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DELTA MISSION

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Full Name: Delta Mission
Series Name: Spies and Food Truck Cozy Mystery Series
Nationality: American
Organization: NSIB
Occupation Agent

Creator: Rosie A. Point
Time Span: 2024 - 2024

ABOUT THE SERIES

Delta Mission is an agent with the NSIB.

That stands for the National Security Investigative Bureau.

We don't ever learn too much about this NSIB other than it is pretty big and powerful and obviously has a whole lot to do with national security, both foreign and domestic. Other than that, well, not so much but as things go, it is not that important for us to know about it other than it exists, she was one of is star operatives until a hit was put out on her, and now she is in hiding until ... who knows!

If this sounds a wee bit familiar, you might be thinking about her first cousin once removed, Charlotte Mission, a fellow former NSIB operative whose adventures we have been following in this compendium and who also had to go into hiding but for a different reason.

Delta's cover is a sweet one, literally. For reasons I did not quite get if they were actually given, it was decided that she would be handed a food truck devoted to selling ice cream and she would become nomadic with it, traveling from town to town around the country so as to make it harder to find her. Delta is hiding out from a Middle Eastern arms dealer who would love to get his hands on her, both figuratively and literally, the last one guaranteed to not be in her best health. The idea was that if she kept in motion, tracking her down would be a much more complicated matter.

Although if it was learned that she drove a food truck, finding the brightly painted vehicle with the large cone on top of it and the big letters announcing "I Scream for Ice Cream" might not be quite so tricky.

Going by the name of April Waters now, Delta is described by her cousin Charlotte as "pretty, funny, smart, outgoing, and she was a fantastic spy. She managed to enamor people to her and maintain her cover by being that 'girl next door' who's a little quirky, but also kind". When we first meet her she wears her short auburn hair in a "pixie cut that made her look waifish and cute". Being cute looking is a great cover as it makes her opponents undervalue her danger and more than one have learned to regret it.

BOOKS

Number of Books:6
First Appearance:2024
Last Appearance:2024

Delta Mission is introduced, though she does not make an actual appearance, at the very tail end of the 13th book in the long saga of fellow operative Charlotte Mission, Black Forest Warrants. It is in that adventure that Charlotte is told about Delta and that Delta might be coming for a visit to the B&B that Charlotte and her Grandmother ran. Delta does not make an actual appearance in this tale, just is briefly talked about.

In the following Charlotte Mission adventure, Carrot Cake Jailbreak, Charlotte is told that, indeed, her "long-lost cousin, Delta, was coming for a visit". Again, there are a few short references to her but no actually appearance. For the record, she is Charlotte's first cousin once removed.

Delta's first actual manifestation would take place in the following book, mentioned below, in which she and Charlotte will share an adventure.

Following that, Delta is on her own with her series.


1 Red Velvet Droplets Red Velvet Droplets
Written by Rosie A. Point
Copyright: 2024

Book #3 in the Charlie Mission Cozy Mystery series.
"Her long-lost cousin, Delta, is in town, and she’s everything Charlie isn’t. Over the top, a little flamboyant, and fantastic at being a spy. Charlie’s not going to let her steal the limelight. Especially when Delta’s boyfriend drops dead. And Delta’s the only one who could have done it. Helping Delta might not be at the top of Charlie’s list but keeping Gossip is, and she’s determined to solve the crime before it’s too late. And when Delta’s cover is nearly blown, Charlie knows she has to act before their location is compromised."
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2 Strawberry Swirl Murder Strawberry Swirl Murder
Written by Rosie A. Point
Copyright: 2024

Delta Mission is "invited to cater an event on board a ship that’s just put into dock at the new cruise port in the small town of Carmel Springs, Maine. She can’t afford to turn down the money. Believe it or not, the food truck business isn’t exactly booming. But when a much-hated guest drops dead after a scoop of ice cream, she can’t afford to leave.
Especially since she’s the one who found the body."
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3 Mint Freeze Murder Mint Freeze Murder
Written by Rosie A. Point
Copyright: 2024

"When her cute doggy friend, Sir Barkington, finds a corpse in the local cemetery. The most popular woman in town, a ghost hunting vlogger, has been murdered. Her "cursed" necklace has been stolen. And the last person she talked to is none other than Delta’s new friend and ice cream server, Hentie."
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4 Caramel Drip Murder Caramel Drip Murder
Written by Rosie A. Point
Copyright: 2024

Delta Mission is "expecting a peaceful day of serving up ice cream. What she gets is an eyeful of a corpse on the beach. And an earful of her cute doggy friend, Sir Barkington, yapping over the find. A local newspaper columnist has been murdered.  There are zero suspects. 
And the only clue? A mysterious message in a bottle clutched in the victim’s fist."
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5 Berry Ripple Murder Berry Ripple Murder
Written by Rosie A. Point
Copyright: 2024

"It’s Halloween and Delta Mission gets to take some time off from the ice cream truck to hang out with her friends. But Delta’s plans change when a body is found. The corpse of an unpopular baker has been incorporated into a Halloween display. And the town has a mysterious history of Halloween murders that have never been solved."
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6 Almond Sprinkle Murder Almond Sprinkle Murder
Written by Rosie A. Point
Copyright: 2024

"When spy on the run, Delta Mission, arrives in Burnt End, Missouri, she’s just passing through. She’s on her way to see her best friend in Texas and isn’t expecting to stay longer than a night. But when the guesthouse she’s renting a room in is set on fire, her plans change. As she’s evacuating the guesthouse, Delta finds the body of the owner next to her ice cream truck. He’s been poisoned. And the last thing he ate? A scoopful of Delta’s Almond Sprinkle ice cream."
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MY COMMENTS

As with her cousin Charlotte's adventures, those we have so far for Delta Mission are cozy mysteries, not spy adventures although Delta will have to do a good amount of skulking around to solve the murders that fall into her lap (that last one is figuratively although some bodies have come pretty close). They are a hoot to read, just like Charlotte's, but instead of having a sidekick like Gamma Mission that Charlotte has - someone who can more than take care of herself as she is also a retired operative - Delta has a quirky female friend with a quirky Chihuahua doing, well, quirky things to liven stuff up.

I had fun with Delta's misadventures and if I ever got accused of murder, I would like to have her on the sidelines helping prove I was innocent. And I would be innocent, too. I swear!

Well done to author Rosie A. Point for another fun set of spy-adjacent murder mysteries.

GRADE

My Grade: B

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