{"id":5328,"date":"2023-10-22T07:58:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2023-10-22T07:58:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:58:49","slug":"maya-corrigan-a-parfait-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/maya-corrigan-a-parfait-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya Corrigan: A Parfait Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five-Ingredient #9<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Two murders combine in Maya Corrigan\u2019s ninth installment of her Five-Ingredient series,\u00a0 A Parfait Crime<\/em>. Val Deniston first gets drawn into this mystery when her boyfriend, firefighter Bram Muir, comes to her house for dinner. He’s distraught at finding not only a fire, but that the fire resulted in the death of a woman named Jane. Jane also happened to be a part of a play of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, <\/em>along with Val\u2019s grandfather. Val\u2019s grandfather was also a member of Jane’s Agatha Christie book club and\u00a0 has an in to the group, which helps Val learn more about the victim. Or victims, rather, as one more body is found in Jane\u2019s basement. This poor victim is long dead and locked in a freezer. Needless to say, there are many questions and not nearly enough answers.<\/p>\n

Determined to crack the case with his granddaughter, Val\u2019s grandfather volunteers her to replace Jane in the upcoming production. While Val isn\u2019t thrilled at the idea of taking to the stage, she can\u2019t turn her back on the curious nature of the two deaths. The local police aren\u2019t ready to rule Jane\u2019s death a homicide, but there seems to be little other possible explanation for the victim that got the deep freeze. As such, the police chief is more than happy to stop by Val\u2019s restaurant to sample her wares and take whatever investigative tid-bits she’s managed to dig up, even if they don\u2019t see every bit as follow-up worthy.<\/p>\n

While Val wants to solve the case for her Grandpa and her boyfriend\u2019s peace of mind, she also has the ulterior motive of self-preservation. Given the close connection between the members of the Agatha Christie book club members, she is more than a little concerned that Jane might not be the last victim they\u2019d face. But even though she keeps her eyes and ears open, there’s no way for Val to predict how the town\u2019s newest addition of a fancy spa would play into everything. Acting out a murder investigation in more ways than one, Val is determined to see both through to the end.<\/p>\n

Readers do not need to have read the prior eight books to enjoy A Parfait Crime<\/em>, but might want to pass the time waiting for the next Five-Ingredient Mystery by seeing all of Val\u2019s adventures. There is a lot of internal dialog on Val\u2019s part, and so we get to see her entire process of how she dissects the clues and other information she gathers. I enjoyed reading about her and her grandfather\u2019s close relationship. Between their investigation and their discussions about recipes, readers can clearly see how much they care and cherish each other, even if her Grandfather does sign her up to be in plays without asking her first, or her going to investigate possible murderers on her own. Either way, A Parfait Crime<\/em> is a great time and will entertain readers with all of the layers and twists it contains. There are definitely more than five ingredients involved in making this story a success.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Carla Schantz<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five-Ingredient #9 Two murders combine in Maya Corrigan\u2019s ninth installment of her Five-Ingredient series,\u00a0 A Parfait Crime. Val Deniston first gets drawn into this mystery when her boyfriend, firefighter Bram Muir, comes to her house for dinner. He’s distraught at finding not only a fire, but that the fire resulted in the death of a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1422,1424,1426,949,328,1423,162,1421,1425],"class_list":["post-5328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-a-parfait-crime","tag-agatha-christie-book-club","tag-amateur-theater","tag-carla-schantz","tag-cozy","tag-five-ingredient-mystery","tag-kensington-books","tag-maya-corrigan","tag-val-deniston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5330,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions\/5330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}