Spice Shop Mystery: Assault and Pepper (Audiobook)

from LisaKsBookReviews

First in the Spice Shop Mystery series, ASSAULT AND PEPPER was a tasty read and has whet my appetite for more. With a large percentage of cozies being set in fictional towns, I wasn't sure how I would feel about this book being set in Seattle at a famous location like The Pike Place Public Market...

from mmoj

Pepper is a relatively new shop owner in Seattle's Market. She's taken over the Spice Shop where they have spices in jars, cookbooks and craters and their own tea blend. It's that tea, along with an employee that brings murder to her door literally. I really enjoyed this book. It started off quie...

from NewsieQ

When a homeless man dies near the entrance to Pepper Reece's Seattle Spice Shop, police zero in on one of Pepper's employees, Tory Finch, as the murderer, and lock her up. Tory isn't helping herself. She doesn't particularly want a lawyer, won't talk to the people who are close to her, and seems ...

from 2wonderY

I do like an occasional cozy mystery. This first in a series has some good indicators. The local Seattle color and the business and milieu of a spice shop both feel authentic. The protagonist is a good solid likable character. But nothing sparkled for me. Moving on.