Death and Fondue is a lighthearted cozy mystery. It heavily features Abby Hirsch’ adventures in catering and the food buying and food prep involved.

There’s a mystery too, somewhere in the background.

A group of five colleagues, who don’t seem to like each other very much, come to stay at Primrose House, the B&B of Abby’s aunt Meg. One of them makes a nasty fall and the others start to accuse each other of pushing him.

Abby, with some experience in sleuthing and more experience in speculating, enlists friends and family with nosing around. After all, she’s got her catering jobs and her aunt’s birthday and marketing of her catering company to think about.

The story is so lighthearted that I didn’t even feel any tension built up when Abby’s car broke down on the way to a catering gig. That sort of thing would have sent my stress levels up to high, but Abby just made a simple deduction who she could call on for a ride. (Or I may have just thought: “Oh, so that’s why Abby didn’t ask Bertie if she could borrow her SUV, after Bertie indicated she wasn’t going to use it for the day.”)

I read an ARC through Booksirens