Brenda H. (booksinvt) - , reviewed on 2/23/2019 + 458 more book reviews

Pie Hard is the third installment in the Pie Town Mystery series featuring Valentine "Val" Harris set in San Nicholas, California. Unbeknownst to Val, her pie crust maker, Charlene submitted an application for Pie Town to appear on the reality show Pie Hard, and now the celebrity cast has descended on their shop to evaluate, critique and film for an upcoming episode.

The Pie Town regulars are excited to have the cameras in their midst including Ray Mactaggart, the head of the gamers group that claims a booth in the pie shop every afternoon. Val is stunned when later that evening she receives a call from Ray stating that he witnessed the show's producer, Regina Katz get pushed to her death over the cliffs surrounding the crew's hotel.

Despite the objections from Detective Gordon Carmichael, Val joins forces with her friends to track down a killer. Tension was running high between the cast of Pie Hard and the suspect pool includes head bakery consultant Nigel Prashad, pastry chef Ilsa Fueder, the two men making up the sound and film crew, a mysterious stranger who arrives to take over for Regina and the furtive, long haired man that seems to be stalking Val.

Readers of this series will not be disappointed with this latest installment. The quirky cast of characters are engaged in their usual madcap adventures right from page one, this time joined not only by the narcoleptic cat, Frederick but a group of yurt dwelling goddesses who have landed in Val's yard. The shocking identity reveal of the two strangers will definitely have you reaching for the next addition to the series -

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