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Sweets and a Stabbing (The Pink Cupcake Mysteries Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Harper Lin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,197 ratings
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The Pink Cupcake Truck is here! From 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin

After a messy divorce, forty-four-year-old Amelia Harley has taken back her maiden name and decided to sell homemade cupcakes out of a food truck. With the help of her two teenage kids in picking out the name and color of her truck (pink, of course) and using social media to help spread the word, Amelia is ready to roll in Food Truck Alley.

However, a man is found stabbed to death in the dining area, and the young man from the burrito food truck next to Amelia’s is arrested. Matthew is a big, tattooed former gang member, an obvious suspect, but Amelia believes he is not the killer. Can Amelia save an innocent man? Can she make her food truck a success and make her children proud?
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    The Pink Cupcake Mysteries
  2. Print length
    198 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    Aug. 15 2016
  6. File size
    1296 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01KHAIUXQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Lin Books (Aug. 15 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1296 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 198 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,197 ratings

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Harper Lin

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Harper Lin is a 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author of cozy mysteries. When she's not reading or writing mysteries, she loves going to yoga classes, hiking, and baking with her family and friends.

Series:

The Patisserie Mysteries

The Emma Wild Holiday Mysteries

The Wonder Cats Mysteries

The Pink Cupcake Mysteries

The Cape Bay Cafe Mysteries

Secret Agent Granny

The Southern Sleuth

The Bookish Cafe Mysteries

The Wildflower Inn Mysteries NEW!

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
2,197 global ratings

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Roxx Tarantini
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun & mayhem in a food truck!
Reviewed in Canada on March 3, 2019
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I loved this novella! A quick read, that was hard to put down. Amelia, Lila and the kids are characters you can care about, and have fun watching their exploits. I can't wait for Amelia's reaction when she finds out the truth about Lila! Starting #2 now!
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Sandee L
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, sweet and short cozy mystery
Reviewed in Canada on June 8, 2020
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A typical cozy mystery with lots of cupcakes. My mouth watered the whole time I was reading this book. A sweet story with a reasonably good mystery. What took it up to 4 stars for me was the characters. They are wonderful. Warm and interesting with the kind of relationships I like. Amelia is a single mom with two kids. She starts up a business with a cupcake truck. The great-aunt and nephew running the burrito truck are sweet and neighbourly. When the nephew is accused of murder, Amelia and friends cannot help but get involved to save them.
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Francesca
5.0 out of 5 stars Danger and cupcakes
Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2020
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As a cupcake lover I enjoyed every morsel of the story. Amelia makes a great detective and a mean cupcake
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ppsphil
3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Short, Quick and Fun Read That I Enjoyed
Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2020
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I needed a short light read to fill one evening after I finished a serious mystery and I had the latest new release by a favourite author pre-ordered for delivery the next day and I’m glad to say this novella turned out to be just what I wanted. Ms Lin has turned out to be a much better writer than I first thought and has been able to pack quite a lot of pretty solid character development of some strong and likeable characters with Meg and Adam being realistic teenagers, a cute theme, an OK but fairly straightforward plot and a good ending into such a short book. Lila is a great sidekick for Amalia who is a strong and likeable character except I wish she’d just grow a pair and tell that overbearing, self-centred and conniving ex, John, to get lost and stop trying to control her life. I could probably rate this higher than a 3 star but when I read the first of a series and decide to read the next one I like to leave room to see how the characters, settings and plots etc. grow. This is a very well edited and proofread book and is one more example of that being possible in a self-published eBook. I do have a personal nit picky problem with the following quote from Chapter 14 - ““Go with your gut,” Lila said, her face serious. “Is your gut telling you to bring me with you?”” This is the very controversial “Bring / Take” problem that is currently occurring along with others like the “Amount / Number” thing in much writing and in the above quote I, personally, think this should read “Go with your gut,” Lila said, her face serious. “Is your gut telling you to TAKE me with you?” Not only do I think take is more grammatically correct I think the sentence reads smoother with take instead of bring. Anyhow a good read and I’ll read more of this series when I need another light read.
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mazaroju
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and can't wait to read the next one.
Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2017
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This is a great first book in this series and moms of all ages will love Amelia. She is a tough cookie and a great mom to her two kids. A very relatable character and a fast read.
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Chuck Kanuck
4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining story
Reviewed in Canada on January 27, 2019
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A murder is committed and the cupcake lady believes they have the wrong man behind bars, so if the cops can’t solve it who better to figure it out than the baker. It’s a light, easy to read mystery and you may get a hankering for some delicious cupcakes. Enjoy.
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Donna Kennedy
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and easy read
Reviewed in Canada on August 11, 2017
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Just enough intrigue to keep me hooked. Love the included recipes. Very likeable characters as well. Looking forward to the next book!
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diesel
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice light read
Reviewed in Canada on October 28, 2018
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A fun filled light and easy read! Likable characters, just enough action, I especially liked the recipes at the end!
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Tari H.
5.0 out of 5 stars I really like Amelia as a main character and Lila makes a fun sidekick!
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2023
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I've had this book for forever it seems, so I finally got a chance to read it. It was fun getting to know Amelia and her teen kids who were pretty nice kids too and super supportive of their single mom opening a new business as a cupcake truck. I just loved Amelia's employee Lila! She was such a hoot and I bet she was tons of fun to work with too. I can totally feel her pain at working an office job lol!

After a few clues, I was pretty sure whodunit. The showdown was a really good one and thanks to Lila's pepper spray, things didn't turn as sideways as they could've! I've got the next book in line too and look forward to reading it sooner than it took me to get to this one!
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Fluffyfangs
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the book ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2021
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That convinced me to buy the series to date and so happy o did cause they rock and I still need to copy out all the yummy cupcake recipes woo hoo enjoy and don’t eat too much lol
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Noo74
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun read
Reviewed in Australia on August 24, 2016
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This was a good little book, with entertaining characters and story. It was a quick fun read that I enjoyed and will definitely continue with this series, and probably other books by Harper Lin.
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L. Townsend
4.0 out of 5 stars The cozy mystery equivalent of a Harlequin Romance
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2019
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So, what do I mean by, "The cozy mystery equivalent of a Harlequin Romance."?

This book as all of the right elements required of a cozy mystery -- amateur sleuth, mystery that gets solved, even believable characters -- but it's all fluff, with not much substance.

The writing is not bad, but it's also not very sophisticated. The characters are believable, but just don't have a great deal of depth. And the mystery is wrapped up right about the time that you start really getting into the story... Not because the author takes a long time to get there, but because the book is short at just under 200 pages.

But I still gave it 4 stars. Why? Because there is room for different kinds of stories in your life. And this one fits a certain kind of space.

I mentioned the similarity to Harlequin romances, but I haven't read on in decades. In college, they were my favorite break from studying. They allowed me an escape, but one that wasn't going to turn into a distraction, since I could finish the entire book in under 2 hours. This cozy mystery is the same kind of escape: Short, sweet, brain candy, perfect for when you don't have time for books that won't let you put them down.
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Barb Dee
4.0 out of 5 stars An Easy Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2017
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I liked this book a bit better than the previous book by same author. Newly divorced mum of two, Amelia Harley, starts up a mobile shop selling what else, but cupcakes. When the nephew of the owner of another food truck parked next to Amelia's is arrested for murder, Amelia sets out to find the real killer.
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