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Clobbered by Camembert (A Cheese Shop Mystery #3)
by
Avery Aames (Goodreads Author)
Cheese store owner Charlotte Bessette is setting up for the town's Winter Wonderland fair. Then, when an old friend is found dead in the cottage of Charlotte's assistant Rebecca, a suspicion falls on Rebecca's boyfriend, a honeybee farmer. While the town buzzes with gossip, can Charlotte catch the culprit without getting stung herself?
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
February 7th 2012
by Berkley
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Charlotte Bessette—proprietor of Le Petit Fromagerie, affectionately known in Providence, Ohio, as the Cheese Shop—is busy setting up her tent for the town’s Winter Wonderland faire, where she’ll offer fine wines and scrumptious cheeses. In the midst of the preparations, Charlotte meets an old friend of her mother, Kaitlyn Clydesdale, who has come back to Providence with plans to start a new honeybee farm.When Kaitlyn is found dead in the cottage of Charlotte’s assistant Rebecca, suspicion falls...more
The town is gearing up for the Winter Wonderland fair where the Cheese Shop will have a booth. Kaitlyn Clydesdale, who grew up in Providence. breezes into town with grand plans of buying up land and starting a competing honeybee farm. Kaitlyn proves to be a cut throat business woman and is killed in short order. Unfortunately, the prime suspect - the established honeybee farmer, is the boyfriend of Rebecca, Charlotte's employee. Charlotte is also working out some questions surrounding her boyfri...more
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Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames
This is the third book in one of my favorite cozy mystery series. Charlotte owns a cheese shop and seems to have a knack for getting involved in on-going police investigations. This usually results in some threat on her well-being but she handles it with style. Her partner in crime is her co-worker Rebecca. In this book, Rebecca's boyfriend is accused of murdering a business woman and Rebecca asks Charlotte to help prove his innocence. Al...more
Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames
This is the third book in one of my favorite cozy mystery series. Charlotte owns a cheese shop and seems to have a knack for getting involved in on-going police investigations. This usually results in some threat on her well-being but she handles it with style. Her partner in crime is her co-worker Rebecca. In this book, Rebecca's boyfriend is accused of murdering a business woman and Rebecca asks Charlotte to help prove his innocence. Al...more
Gave this book one star because there was nothing lower...The heroine goes downhill fast when she goes to the murder scene, sees a man leaving, and decided to chase him down, all throught the town. She catches him, gets him on the ground, and steps on his wrist. While he's in this postition, she argues with 2 different men, one of the them police chief, and the guy on the ground just lays there...come on, he's not strong enough to move his arm away??? And why does the police chief let him lay th...more
Charlotte is getting ready to showcase her cheese selections and accomaniments at the town's annutal winter faire when an old friend of her mother's wanders in, bringing up all Charlotte's old memories of the death of her parents when she was very young. Kathryn Clydesdale is in town to establish a bee farm--and maybe a dynasty. Charlotte never gets a chance to ask Kathryn much, though, because the older woman is found murdered. Suspicion falls on Ipo, the boyfriend of Charlotte's assistant, Reb...more
Loved this book and love this series. Reading these books is like visiting friends and catching up with their lives. I like the whole idea of a cheese shop as a focal point for goings on. I like learning about cheese and wine pairings and recipies, too. I don't experiment too much with cheese in real life, so I can do it vicariously through the character's descriptions.
The mystery is well-plotted and had me guessing till close to the end. Another book where the author plays fair with the clues a...more
The mystery is well-plotted and had me guessing till close to the end. Another book where the author plays fair with the clues a...more
Wow, I have a great opening sentence for this review, however, it would give away too much and this book deserves to be read so...
Do you enjoy cheese, the smell, taste, pairings, and appearance of cheese? Yes? Well, do you enjoy reading about small towns that a cheese store might be one of the exotic stores in town? Yes? Hmmn, well do you enjoy warm family interactions? Yes? Finally, do you love a sudden murder to stun you out of the bucolic setting? O.K. You will adore "Clobbered by Camembert."...more
Do you enjoy cheese, the smell, taste, pairings, and appearance of cheese? Yes? Well, do you enjoy reading about small towns that a cheese store might be one of the exotic stores in town? Yes? Hmmn, well do you enjoy warm family interactions? Yes? Finally, do you love a sudden murder to stun you out of the bucolic setting? O.K. You will adore "Clobbered by Camembert."...more
Clobbered by Camembert is the third book in The Cheese Shop series by Avery Aames.
It's always enjoyable to take a trip to Holmes County, OH and visit with Charlotte Bessette at the Fromagerie Bessette, and this book is no exception.
Charlotte and her cousin, Matthew are putting the final touches to tent they have for the Winter Wonderland faire that is about ready to begin. Matthew causally mentions that Charlotte ex-fiancee is back in town. She doesn't want to believe that, as she has gotten ove...more
It's always enjoyable to take a trip to Holmes County, OH and visit with Charlotte Bessette at the Fromagerie Bessette, and this book is no exception.
Charlotte and her cousin, Matthew are putting the final touches to tent they have for the Winter Wonderland faire that is about ready to begin. Matthew causally mentions that Charlotte ex-fiancee is back in town. She doesn't want to believe that, as she has gotten ove...more
It is time for the Winter Wonderland faire in Providence, Ohio. Charlotte Bessette runs the Cheese Shop (Fromagerie Bessette) and is busy setting up her tent where she will offer wine and cheese tastings. Charlotte's parents were killed in an automobile crash when she was quite young. A friend of her mother's, Kaitlyn Clydesdale, is in town and Charlotte looks forward to talking with her about her mother. Before she can meet with her, Kaitlyn is found dead in the home of Charlotte's assistant Re...more
Feb 29, 2012
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Whew! Charlotte Bissette what have you gotten into now? Sounds like something Sheriff Urso would say throughout this entire mystery! Twists and turns galore keep you engaged in the "who dun it" behind developer Kaitlyn Clydesdale's death. Rebecca's boyfriend is the prime suspect, but Charlotte of course won't let him hang for it.
Another excellent story that moves at a quick clip around Providence, Ohio during the Winter Wonderland Faire. Not only is there a murder to be solved, but Charlotte's e...more
Another excellent story that moves at a quick clip around Providence, Ohio during the Winter Wonderland Faire. Not only is there a murder to be solved, but Charlotte's e...more
The Cheese Shop at the Winter Festival! Freezing cold, and beautiful cheeses kept warm with space heaters. Of course there's a mysterious bad person after Charlotte Bessette, of course her grandmere is organizing another costume fest/performance, and of course grandpere snatches cheese. The twins are getting older and Charlotte's romance with Jordan continues. What's not to love?
Oh! Ig Vella and the Rogue Creamery are featured early on, so the older dry jack and not the newer award-winning blues...more
Oh! Ig Vella and the Rogue Creamery are featured early on, so the older dry jack and not the newer award-winning blues...more
I would have given this one 4 stars but the secondary character Rebecca, just irritated me this time out. Instead of coming across as panicky, as befitting the situation her character was in, she came across pushy, bossy and a tad hysterical. Otherwise, the story was a good one - interesting suspects and good character tension. All of the characters (with the exception of Rebecca) are becoming more likeable with each book and the author does an excellent job writing a vivid picture of the town a...more
#3 in the Cheese Shop mystery series. This series is long on talk and personal relationships and short on action and plot. Cheese lore is interesting.
Cheese Shop mysteries - Cheese store owner Charlotte Bessette is setting up for the town's Winter Wonderland fair. Then, when an old friend of her mother is found dead in the cottage of Charlotte's assistant Rebecca, a suspicion falls on Rebecca's boyfriend, a honeybee farmer. While the town buzzes with gossip, can Charlotte catch the culprit witho...more
Cheese Shop mysteries - Cheese store owner Charlotte Bessette is setting up for the town's Winter Wonderland fair. Then, when an old friend of her mother is found dead in the cottage of Charlotte's assistant Rebecca, a suspicion falls on Rebecca's boyfriend, a honeybee farmer. While the town buzzes with gossip, can Charlotte catch the culprit witho...more
I am one of the First Reads lucky winners! I have received a free copy of Clobbered by Camembert It is #3 in the Cheese Shop Mystery series. It's entertaining and a light read like the other books in the cupcake/bed&breakfast/quilting genre. Most of the characters are fairly typical of the expected residents of the murder mystery small-town.
I have two small quibbles so far. My husband says I am nit picking but (page 25) the cheese shop in the book, Fromagerie Bessette, sells among the vario...more
This is the third book in the Cheese Shop cozy mystery series and is set in the winter. Things are hectic, as they are splitting their time between the shop and their tent at the winter fair. Charlotte is surprised to meet an old friend of her mother's, who has come to town with several business interests in mind, including the purchase of a farm where she plans to set up honeybees, a business that would be in direct competition with the boyfriend of Charlotte's employee, Rebecca. Charlotte is d...more
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 pl...more
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 pl...more
Charlotte Bessette runs the Fromagerie Bessette cheese shop, she also has a tendency to get involved in solving mysteries. This is the third installment in the Cheese Shop Mystery series.
The Cheese Shop is busy setting up for the town's Winter Wonderland faire. Many of the businesses in town will have a tent where they will set up the wares. An old friend of Charlotte's mother is back in town. Kaitlyn Clydesdale is back to open a new honeybee farm. Tagging along with Kaitlyn is Chip, former fian...more
The Cheese Shop is busy setting up for the town's Winter Wonderland faire. Many of the businesses in town will have a tent where they will set up the wares. An old friend of Charlotte's mother is back in town. Kaitlyn Clydesdale is back to open a new honeybee farm. Tagging along with Kaitlyn is Chip, former fian...more
Another pleasing mystery filled with fancy cheesy dishes served with improbable frequency. This time its Rebecca's beau Ipo who seems to have the best motive, opportunity, and weapon match when a sneaky blackmailing developer is struck down in Rebecca's cottage, but Rebecca knows for a fact he didn't do it. Charlotte agrees to find the real culprit, which is going to be difficult, as the victim gave plenty of people serious reasons to dislike her in her short visit.
3,5 stars. I really like this series and I love the small town, cozy feeling, but I was once again bothered by the sheer number of characters in this series. In other series characters pop in and out so we can see what they're up to, but they don't have to be involved in every book in some way. I wish the author would use that technique because it was annoying to be like, "oh, Deliliah is back, who is she again?" when Deliliah and a lot of other people like that had no real necessity to the stor...more
I enjoyed the first two books in the series. There were a few times where I cringed or shook my head, but nothing like this latest one. I watched every chaacter turn yucky...from the heroine getting walked all over by her ex, her friends, and her employees, to the chief of police becoming nothing but a farcical lead in for other characters. I do not want to read the next in the series, but I feel like I will only because of how this one ended...I hate things being left undone. Darn, it coulda be...more
This one wasn't as strong as the other two novels in the series. For one, the mystery was weaker and, two, Rebecca was annoying as all get out. It was like she was a totally different character. Third, there was far too much romance and not enough mystery.
I do like the cheese references, but I don't like all the love stuff.
I do like the cheese references, but I don't like all the love stuff.
Finished this....barely. Great story, but I just can't handle all the cheese talk and descriptions. I REALLY hate cheese..any kind and the stuff about cheese in here is just too much for me. It nearly makes me sick, like the smell of cheese does. Good book Avery, I just can't handle them so have made a BIG note to myself to leave these alone.
Well it as okay. Some of the supporting characters are really annoying. Especially Rebecca. Her going around saying your the murderer all the time. I just wanted to slap her. Liked the other books better. Love the cheese discussion though. Grandparents are my favorite characters.
I thought it was an excellent book. I never figured out the killer until the last of the book. There were so many choices for so many reasons. The big question now is....will she or won't she???? Can't wait for the next book to come out!!!!
I normally love this series but things felt forced this time around. Suddenly Charlotte is surrounded by suitors, Rebecca has turned into a spoiled brat and Matthew's ex has the run of the town and no one puts her in her place. Although I love learning about the cheeses, not sure that the series will continue to tempt...
Ok now the Cheese Shop Mysteries are really kicking up. The preview for To Brie or Not to Brie... Urso... Jordan ... Charlotte... things are going to get very interesting.
However, Rebecca needs to be toned down a bit. It'll be interesting to see the story progress with her and Ipo.
I am enjoying this series but it does take a bit to get into each book. The 1st 2 were slower moving than I would have liked but this one, once it got going, I really got into.
However, Rebecca needs to be toned down a bit. It'll be interesting to see the story progress with her and Ipo.
I am enjoying this series but it does take a bit to get into each book. The 1st 2 were slower moving than I would have liked but this one, once it got going, I really got into.
Charlotte Bessette must come to the rescue when Rebecca's boyfriend (and town beekeeper) is accused of murder. Lots of cheese, a little bit of romance, and some snooping make this cozy mystery a light, delightful read.
This series is quickly becoming a favourite. Just the right blend of mystery, culinary dellights and a touch of humour. I really enjoy the characters and feel like I would love to meet them
A lot of people come to Providence, Ohio, for the annual Winter Wonderland faire, but this year the tourists are supplemented by the fiance who left Charlotte flat years ago, and his new business partner and former resident, Kaitlyn, who knew Charlotte's parents, and who implies that she knows something about their long-ago, fatal accident. When a body is found in the cottage of Rebecca, Charlotte's lovable assistant, Rebecca's boyfriend becomes the leading suspect, and Rebecca prods Charlotte i...more
This story was totally inane. I enjoyed the first book in the series, somehow missed the second book, and after reading this one, I won't waste my time reading any more by this author.
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Avery Aames, author of A Cheese Shop Mystery for Berkley Prime Crime, is the pseudonym for Daryl Wood Gerber. Daryl created the format for the popular sitcom, "Out of this World" and has won awards for her screenplays. She also writes short stories and suspense novels. Not one to simply read and cook, she tends to look for adventure. She has hitchhiked around Ireland by herself and she has jumped...more
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Oct 31, 2012 05:19am