The Case of the Waffling Warrants: 1 (A Gossip Cozy Mystery) Paperback – Large Print, 20 July 2021

Another mystery by the author which had me glued. Who is buying up all the flour? Who has a strong motive to murder the owner of the bread bakery? Charlotte Mission is on a mission to find out. With too many likely suspects and too few clues, Charlotte is entangled in web of deceit in order to unravel the identity of the killer.

Wow. This is an amazing book and a delightful read. This book had me captivated right from the moment I opened a page and started reading it. It's a wonderful cozy mystery full of unexpected twists and turns, humor, intrigue and a close relationship between a granddaughter and her grandma. Author Rosie A. Point has done a marvelous job.Charlotte aka Charlie Smith is a former spy working for National Security Investigation Bureau just like her grandma Georgina Franklin. After her retirement, Georgina has settled in a small town called Gossip and owns an Inn called The Gossip Inn. Charlie works for her grandma as a maid, assistant, and a server.The story begins with Charlie interacting with her grandma over the microphone ( a spy gadget) as the latter is visiting the opening of a new guesthouse owned by her arch rival and competitor, Jessie Belle-Blue. Lauren Harris, the chef of the Inn is complaining about the shortage of flour and sugar for her cupcakes. She witnesses a disagreement between Mandy Gilmore, a town gossip, and a guest at the Inn and Opal whose house is being fumigated for cockroaches while on her way to serve coffee.Suddenly, she receives a call from Tina Rogers, the owner of The Bread Factory, asking for help to prove her innocence as she has been falsely accused of breaking and entering and vandalism at Josie Carlson's bakery, The Little Cake Shop. Josie is also the sister of Chef Lauren at the Gossip Inn who's having a ghost haunting her basement. Charlie decides to help Tina and visits the Gossip Police Station where she has been held in a cell. Officer Miller takes her around to Tina's cell but she is found dead. There's a brownie on the floor. Charlie is stumped. Who killed Tina and why? Detective Aaron Goode interrogates her for the purpose of her visit.One of Tina's gloves was found in Josie's bakery because of which she got arrested. Before her death, Tina claimed that she had been framed for a crime she never committed. Charlie's investigations reveal that three people visited her before her death, Josie Carlson, Mandy Gilmore, and Bridget Willows. Charlie questions Josie who is pretty secretive and tight-lipped.Charlie is frustrated because of the lack of evidence. Who among these three suspects killed her? There are startling revelations and plenty of twists and turns. Be prepared for a shocker. Just when you believe you have nailed the killer, there is a surprise in store for you. To make it even more interesting, there is another small mystery within this cozy mystery .I highly recommend it for all the cozy mystery lovers.

In my opinion, this is a book written with a "tongue in cheek" attitude. It isn't laugh out loud funny, but it is amusing. It obviously isn't meant to be taken seriously. I enjoyed the characters although they could have been fleshed out more than they were. There is no need to avoid reading this book before you read the MissionInnPossible series as some of the reviews implied. There is a definite ending and not a cliffhanger. I did feel that the action was skimpily described. I appreciated not having explicit sex scenes and foul language.

What a name for a town, Gossip, I laugh every time I read it.Charlie is an ex spy, as is her grandmother, it's a life and death kind of secret.Charlie is known as Mr fixit.you have a problem and Charlie will fix it.So when Baker Tina is arrested,she asks Charlie to prove her innocence.Then Tina is found dead in her cell at the jail.Grab book 1 and find out all there is to know about Gossip.

Cute book with enough twists to keep you interested. Clean story. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

I really enjoyed this fast and short cosy, a continuation of the first series, the Mission inn-possible . I liked the idea of the spy/sleuth with James Bond fun technology gadget style. I'll read the next one.

This is a mystery set in the town of Gossip and the main characters are a former spy and her grandmother also a former spy. The mystery is interesting and well-written. However, I didn't connect with the characters. Perhaps because they originated in a previous series.