It's the holiday
season. Jules is working hard to make Java Jive profitable, which
includes getting in early every morning to bake dozens of cookies.
Pete, her best friend and owner of Java Jive, is supportive. Theirs
is a platonic relationship but sexual interest is just under the
surface.
The only blot on the
horizon is trying to work with Cecelia Hollingsworth, Pete's snobbish
girlfriend, to get Java Jive's booth ready for the annual 5K run.
Things seem to be well organized until the evening before the race.
Jules is taking cookies to their tent where she trips over Cecelia's
body. The police cordon off the tent and arrest Pete. Jules can't let
that happen. She'll do anything to free him. Although she promised to
stay out of police business after her last brush with murder, she's
back into sleuthing.
This is the second
book in the Java Jive series. The characters are just as likable.
Jules is trying to control her temper and make a success of her job,
but it's difficult when staff don't cooperate and her old friction
with Cecelia builds up. Pete is a great character. It's obvious that
he's very taken with Jules, but they've agreed on a platonic
relationship, and he's trying hard to live with it.
The setting moves
from the coffeehouse to high society homes and the country club where Jules feels she doesn't fit in. The plot is full of twists, and
the ending is a surprise. If you enjoy cozy mysteries, this is a good
one.
I received the book
from Alibi for this review.
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