Delilah’s Friends and Family Find Themselves in Deep Dish for the Holidays
I always enjoy reading Christmas cozies during December, so I was happy to see that the fourth Deep Dish Mystery was set during the month. I picked up Sleep in Heavenly Pizza expecting another tasty mystery, and I wasn’t disappointed.
As the book opens, it’s the first night of Hanukkah and Delilah and the crew from her restaurant are catering a combined Hanukkah and Christmas party. Delilah’s evening takes a surprising turn when she runs into her brother-in-law and college aged niece among the guests. She didn’t even know they were in town.
However, the next day is when things really take a turn. Delilah is nearby when a dead body is found in a snow pile for the town’s snow sculpting contest. The victim was one of the guests at the party, and Delilah finds that the best suspects are her employees and her visiting family. Can she figure out what really happened? Or is one of them guilty?
Earlier, I referred to this as a Christmas cozy. And that’s certainly part of the book since that is the holiday that Delilah celebrates. However, I wasn’t surprised to see that Hanukkah gets its due here as well since Delilah’s best friend/sou chef is Jewish. I enjoyed seeing both holidays involved in the background of the story. As a Christian, I celebrate Christmas this time of year, and I got the Christmas cozy vibes while reading.
I was also really drawn into the story. This book doesn’t unfold like many of the mysteries I read since Delilah is so focused on her own friends and trying to learn the truth from them. Yet when everything came together at the end, it made perfect sense. In fact, I couldn’t help myself from saying “Of course,” a couple of times as I read this section.
The characters obviously helped draw me into the story. If I didn’t like them, I wouldn’t been as captivated as I read. We also got some great growth in several relationships and in Delilah herself. All this without slowing things down at all. And yes, the new characters feel real as well.
There is plenty of talk about food, so don’t read this book hungry. We don’t get quite as much pizza as normal, and the recipes at the end reflect that. They definitely sound delicious.
Whether you read this book during the holidays or some other time during the year, you’ll be glad you picked up Sleep in Heavenly Pizza. This is the culinary cozy you’ve been hungry for.
Do check out the rest of the Deep Dish Mysteries.
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