Jilliana D. reviewed on 2/20/2012 + 3 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

Rita Lucero has inherited a partial interest in her deceased husband's bakery in New Orleans. She's delighted to have the opportunity to show off her baking skills, having studied to be a pastry chef, but is also intimidated by the closed social scene of New Orlean's upper crust. She is pushed to fulfill a hosting obligation that her husband (from whom she was estranged) had made prior to his death. During the party, she is introduced to Big Daddy Boudreau, a wealthy but obnoxious and unpleasant car salesman who makes such a filthy suggestion about her aunt and Rita to her visiting uncle that he attacks Big Daddy. It comes as little surprise that her uncle is a suspect when Big Daddy's skull is koshed later that evening.

This is a strong mystery with a gripping plot. Each character is well developed and the setting is beautifully portrayed. I found the book to be an exciting page turner and can't wait to read more in the series.

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