Culinary Cozy..
Another culinary cozy at the Old Forge Cafe with chef Charlie Hunter. When a writer local to the village is attacked, a podcaster not being what they seem and, even more worryingly, a murder taking place, Charlie finds herself in the middle of a minefield. Cozy crime and amateur sleuthing, with a well imagined backdrop and some nice character development.

Charlie Hunter runs the Old Forge Cafe in the Chilterns village of Hampden Green and her work and home life balance is hectic to say the least.
Trying to find time to relax Charlie finds a podcast in the hope that it will help her achieve this , but in turn she finds the podcaster and supposed self help guru is not all that she first seems .
Things soon turn nasty as a writer living in the village is attacked and things turn more sinister when a murder takes place and you’ve guessed it Charlie is in the middle of it .
Charlie whilst trying to track down the perpetrator is attacked and also is having a crisis of the romantic kind .
There’s plenty going on in this book which sometimes can get a bit confusing, but the writing style makes it easy to read.
Plenty of interesting characters in the story .
Kept my interest throughout.
Thanks to NetGalley and Bedford Square Publishers .

Somewhere there's a good story in this book, with interesting characters and a good plot. And since it's a book set in a lovely little restaurant, some nice recipes maybe?

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find all this. To stay with the subject: there were far too many ingredients, the ingredients were not always complementing and even missing sometimes and the whole looked not very well mixed before put in the oven.

When I read a book that is the second part in the series, I expect a little information when there are references to the first part. I couldn't help but finding either too much or not enough information. I soon lost track in trying to discern important characters from characters that only played a supporting role, and I frankly couldn't care less from most of them.
I liked the main character though, and as was to expect from a 'chef turned author' I just loved the descriptions of the dishes. If only

So it was not for me but I think this title can be very attractive to other readers.

Thanks to Bedford Square Publishers and Netgalley for this review.

Very smart cosy mystery with a female restaurateur as the protagonist. Great characters, lovely food references and a fabulous plot. I’ll never look at Rupert Bear the same way though.

People aren't always what they seem, especially in small villages.

Chef Charlie Hunter gets herself entangled in complex problems again, this time with an online self-help "expert", the local motormouth podcaster and a prominent local writer vying for attention.

Until the backstabbing stops involving words...

An excellent addition to this series