Review “MURDER MAKES SCENTS” By Christin Brecher

Nantucket candle store owner Stella Wright is visiting Paris with Millie, her globe-trotting mother. Millie’s never been a standard, stay-at-home-baking-cookies kind of mom. She’s happiest roaming the world, discovering new and exotic scents that can be used to create perfumes. The pair is visiting Paris because Millie’s been invited to give a presentation on “The Art of Scent Extractions” at The World Perfumery Conference. The two are having a wonderful time until they witness the horrific stabbing death of a young man right in front of them. After that, the two can’t wait to get back to the picturesque island of Nantucket and Stella’s candle shop, the Wick & Flame.

Stella’s hoping that this time she can persuade her mom to stay longer on Nantucket before she sets off on another of her adventures, and is delighted to see Millie reconnecting with Nathaniel Dinks, who was two years ahead of her in high school. Romance blossoms for the first time in a long time for Millie, and all is rosy for the mother-daughter duo until someone breaks into the Wick & Flame one night. Then Millie suffers a blow to the head and ends up in Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

The newspapers are full of information on the stabbing, and the French police are searching for Rex Laruam, an international anarchist who’s been behind many recent attacks against global peace. Unfortunately for the authorities, however, Laruam is a master of disguise and nobody knows what the man really looks like.

Stella begins to wonder if there could be a connection between the murder she and her mother witnessed in Paris and the sudden ominous events on Nantucket. Then she receives an anonymous note claiming that her mother smuggled a secret formula out of France, and threatening Millie’s life if it isn’t returned.

“Murder Makes Scents” is the second title in this delightful series by Christin Brecher. It’s a fast, fun read that will have cozy mystery lovers (like me) begging for more!

Review “Murder Makes Scents” by Christin Brecher

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