THE FOG LADIES: IN THE SOUP by Susan McCormick
Fiction, Cozy Mystery
4****
Blurb: The Fog Ladies are back, in the third installment of this endearing cozy murder mystery series.
“There was a man in the soup.” When the Fog Ladies volunteer at a San Francisco soup kitchen, these spunky elderly friends plus one overworked young doctor-in-training envision washing and chopping and serving. Not murder. Now the soup kitchen is doomed, and the mysteries have just begun. Was the death rooted in a long-ago grudge? Can they save the soup kitchen? Will they find the killer? Could the Fog Ladies, too, end up “in the soup”?
Thoughts: Your favorite Fog Ladies are back. They’ve decided they need to do something to help others, so they go to a local soup kitchen to volunteer their services to help them win a contest that will bring in much needed money. The contest is for the biggest kettle of soup. While the owner, William, brings that in, the ladies set to chopping all the veggies for the soup. But all is not well as a local restaurant owner tries to strong arm William into doing things his way. When he is found dead in the soup, the ladies go to work to prove that William didn’t do the deed.
This is a fun read with a lot of interesting characters in the Fog Ladies and their friends, like Sarah. Like the other books though, beware that there are multiple points of view, which can get confusing at times. But it also gives you a lot of different perspectives on the story and insight into the characters. Each one of the ladies is an individual and you get to know them really well through the story. “In the Soup” is the third book in this series and I know there are more to come. The mystery is well-crafted with multiple suspects and a satisfying ending.
Recommended
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