A quick read, well-written, but a bit silly.

On her first day at work, Ava witnesses the grand opening of her place of work, Celebrity Cupcakes & Coffee, and the death of Penelope Rose, a celebrity that eats the first cupcake. While they wait for the police to take their witness statements, Ava and co-worker Easton speculate about who could have poisoned the cupcake.

The entire story take place over a few hours. That's novel for a cozy. I like that. I was annoyed with the main character that she kept fretting about being arrested (and convicted) for murder, based on no evidence at all. She went to college, so I was hoping she would be kind of smart. Or that she knew from watching a lot of TV-shows and/or movies (which I'm assuming she did, because she wanted to be a screenplay writer) that the police would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she did it. If there's ten other people that could have had just as easy access to the cupcake, then that would be more than a reasonable doubt.

Still, I liked the story. How the murderer was uncovered was a bit of an eye-roll moment. For me, he's no more than most likely suspect. That he was the murderer was not actually proven in the story.

I would have given the story three stars, but the way the dialogue was punctuated just annoyed me too much. The book actually lists an editor, but I don't think this person knows how to edit dialogue.