Over the course of the summer, Jezebel is asking authors from across genres to recommend summer reads. Today’s guest is Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo, the kickoff to a new cozy mystery series. Protagonist Lila Macapagal moves home after a breakup and is quickly enlisted in reviving her Tita Rosie’s restaurant; inconveniently, her food critic ex turns up dead and Lila must turn her hand to the time-honored tradition of amateur sleuthing. For your summer reading pleasure, she recommends mysteries featuring ghosts, Sherlock Holmes, Grindr, and shaved ice and ice cream both.
Odessa Dean, the protagonist in Blacke’s debut cozy mystery, is an absolute treasure. I enjoy a good fish-out-of-water story, and following the exploits of the sweet Southern transplant who temporarily takes up residence in Williamsburg, NYC to watch over her aunt’s cat, only to stumble into a murder case made for a fun, fast read. Blacke’s voice and humor are exactly what the cozy mystery genre needs.
is the latest book in the Ice Cream Parlor Mystery series, which follows Bronwyn “Win” Crewse as she revitalizes her family’s ice cream parlor, Crewse Creamery, in small-town Chagrin Falls, Ohio. She has to deal with family drama, small town life, and possibly a murder or two while she’s at it. The books also include ice cream recipes!While I dearly love ice cream , when the temperature and humidity begin to climb, my biggest craving is for bowls of shaved ice.
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