Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust by Mindy Quigley

Available April 25, 2023

Rating: 5 stars

Delilah is preparing to enter a new pizza in a local contest that offers a hefty grand prize. While the notoriety of a win would give her great bragging rights, what she really needs is the prize money. With a rainy summer behind them and a long, frigid winter ahead, Delilah knows if she doesn't bring in some money her pizza won't be the only thing in a deep dish. Unfortunately recipe difficulties quickly get overshadowed by a much bigger problem: murder.

There was so much happening in this book! A tourist drops dead in the new juice bar, Delilah and her ex Sam are trying (relatively unsuccessfully) to share custody of Butterball, Sonya's ex's husband shows up in town looking for trouble, there's a recently-released ex-con nosing around, and it all goes downhill from there. One of the mysteries was a no-brainer, one was quickly solved with a fairly predictable outcome, but the last mystery, that was a doozy. This book was very easy to get sucked into and kept me up more than one night, reading past my bedtime!

This series is a must-read for any fan of cozies!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.