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In the first of the Cheese Shop Mystery series, Charlotte Bessette and her brother Matthew are in charge of the family's cheese and wine shop in Providence, Ohio. When a man is murdered right in front of their shop during a cheese-and-wine tasting and her grandmother is arrested for the murder, Charlotte must do everything she can to unmask the real killer and save her innocent grandmother from prison. When many of her suspects turn out to have air-tight alibis, she must look in unexpected direc
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This was more of a 2.5 stars. The Cheese Shop mysteries debut has a lot going for it. I love the setting, love all the cheese lore, love the wine and wine info, sometimes liked the protagonist Charlotte, loved Providence, OH, loved Grandmere and Grandpere.
Sometimes Charlotte drove me crazy with her constant jumping to conclusions and impetuous actions. I never did understand the whole (view spoiler). Everything was at times ...more
Sometimes Charlotte drove me crazy with her constant jumping to conclusions and impetuous actions. I never did understand the whole (view spoiler). Everything was at times ...more
Great start to a cozy mystery set in OH. Charlotte and her cousin Matthew are hosting a reopening gala for the family Fromagerie when a business nemesis if found murdered. Unfortunately their Grandmere, Bernadette, is the one who finds him and is the suspected killer. Charlotte works with her assistant, Rebecca, to find the guilty party and prove her grandmother innocent. This is all the while she is running the business, helping raise her twin nieces and attempting to start a budding romance. T
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Charlotte Bessete and her cousin Matthew have taken over the family cheese shop and added a wine annex. At the grand reopening the owner of the store building is murdered with a cheese knife and Charlotte's grandma is the prime suspect. Of course, this being a cozy mystery, Charlotte decides to find the killer herself. If yo know more about cheese than I do you might find the cheese facts interesting. Overall the mystery wasn't very difficult to solve. I didn't mind Charlotte but am in no hurry
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