The Crime Brûlée Bake Off by Rebecca ConnollyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The first in this new British mystery series only feels cozy because it takes place on the set of a TV baking competition, but its dark connections to a historical death at the filming location, a classic country manor, give it a tricky tonal balancing act. It’s a bit of a slow moving story, molasses slow at times even. But the on set banter, particularly between protagonist Claire and her aristocratic love interest Jonathan, keeps my interest the most. The greatest highlight by far, though, is the well layered millefeuille joke that opens Chapter 9.
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