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Book Review
Reviewed: 01 May 2024

Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone

by: Sarah Graves

A Death by Chocolate Mystery - Book 7

  • Rating: full starfull starfull starstar outlinestar outline (3/5)

The return of Jake and Ellie plus … SHARK!

I was thrilled to see the adventures of Jake and Ellie of the Chocolate Moose return for a new adventure. I thought the additional of a new police chief was good, though I did miss Bob Arnold a bit. Speaking of missing people, with all of Jake’s family, we don’t get much of Ellie’s.

So, this was a bit of a wild ride with sharks, a witch, buried treasure, a kidnapping, and more. While there was a lot, it didn’t feel overwhelming.  

Jake is reluctant to get involved because of all that is going on at work and at home but Ellie asks that they help her friend Sally when she asks them. There is something a bit reassuring that Jake is still clumsy, uncomfortable on the boat, and such after all this time (I’ve been reading since book 1). 

There were some interesting new characters that we may see again (hopefully). It felt like a bit of foreshadowing coming in Jake’s family (not rooting for what I think is coming but it just feels like it is).

I am looking forward to the next adventure.

Happy Reading!

Release Date: 23-April-2024
Cozy Mystery, Audiobook, Female Sleuth

Plot Summary

Summer guests are eager to sink their teeth into tantalizing desserts at The Chocolate Moose, Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and Ellie White’s bakeshop in the island village of Eastport, Maine. But attracting the wrong kind of attention can be deadly . . .

With the August heat strong enough to melt solid chocolate into syrup, Jake and Ellie crave a break from the bakery ovens, despite tourist season promising a sweet payday. But they never envisioned spending the last weeks of summer drifting around Passamaquoddy Bay searching for pirate’s treasure—and a dead body.

Sally Coates believes her husband was murdered off the coast, and begs Ellie, a trusted childhood friend, to locate his remains. It’s unusual that a skilled fisherman would vanish along with the gold doubloon he inherited from his grandfather. And Sally isn’t the only one coveting the valuable heirloom for her own.

As Jake and Ellie’s island-hop for answers, they find themselves caught between hungry sharks and hungrier suspects. Can the duo tempt fate and dodge danger before there’s blood in the water—or are they destined to fall into the jaws of a killer’s trap?