The Eighth Deadly Sin Is Pizza (Joy Wagner Mysteries Book 1)
by Cindy Davis
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Added on February 10, 2026
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Can a yellow-throat toucan, and lyrics from Jimmy Buffett’s songs help Joy solve a month-old murder?The central Florida town of Uncertain looms as a mere distraction for Joy Wagner when the new-to-her motorcycle breaks down under a banner publicizing the annual mud festival. Why would anyone celebrate mud? Sounds disgusting, but she’s stuck here till her bike’s fixed.In less than an hour, her luck changes. She’s offered pizza-for-life and a job at Moore’s General Store. The job comes with two perks: a yellow-throated toucan, which is odd enough, but add to that the ghost of Merrick Moore and life takes a vociferously strange turn. The fatherly man is friendly and much loved, and related to most everyone in town. Trouble is, he’s been dead a month.Townspeople believe he died of natural causes but he insists he was murdered. Can Joy expose the killer before anyone finds out she’s been getting clues from a ghost…and a toucan? More important, can she find the killer before the killer finds her?
Reader Reviews
Joy Wagner (her alias) is on the run from her frightening past and ends up with her broken down bike in the town of Uncertain.She saves a woman from choking in a pizza parlor, gets free pizza for life as her reward, finds a job, and befriends a parrot and a ghost named Merrick. Joy sets out to find his killer (and the murderer is shocking!) and survives multiple attempts on her own life, while drawing closer to the truth. Joy also learns shocking and unexpected things about herself - she can see
Parrot Head Filled MysteryAs a long time fan of Jimmy Buffett, it was the title of this mystery that caught my eye and made me purchase it. Using song lyrics as directional messages, Cindy Davis weaves them into a wonderful mystery, artfully written and crafted, and filled with great characters. Our protagonist, Joy, is running from something, we aren’t allowed to now just what. Little smatterings of info is dripped out, making the story even more interesting. All the while trying to figure out
Say It With Me Vociferous I had to look up the word repeated so often in the book (21 times). This was a cool paranormal mystery. There’s a ghost, auras and a mystical force using Jimmy Buffet lyrics to warn the main character Joy. I liked the quirky supporting characters including a colorful toucan. The mystery had me going until the end. There’s also the mystery of Joy herself. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
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