Smoking Bun is number 18 in Ellie Alexander’s Bakeshop Mysteries.
Jules Capshaw is preparing for the rest of Ramiro’s family from Spain to arrive in Ashland, Oregon. With the holidays and plenty of “powder” on Mount A, Jules and Carlos plan for a moonlit snowshoe tour. Except the plan goes awry when another tour group needs to be rescued. Jules is introduced to Fitz Baskin, a shady individual with a reputation to boot. Whom Jules was not impressed by. The midnight tour is cut short, but there’s always the Downhill Dummy Competition to bring back the excitement.
And the last dummy entry does just that, when it lands on top of Fitz. Then a member of the ski patrol is accused of murder, and Jules is pulled into investigating.
I liked this novel! I was really excited to see more of Ramiro’s family, and that Jules is thinking of her own. It’s been 18 novels of where do they go from here, and it's nice to finally see more personal character progression.
I figured out the murderer early, but I also read a lot of mysteries. The motive was kept very close to the vest, meaning it wasn’t actually revealed until the final thirty pages.
Overall, I rate this novel 5 out of 5 stars.
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