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Folk Tales and Fudge Brownies (Sweets and Secrets Cozy Mysteries Book 1) Kindle Edition

by A.R. Winters (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 468 ratings
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When popular Bigfoot skeptic Kevin McNight is murdered, Jean Williams refuses to believe Detective Wheeler’s explanation that the killer was just a bear – she believes there was a human involved, and she’s determined to find justice for Kevin.

With the local Bigfoot festival just days away, there many who stand to benefit from Kevin’s death - from the well-known Sasquatch believer Roy Turner, to the event organizers who profit from the festival each year, to the Bigfoot “researchers” who despised Kevin.

In between working at her aunt’s bakery café, Jean finds time to slip into the woods and the festival campground in her quest to uncover the truth. But will her hunt lead her straight into a bear’s den - or worse, into the hands of a killer?

This is a humorous cozy mystery featuring a strong female protagonist, some unusual friends and family, and a mystery that needs solving! It has no graphic gore, bad language or sex.

Praise for A.R. Winters:


"The perfect balance of being lighthearted, but still a serious page-turning mystery." - Jaycie D, Amazon.com

"A fun cozy mystery with engaging and entertaining characters" - lq, Amazon.com

"For fans of Janet Evanovich, Rhys Bowen and Jana DeLeon, this is a funny, clean mystery." - Clara B, Amazon.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08GFWQWQD
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (September 3, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 3, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1131 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 175 pages
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A.R. Winters is a cozy mystery writer who loves writing about crazy characters and vibrant locations. And food, lots of delicious food!

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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Tari H.
5.0 out of 5 stars A strong beginning for this new series, love this little town & murder is afoot, Bigfoot that is!
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2020
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I think this author has another hit series on her hands. I loved the idea behind this series of the bakery and how people flocked to the area for Bigfoot sightings. A Bigfoot skeptic was killed just as the Sasquatch Festival was starting...but was it just a killing, a murder or a Sasquatch attack? Lots of people had things at stake if there was no Sasquatch. What were the mysterious owners of the festival up to?

There were many questions, but I sure didn't expect the culprit to be who it was. I had to hand it to Jean for her tenacity and ability to speak up to Dean, a guy who had teased her and embarrassed her in high school who was now a police detective. She was never disrespectful, but I think Dean had liked her all along but had no idea how to show it as a teenager. Or maybe he did get his jollies from embarrassing people. Either way, I can picture a truce and maybe even a good friendship between them someday. I really liked Cleo, Jean's bestie and sidekick for investigating with her. That took some bravery and a whole lot of curiosity on their parts. All was explained at the end, and now I'm already planning to borrow the next in series in my Kindle Unlimited when it comes out.
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Kate Richman
4.0 out of 5 stars Deliciously Delightful
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2023
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What happens when you combine a BigFoot Festival and delicious baked goods together? You will have to read for yourself! What a fun adventure!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fast moving
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2022
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The story had a good pace to it. There was something being said and done on each page. A grump cop. Parents and a grandma helped keep the story moving right along. Different reports about Big Foot. It almost makes a believer of you. Not much of a story, except accounts of Big Foot. It was a different kind of story. But only one timer.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023
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Never judge a book by its cover. This book was nothing what I expected, however it turned out to be a fantastic read. I was very pleasantly surprised. Really enjoyed.
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3.0 out of 5 stars BigFoot festival
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2022
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A Bigfoot Festival is the site for a murder. The heroine wasn't too reluctant to jump into "non-investigating". She has a history of butting heads with detective in charge. Potential for sparks of various kinds.
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Carolyn
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome read
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2023
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The book was good from beginning to end. I got so involved in the story I was eating at the bakery and hunting for Sasquatch too.
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connie
5.0 out of 5 stars Folk Tales and a fudge Brownies
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2022
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A great fun read. Jean gets involved with the Bigfoot enthusiasts that are in town for the annual festival when a man ends up coming out of the woods claiming he had been attacked. Is Bigfoot real?
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Nana June
5.0 out of 5 stars Bigfoot Did It
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2020
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If you know animal attacks in fiction, you can imagine what the police party line is. Jean is mad at her old enemy, Dean, when he places a death and another serious attack, on a bear.
This is an enjoyable trip through Bigfoot passions and a woman’s stubborn wish to right a wrong. Not much romance, but there is a lot of mystery and suspense in this great story.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Overall a quick but uninspiring read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2020
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Jean is… bland. Her backstory seems to be “taught English in Turkey for years”, yet she never thinks or talks about that big part of her life. She drops one line a third into the book: ‘“It really was great.” I smiled, remembering my students, their rich culture, and their beautiful city.’ Ah, yes, Turkey’s one city. The fabled, nameless one.
She’s also not great at snooping. She sits in the bakery with her aunt, trying to listen to the conversation of customers. Her aunt Betsy hits her with this “If you’re going to eavesdrop, it helps if you don’t stare with your mouth open while you lean in toward the private conversation.”

Her take on a decent investigation is “I overheard it in the bakery, so it must be true. Go and arrest them.” then she’s upset when the police tell her that they need a bit more than that.
Her coup de grace in this? She suspects somebody of the murder, tells nobody where she is headed, checks that the campsite of festival attendees is nice and empty, goes into the guy’s RV and then accuses him of the murder directly. This does not strike her as daft until the guy asks whether coming into his RV was really the wise thing to do then. Luckily for her the guy is innocent. At times I felt Bigfoot himself would have made a better detective.

Now I like food too, but her relation to it seems a bit odd. She goes hiking for a few hours, packs food etc. Eats her sandwiches during her hike and instantly starts worrying that she is down to protein bars and jerky. She planned to be back from this KNOWN hiking trail behind her own house by the evening. I realise getting lost in the woods is very different between the US and Europe but jeez.
Other characters will tell you Jean is smart, but you see very little of it.

Some consistency issues. First Dean Wheeler, the investigating officer, is sceptical that it was just a bear attack, then he considers it murder, then he closes the case, all in the span of two pages.
More inconsistency in the murder itself, but I will leave that out for the sake of avoiding spoilers.

The beginnings of a relationship are daft. Jean goes around town talking to people about the case, which Dean knows, then he randomly drops an attempt at slut shaming “all your friends in town seem to be single men”. That in and by itself is not okay, but that’s not the only thing off about this. Jean tells you that he has been her bully all through school. And her take on his comment is he “had known me for most of my life and he absolutely knew me better than that”. Why would your bully know squat about you? Let alone details of your dating life?

Jean finds an old shack and mining entrance on her hike, drags her best friend up there to look for the sasquatch, they see something big run away from them. Her reaction? I need to go after it. Her friend disagrees and so do I. No weapon, no tranquillizer, no reliable means of communication… If this was a dangerous, wild animal, what would she do? Be dinner, that’s what.

Writing itself. Nothing exciting, could have done with more cutting of filler words, in particular “just”.
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