A very hard read because of the simplistic writing and the annoying characters. I say annoying because I don't want to use the term 'stupid' lightly, but stupid fits the bill quite well. Maddie shivers when the husband of the murdered woman comes to the coffee truck his wife always raved about and orders the same drink as his late wife. Did he know that was his wife's regular drink, Maddie wonders. Considering people in a marriage tend to know things about one another, I would not be surprised if a husband knows what his wife's regular drink is. And if the wife didn't tell him, Maddie's friend Suzanne told the husband about his wife's regular drink when they first meet him.

I guess Maddie forgot about that.

Fair enough that Maddie feels bad that she saw Joan's fortune but was unable to warn her and thus wants to investigate. That, however, does not entitle her to other people being helpful when she asks them questions. Maddie, though, finds it strange that Linda didn't tell her

Spoiler

she had a key to her neighbours' house

. Why would she? Linda was probably under the impression that she was talking about her friend to a barista she has never met before. Why mention something to the barista that is none of the business of said barista?

Maddie and Suzanne go around questioning everyone that knew the murdered woman, or her husband, or her neighbour, and only one person gets annoyed by them. Which Maddie and Suze find suspect. Even more when this person even mentions to the police she is being interrogated by two baristas. Surely, this woman is guilty. Why has the police not arrested her yet?

Well, probably because complaining about harassment is not a good substitute for means, motive and opportunity.

In the end, Maddie stumbles on a clue and manages to put two and two together and confronts the murderer with a flaw in the statement made to the barista.

Spoiler

Though she could have caught him on that a lot earlier: beef bourgignon is a time consuming dish. The meat needs to marinate and stew for hours. It's not a dish you make at the end of a working day. Not unless you plan to eat it as a midnight snack.

Yeah, no. The next one in the series has great ratings, but I'm going to pass. There's too much wrong with this book to believe the next one will be more to my taste.