on the market something goes on in the tent behind the stand, and a man, stabbed by a fork, dies in front of their eyes. They found out this man is Martin Lash, a notorious restaurant critic, whose critics have made that some new restaurants had to close down soon after opening because of his sour reviews.

The main suspect is their friend, the restaurant owner Quigg Brevard, who was seen having a fit with Martin minutes before he was killed. He asks for Carmela's help to prove he is innocent. Something which Carmela's current flame, detective  Edgar Babcock is anything but happy with.Before her relationship is the next victim, Carmela needs to find a murderer who had no reservations about punishing the culinary critic, which leads her to a shady and fishy business in the middle of the bayou..

This book is so good and so much fun!! It is a while ago I have read a mystery novel, and I had a very bad craving for a good one, and this one really did the trick! Crepe Factor is very well written, the plot was very good and the ending had a very unexpected and great twist. As a reader I didn't expect it to end like this, it really topped my expectations!
Without revealing too many spoilers, I can only add that this is a must read for all cozy mystery fans Highly recommend it and looking forward to read more books by this author!