Cozys and catering, cozys and chocolate, cozys and characters! This book was S'more much fun that I can't wait to read the next installment! I for one LOVE a good meal and when it is incorporated into a murder mystery dinner party it is even BETTER! Unless of course the host of the party dies....That is not how the game usually goes and this one is a little tricky but Val Deniston is ready to take on this Titanic mystery. So many guilty parties to choose from but which one fired the fatal shot and why? A young widow, the ex wife and former stepson, and new neighbors, What is the connection and how does the host's obsession with all things Titanic play a part in this catered playacting party. They didn't even get to finish the main course let alone dessert and these were exquisitely created meals from the original Titanic dinner menu. Val, her friend and expert S'more maker Bethany, and Val's Granddad this mystery is sure to be unraveled faster than an iceberg can melt. Best of all each of the featured recipes only requires 5 ingredients to create a YUMMY meal.
Murder on the Rocks by Shawn Reilly Simmons
Penelope Sutherland and her best friend and actress, Alena start this adventure off with a nice brunch with tennis pro Nadia, that ends in chaos as Russian street punks terrorize the local bistro. No apparent reason involved
Death on the Menu (Key West Food Critic Mysteries)
by Lucy Burdette
Location, location, location....oh and food! What more could this book have to make it an excellent read? It's tropical, it's fun, it's filled with flavorful Cuban recipes, it's Key West. Of course it is also filled with murder shrouded in a mystery with an international flair. Cuba and Key West. Hayley Snow, food critic and catering assistant is very excited to be helping her Mom's fledgling business play host to the Cuban delegation at President Harry S. Truman's Little White House. Although tension is in the air so is the excitement of this brave new venture until murder and theft take place. The priceless Nobel prize medal awarded to Key West's own Ernest Hemingway for his Old Man and the Sea which was on loan from Cuba goes missing and the suspected thief is found dead. Names need to be cleared, a national treasure found and a murderer caught all while serving the equivalent of a state dinner and maintaining international relations. Hayley has her job cut out for her as she creates wonderful Cuban dishes (recipes in the back of the book), critiques local eateries (great sandwiches) and helps her family and friends to solve the crime. Loved this book and can't wait to give the series to my Mom (an alumni of Key West high class of 1965) as a Christmas gift. An excellent read even though it does have some poly-sci undertones regarding the plight of the Cubans under Castro's regime.
