Tuesday, March 15, 2016

To Brew or Not to Brew: Brewing Trouble #1-Joyce Tremel

To Brew or Not to Brew (Brewing Trouble, #1) 

An all-new mystery series set in a Pittsburgh craft brew pub, featuring a brewmaster with a head for sleuthing.

The Allegheny Brew House is a dream come true for Maxine “Max” O’Hara, who went all the way to Germany for her brewmaster certification, and is now preparing to open her own craft brew pub in a newly revitalized section of Pittsburgh. But before she can start pouring stouts and lagers to thirsty throngs, there’s trouble on tap. Suspicious acts of sabotage culminate in Max finding her assistant brewmaster and chef Kurt Schmidt strangled in one of the vats.

Between rescuing a stray gray tabby she names Hops and considering a handsome ex-hockey player as her new chef, Max doesn’t have a lot of time to solve a murder. But with a homicide detective for a dad, she comes to criminal investigation naturally. And if someone is desperate enough to kill to stop her from opening, Max needs to act fast—before her brand-new brew biz totally tanks...

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It is rare that I find a new author with a brand new series that I love so much. This book was amazing. I was hooked from the beginning to the end. Now part of this may because of my love of Pittsburgh, I admit, but I believe that this book is the beginning of a lot of great things to come. The characters were engaging and the story was perfect. I thought that I knew who the bad guy/girl was and I was wrong. That is something that I love about a cozy mystery. Keep it up. I hope there are many, many more tales to come.  

1 comment:

  1. Nice review! Thanks, I am interested in this series, too.

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