Four of the Usual Suspects

The Portman Creamery Mysteries #2

by C.S. Patra

Meet the ladies of Portman's Creamery. Led by Irene and Chrissie Garcia-Galvan, they run their ice cream shop by day and solve the crimes that no one else can at night. Join Pippa, Becca, Mary Beth, Stacey, and Winky on their latest adventure.

When a popular soap maker dies in the middle of her own launch party, the girls must find out who did it. The answer seems simple. In the victim's hand was a napkin with a handwritten The Butler did it. They have their killer. There's just one problem; there are four butlers, each one claiming that he's innocent. Did one of them do it? Or is there more to this case?

Genres: Cozy Mystery

117 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 7, 2015

About the author

CS Patra is the Amazon bestselling author of several book series. They include but are not limited to The Reaper's Apprentices, Operation: Genome, Cirque Macabre, Portman's Creamery mysteries, The Patterns & Parallels Saga, Ghosts of Burning Inn, and Flavors of Love. She loves to dabble in different genres and loves to cross over. Her personal favorite thing is write about female characters in different situations. She is also fond of writing many LGBT stories and stories focused on PoCs.
Although she does work during the day, most of her nights are taking up by writing. A native of North Carolina, she currently lives in Nebraska with her husband. She loves ladybugs, yellow roses, movies, book signings, mysteries, watching old Youtube videos, ghost stories, gossip, music, people making her fanart, museums, ice cream, and being a wisecrack though not all in that order. Writing and peacocks hit the top of her list though.

Reviews

[Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mystery Soap..

Alicia the female lead, has turned her love for soap into of a business and decides to throw

a party for her new line.

During the party, a murder is committed and so the Mystery begins.

The story line was engaging and kept we entertained until the end.


Olivia Searfoss did well with the narration.

Note:
"This audio book was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review."

[Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good whodunit! A woman is murdered at a party in front of over a hundred witnesses with a note in her hand that says that the butler did it. Fine, but there are FOUR butlers! The police call in the local private investigators to assist with this mess, but it takes a lot of screen time and thinking outside the box to get to the right conclusion by the end. A very good read!
I got the Whispersync on sale and Olivia Searfoss does the narration beautifully!

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a pleasure to listen to, the characters were human and their emotions shone through. A successful business woman dies at her own dinner party and Pippa Langham sets out to find the killer. Even the police are having trouble finding the guilty person.
I love a good mystery and this one was interesting and enjoyable to sleuth along with Pippa.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Marisa]

Amazon - 06/05/2017