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Double Dipped (One Scoop or Two)
by Terry Korth Fischer

About Double Dipped

Double Dipped (One Scoop or Two)
Cozy Mystery Novella
Setting – Wisconsin
Part of: One Scoop or Two (41 books)
The Wild Rose Press, Inc (June 29, 2022)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 137 pages
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09W8RLJ4X

Accepting second best is good for her career, but first-grade teacher, Retta Curt, delays signing up for the disappointment. Given two weeks to reconsider her contract, she retreats to Gram’s cottage on Moon Lake, the last place she felt contentment. But the cottage is derelict; Cousin Julie, distant; childhood beaux, Dean, bitter; and Sweet Picks, the family ice cream stand, in danger of folding. Magruder, a surly newcomer, is buying and then neglecting properties until nothing remains of the idyllic lakeside community she remembers. When vandals target Sweet Picks, Retta’s dreams to recapture her happy childhood collapse, and the return to Moon Lake becomes a decision worse than accepting her teaching contract. Star-crossed, can she save the family business and rediscover happiness, or is Retta destined for a second-best future?

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REVIEW

Double Dipped is a quick cozy read, but I do wish it was more fleshed out instead of being a novella, I felt something was missing with it being a quick read.

Retta isn’t sure if she wants to return to teaching after summer so gives her employer two weeks to make a decision in which time she packs up her car and head to Moon Lake and her late grandmother’s home, only to find it in disrepair and for sale. She takes the chance and buys it but soon discovers that there is a lot going on in the sleepy little town. Magruder for intents and purpose is the big baddie in this tale, sweeping into the town and buying up properties left right and centre, and Retta thinks he is the one who may be behind the recent spat of vandalism to her cousin Julie’s ice cream shack Sweet Picks.

Turns out looks can be deceiving and when the truth finally comes out it leaves Retta, Julie and other of the Moon Lake shocked.

This was a good cozy read and I did enjoy it though I would have loved more fleshing out of the story it felt too much to pack into a novella, and I also didn’t understand Retta interaction when she first meet her cousin Julie – If I hadn’t see family in such a long time I would have been right in for the hugs but then again it would have lessened the thing that is going with Julie.

4 stars

About Terry Korth Fischer

Terry Korth Fischer writes short stories, memoirs, and mysteries. Her debut mystery, Gone Astray, introduced Detective Rory Naysmith, a seasoned city cop relocated to small-town Winterset, Nebraska. The Rory Naysmith Mysteries continued with Gone Before, January 2022. Transplanted from the Midwest, Terry lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and two guard cats. When not writing, she loves reading, gardening, and basking in sunshine. Yet, her heart often wanders to the country’s heartland, where she spent a memorable—ordinary but charmed—childhood. Learn more about Terry at her author website: https://terrykorthfischer.com

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