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Gourmet food market owner Erin Murphy is determined to get Jewel Bay, Montanas, scrumptious local fare some national attention. But her scheme for culinary celebrity goes up in flames when the towns big break is interrupted by murder . . .
Food Preneurs, one of the hottest cooking shows on TV, has decided to feature Jewel Bay in an upcoming episode, and everyone in town is preparing for their close-ups, including the crew at the Glacier Mercantile, aka the Merc. Not only is Erin busy remodeling her courtyard into a relaxing dining area, shes organizing a steak-cooking competition between three of Jewel Bays hottest chefs to be featured on the program.
But Erins plans get scorched when one of the contending cooks is found dead. With all the drama going on behind the scenes, its hard to figure out who didnt have a motive to off the saucy contestant. Now, to keep the towns reputation from crashing and burning on national television, Erin will have to grill some suspects to smoke out the killer . . .
INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES!
Dollycass Thoughts
Erin is one busy lady before adding murder to the mix but that doesnt mean she is going to stay at the Merc and miss all the action. Having one of the hottest foodie programs, Food Preneurs, come to town to cover the grill-off is an awesome opportunity for The Food Lovers Village. Erin is not going to let one dead chef and a suspicious accident ruin a weekend of publicity for the town, but she is going to make sure it is the right kind of publicity. She is also going to track down the killer/s.
Budewitz has given us some fantastic characters to follow in this story. In addition to the murder mystery there is a little family disagreement about remodeling the courtyard and some secrets. Romance may be on the horizon for Erin with 2 eligible bachelors vying for her attention. One shopkeeper is a little cranky about all the foodie fuss. Of course there needs to be an obnoxious character and the TV Host for Food Preneurs fills that spot nicely.
She also gives a couple of interesting mysteries to solve. Plenty of viable suspects with motive, but who had the means and opportunity? I love the way Erin uses a spreadsheet to keep track of the clues.
Part of the pleasure of this series is the way the author describes all he food. She had my tummy growling several times. Thankfully she gives recipes because I definitely want Smore of the SMORE SANDWICH COOKIES, and the CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CUPS and the GRILLED FLANK STEAK and everything else that was featured in the pages of this book.
This story has a well plotted mystery, a bit of comedy, yummy food and engaging characters. To be that is recipe for a marvelous cozy mystery.
Food Preneurs, one of the hottest cooking shows on TV, has decided to feature Jewel Bay in an upcoming episode, and everyone in town is preparing for their close-ups, including the crew at the Glacier Mercantile, aka the Merc. Not only is Erin busy remodeling her courtyard into a relaxing dining area, shes organizing a steak-cooking competition between three of Jewel Bays hottest chefs to be featured on the program.
But Erins plans get scorched when one of the contending cooks is found dead. With all the drama going on behind the scenes, its hard to figure out who didnt have a motive to off the saucy contestant. Now, to keep the towns reputation from crashing and burning on national television, Erin will have to grill some suspects to smoke out the killer . . .
INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES!
Dollycass Thoughts
Erin is one busy lady before adding murder to the mix but that doesnt mean she is going to stay at the Merc and miss all the action. Having one of the hottest foodie programs, Food Preneurs, come to town to cover the grill-off is an awesome opportunity for The Food Lovers Village. Erin is not going to let one dead chef and a suspicious accident ruin a weekend of publicity for the town, but she is going to make sure it is the right kind of publicity. She is also going to track down the killer/s.
Budewitz has given us some fantastic characters to follow in this story. In addition to the murder mystery there is a little family disagreement about remodeling the courtyard and some secrets. Romance may be on the horizon for Erin with 2 eligible bachelors vying for her attention. One shopkeeper is a little cranky about all the foodie fuss. Of course there needs to be an obnoxious character and the TV Host for Food Preneurs fills that spot nicely.
She also gives a couple of interesting mysteries to solve. Plenty of viable suspects with motive, but who had the means and opportunity? I love the way Erin uses a spreadsheet to keep track of the clues.
Part of the pleasure of this series is the way the author describes all he food. She had my tummy growling several times. Thankfully she gives recipes because I definitely want Smore of the SMORE SANDWICH COOKIES, and the CHOCOLATE MOUSSE CUPS and the GRILLED FLANK STEAK and everything else that was featured in the pages of this book.
This story has a well plotted mystery, a bit of comedy, yummy food and engaging characters. To be that is recipe for a marvelous cozy mystery.
