All Fudged-Up

Candy-Coated Mystery Series, Book 1

By: Nancy Coco

Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson

Welcome to the Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop-where life is sweet, revenge is sweeter, and murder is here to to stay....

You can't fudge an alibi.

Allie McMurphy is up to her neck in renovations at the grand old hotel that's been in her family for generations. With its quaint Victorian charm - and world-famous fudge shop - the place is one of Mackinac Island's most beloved landmarks.

Sure, every family has a skeleton or two in the closet. But Allie didn't expect to find an actual corpse inside hers, especially one Joe Jessup, who had a long-running feud with her dear departed grandfather. Which makes Allie the number-one suspect.

Can she sniff out the culprit before another victim checks in?

©2013 Nancy J. Parra (P)2021 Tantor

Great first book

Loved the beginning of a series.
Great world building I want to go to this island.

All Fudged Up

Enjoyed all the characters. Liked the tie in with prohibition with present day. Excellent use of Macanac.

Kept me guessing

enjoyed. I loved the recipes and will have to listen too again. loved the story and could imagine the island

Good,but slow to start.

It started very slow. I almost quit. I stuck with it and I am glad I did. You get to know the character and get invested.

I love Mackinac Island

I like the story and the way the author wrote and I like the narrator

great mystery!

Wanted to read this book because of the setting, and was not disappointed. The story and characters were good, too. In fact. we booked a room in an historical hotel for an upcoming trip vs a new chain hotel because of Allie's struggles!

Definitely recommended if you’re curious about “Cozy Mysteries.”

First of all, this isn’t my genre. I’m not even the target audience. That being said, I loved this little story. This is perfect for when you just need a fun story that’s not too deep with normal people as characters. The fudge recipes throughout the book are interesting to listen to as well. I don’t cook or bake, but it makes me want to at least try.

The narrative was great too. She was consistent, and her inflection as the main character both speaking and her thoughts was perfect.

Great mystery to unravel!

Nancy had a great storyline with plenty of complicated twists and turns to keep me off balance to the very end.

Whining Main Character

The main character is whiny and unlikable. Part of that was the writing and the other was the narrator. Thankfully the other characters were more interesting. The mystery was pretty good. The whole “on island” thing was way overdone as were the references to Chicago.