Mysteries of Treasure Cove Series

By: Meredith Potts

Narrated by: Carrie Burgess

A shocking murder. A friend in need. A dangerous investigation. And cake.

If this is your kind of cozy mystery series then you'll love this boxed set.

This collection features all six books in the Mysteries of Treasure Cove series:

1. Murder and Chocolate Fudge Cake
2. Murder and Layer Cake
3. Murder and Chocolate Cake
4. Murder and Citrus Cream Cake
5. Murder and Cherry Cake
6. Murder and Vanilla Cake

One of Sabrina Carlson's oldest friend's is found murdered.Unfortunately, she doesn't have time to grieve.

After all, the killer is out there somewhere.

And she isn't about to let them get away.Instead, Sabrina is going to do everything in her power to bring the guilty party to justice.

Even if it means risking her life. But is she really prepared to discover the truth? Or will this investigation break her?

©2019 Meredith Potts (P)2019 Meredith Potts

Sweet Mysteries

A nice mix of murders and kidnapping with no foul language or sex. Each mystery had multiple suspects and always ended with a slice of cake. If you need a break from the gruesome this is it. I was gifted this from the author.

Extremely enjoyable

I found this six book set to be an extremely enjoyable listen. It has a great combination of mystery, murder, suspense and humor. I have absolutely enjoyed every book from Meredith Potts that I have read or listened to.

I said, she said, he said

Narration surrounding conversation gets very frustrating. I find I'm filling in what words will come next simply because the author can't move into a smooth dialogue. I'm having a difficult time enjoying a story because it is so distracting. If I'm playing out loud even my husband has started to fill in the blanks during dialogues. Stories seem passible but not realistic with a lot of good cop bad cop posturing. As for the narrator I believe she must be Canadian reading about a California woman. I keep hearing Canadian English pop out so that also adds to the distraction for me. I want to like it but I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish.

Fantastic Box Set

Mysteries of Treasure Cove Series: Six Book Bundle was a great read by Meredith Potts. This book bundle consists of; Murder and Chocolate Fudge Cake, Murder and Layer Cake, Murder and Chocolate Cake, Murder and Citrus Cream Cake, Murder and Cherry Cake, and Murder and Vanilla Cake. Sabrina Carlson is an amateur sleuth who starts investigating the deaths that start happening in Treasure Cove. I really loved reading these books by Meredith Potts and believe that Carrie Burgess did a great job of narrating these great stories.

A good YA set

There isn't profanity or sexual content, the characters are likable. I found that this series is suited more towards young adult.
Phrases were used Repeatedly such as 'that said' and 'he/she raised her pointer finger' There were some similarities between the crimes but enough difference to make them interesting.

These stories are set in Treasure Cove, California. The detective, David, is always questioning suspects without telling them why & then is miffed when they don’t want to respond to those questions. He seems a little too full of himself. If I were being questioned by him, he wouldn’t get too many questions answered without giving me context. Just because he is a detective, doesn’t give him the authority to treat suspects as if they have no rights.

By book 4, I found it a bit tedious. Each book tells me:

about her dead sister
they send the daughter away from town
The previous suspects are resentful of the couple.

The characters do not have a lot of depth.

In book 5, David determines Sabrina needs some self-defense and human interaction training.

If you're looking for a quick and easy read that doesn't require much investment, this series may be for you. Also, if you are not binging the series, the stories telling us some of the background information numerous times helps the reader stayed in tuned to what is going on. If binge reading, it’s a little over bearing and some of the books wouldn’t be books if the background information wasn’t repeated.