R.M. Murphy – Carol's Notebook

Author: R.M. Murphy

R.M. Murphy lives in Eastern Pennsylvania with his wife, children, and a bossy five-pound Yorkie. With a degree in music business, Ryan has owned and operated a full-line brick-and-mortar music store and plays various musical instruments—guitar is his favorite. Shortly after learning of his father-in-law’s latest culinary venture, a pizza truck on the beaches of Puerto Rico, Ryan was bit by the writing bug and began working on his first mystery series, The Rolling Dough Pizza Truck Mysteries.

Music Festival Murder is the second in the series. It could work as a stand alone, but they're quick so I'd probably just go back and read the first before starting this one. Denny and his pizza truck are back in his hometown, this time for JamFest. His friend Jerry's band is going to be playing on the mainstage, which is exciting. But of course someone gets killed - a boutique owner who is also the retired school band director. Denny starts asking questions. Thankfully he has hired a young man, Graham, to help at the truck so he has some freedom to traipse around the festival grounds looking for clues and talking to people. This one was another fun, quick mystery. I feel like the motive in these tend to be a bit weak. I read this a couple of days ago and I remember who the killer was but not why they did it....

I love pizza - extra cheese, no pepperoni if it's from DiCarlo's, add some veggies if it's from another pizza place, which is more or less why I picked up Mozzarella Murder. Denny, our main character/amateur sleuth, is a widower in his 40s who has left his job as a copy editor to open a pizza truck. He is back in his hometown in Eastern Pennsylvania to sell pizzas at the annual Summerfest. His first stop in town is at the cheese shop run by his old friend Ruben. In the shop, the two find the dead body of motivational speaker and former classmate, Charlie Sampson. Denny decides he needs to investigate because it looks like Ruben might be the chief suspect. It turns out Charlie had more than one enemy. Denny has been out of town for a while, but he reconnects with several old friends and knows enough people in town that he still fits in well. He has...

Author: R.M. Murphy

Music Festival Murder by R. M. Murphy

Mozzarella Murder by R.M. Murphy