Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary (A Sunflower Café Mystery)

 

Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary

 (A Sunflower Café Mystery) 

June 28, 2022

by Amy Lillard  (Author)

In a charming new cozy mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Amy Lillard, twenty-something advice columnist Sissy is ready for a fresh start in the small town of Yoder, Kansas – along with her loyal Yorkie, Duke. She’s planning to help out at her aunt’s Sunflower Café, but little does she know her new duties will soon include solving a murder!

After Sissy’s rodeo cowboy boyfriend turns out to be more of a rodeo clown, she packs a bag; picks up her Yorkshire terrier Duke; and leaves Tulsa, Oklahoma, bound for her parents’ former hometown. There are still plenty of Yoders in Yoder, Kansas, including Sissy’s aunt Bethel, who owns the Sunflower Café but recently broke her leg. It’s a homecoming of sorts as Sissy arrives to help in the café and reunite with her pregnant cousin Lizzie. Plus she can continue to secretly write her newspaper advice column as seventy-year-old “Aunt Bess.” But it’s Sissy who could use some advice when she finds the milk deliveryman out behind the café with a knife in his back. As the sheriff’s prime suspect, it’s up to Sissy to catch the backstabber herself—before someone else gets creamed...

Marilyn’s thoughts:

 

Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary is a the first book in A Sunflower Cafe Mystery series by Amy Lillard. This cozy mystery is filled with numerous characters, witty sayings and set in a small rural town where everyone knows each other and their business. Sissy Yoder’s arrival to help her Aunt Bethel at her cafe gave way to tense moments with Aunt Bethel’s remarks and Sissy’s determination to discover the suspect of the milkman’s murder. Sissy and her dog Duke created havoc at times as she sought out individuals who could be the offender. The small town setting with everyone knowing each other made this a relatable and fun cozy mystery.

 

Fans of cozy mysteries with Amish and Englishers will enjoy this latest book by Lillard. I received an ARC of this book from the author and publisher without any obligation to write a review. I have expressed my own opinion.