Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames (A Cheese Shop Mystery, #3)

Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Clobbered by Camembert is the third book in the Cheese Shop Mystery series, and in this one Charlotte's old boyfriend comes back from France, which stirs up trouble with Jordan.

This book find us in the middle of winter, a Winter Wonderland Faire is starting, the whole town is excited, except that there is a new lady in town, and she is making enemies at every turn, stirring up old memories and making Charlotte question the truth about her parent's death.

We find Matthew and Meredith working on planning a wedding, and learning to deal with Slyvie living in town. Jordan and Charlotte and back from a vacation together, and she still has more questions about who Jordan is, and with Chip reappearing in town, it makes her wonder if he is the right man for her or not, but not that she would ever take Chip back, that is truly over. Rebecca and Ipo have started dating and they are finally going to have their first kiss, which has Rebecca all a-fluster, growing up Amish, she is not sure about this, but it will work out.

Blackmail, divorce, intrigue and murder all wrapped up in a tidy little book, so much going on and so much more to find out.

Loved the book (hated the last couple of paragraphs - cliffhanger notice) but over all well written, in fact I never guessed who the murder was until about the same moment that Charlotte did, and it was not who anyone thought~

Of course, there is the town grievances, the fued between Slyvie and Matthew, the power struggle over the twins, just a whole lot of fun stuff going on all around the murder, and while you are at it, a lot of good information about cheese and wine! I think those are my favorite parts! I love hearing about the flavors and taste of different cheeses, makes me want to write a list of the ones I want to try and keep it with the book. Same with the wines!



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Lost and Fondue by Avery Aames (A Cheese Shop Mystery, #2)

Lost and Fondue by Avery Aames
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the second book in the Cheese Shop Mystery Series by Avery Aames.  Have to say that this one held more depth in the mystery and I enjoyed it to the end.


I love the family cheese shop, the information and cheese and wine in the book is fun, especially the wine, but I enjoy the cheese too, and the local craftsmanship of the area, The whole town is like a meca for small local farms in all kinds of services from cheese to honey to wine. It sounds like a place you would want to visit.


The characters are first-rate. Cousin Michael and his budding relationship with Meredith hits a snap when ex-wife Slyvie shows up in town, determined to take her twins back. It's really one thing after another with that gal! Then there is the bedding relationship between Jordan and Charlotte, and can she really fall for a man who keeps everything in his past a secret?  Then there are the lesser characters, Rebecca the former Amish child that now works for Charlotte, who has a budding relationship with Ipo, the local bee farmer. And of course the once nerdy computer tech high schooler that Charlotte hired who has blossomed into a wrestler and has his eyes on a classmate.


It is so fun to be invited into their lives and to see how things progress and move.


The mystery this time revolves around the old Zeigler Wine farm, which is being restored into a community college, and the legend of a treasure that old man Ziegler buried before he went mad, has all kinds of people coming into town to take a look around the place, only to have a murder occur at the gala event! The suspects are in the dozens and the twists and turns it takes before we finally get to the real who-done-it is amazing. A well-crafted story that kept my interest right to the end.


Book three in the series is Clobbered b y Camembert and I am looking forward to it, and unearthing more about Charlotte and her life.


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The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames (A Cheese Shop Mystery, #1)

The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Cozy Mysteries are probably my favorite genre of books, and so when I find something new, a new series, especially one with wine and cheese involved, I am in a pretty good place for reading any series of books.



A Cheese Shop Mystery, although the family cheese shop has just been given over to the hands of the next generation with Charlotte and her cousin Matthew taking over as Grandpere' and Grandmere' enjoy retirement.

The grandparents are French immigrants and switch between English and French all the time. Charlotte is the cheese expert and her cousin Matthew and expert with wine, hence the addition of a wine annex to the family cheese shop and the story begins in the middle of the remodeling.



I did feel that book took a bit to get into, it kinda bogged down and I wasn't really sure I liked the characters until about half way through the book, and by then they had developed into people I wanted to route for and learn more about and hope they were able to find the murderer.



The book ends with receipes, always a double bonus for me, I love to have receipes in my books, and I have found some of the greatest receipes in my cozy mystery books. Some amazing sounding quiche's and more. Also at the end of the book is a teaser to Book 2 in the series, titled Lost and Fondue. Looking forward to checking it out, but I might have to take a cozy mystery break to work on reading some of my First-Reads.



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