In opposition to the Currant transports readers to the Little Caribbean neighborhood within the Brooklyn borough of New York Metropolis, the place Lyndsay Murray is able to open her personal bakery. She simply must clear her identify first.
Lyndsay and her household have labored onerous on Spice Isle Bakery. However on opening day, one other native enterprise proprietor, Claudio Fabrizi, visits the bakery and threatens Lindsay. He desires her retailer shut down earlier than it could actually eat into his earnings. Shaken however able to struggle for her enterprise and household, Lyndsay kicks Claudio out. When he’s discovered murdered the subsequent day, police imagine Lyndsay could also be concerned. To clear her identify and guarantee Spice Isle Bakery can keep open for enterprise, Lyndsay begins investigating Claudio’s homicide.
Readers will take pleasure in following Lyndsay as she navigates an more and more harmful state of affairs. She’s good, humorous and hardworking, but it surely’s her dedication to her household and bakery that make her actually shine. The Murray household opened Spice Isle Bakery to have fun their life and success in America, whereas additionally honoring their Grenadian heritage. Lyndsay is aware of all too nicely how her household poured the whole lot they’ve—time, assets and cash—into Spice Isle Bakery. She’s dedicated to clearing her identify in order that her dad and mom, grandmother and brother gained’t undergo. Lyndsay’s grandmother is a very memorable character: Modern Granny is equal components smart and witty, and unconditionally supportive of her granddaughter’s goals.
One of the vital pleasant points of In opposition to the Currant is how creator Olivia Matthews brings Brooklyn’s Little Caribbean to life, immersing readers within the tightknit, bustling neighborhood. Matthews is a pen identify for love creator Patricia Sargeant, who grew up in Little Caribbean herself and whose household historical past impressed Spice Isle Bakery.
Cozy thriller followers will devour the fast-paced and thrilling In opposition to the Currant.
