Title:  Case of the Bleus      
Author:  Korina Moss   
Genre: Mystery    
Rating: 4 out of 5 

What in the bleu blazes is happening in Yarrow Glen now?

Cheesemongers from across the Northwest have come to the Sonoma Valley for the Northwest Cheese Invitational. As owner of the local cheese shop, Curds & Whey, Willa Bauer loves it. The event showcases custom cheese creations, and it’s the perfect time to gather with old colleagues to honor her former boss, the late and grate cheese legend, Max Dumas. He was famous for journeying into the wild bleu yonder to where he aged his award-winning custom Church Bleu. Only Max knew the recipe and location to his beloved cheese, and many are eager to have these revealed at his will reading.

But instead of naming someone to inherit his cheese and its secrets, Max stuns everyone with one cryptic clue. When a fellow cheesemonger dies under mysterious circumstances––the woman they all thought would get the secrets to Max’s prized possession––everyone falls under suspicion. Willa adores Church Bleu as much as the next cheese connoisseur, but it’s not to die for. Is a killer trying to get away with murder…and the cheese?

I would not recommend reading this while hungry…especially if you’re a cheese-lover. The cheeses and other foods in this book sounded wonderful! This is the first book I’ve read in this series, but that wasn’t a problem. I had no problem telling the characters apart or following what was going on. I thought this was a fun little cozy mystery, and I’d be interested to read more.

Korina Moss is an award-winning author and lives in New England. Case of the Bleus is her newest novel.

(Galley courtesy of St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Press in exchange for an honest review.)

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