By Cook or By Crook
Maya Corrigan
Kensington, Nov 4 2014, $7.99
ISBN 9781617731389
Cookbook publicist Val Deniston left New York for
Bayport on Chesapeake Bay to reside with her grandfather following a car
accident in which she suffers from amnesia as to what happened. She manages the Cool Down Café and has begun
authoring a cookbook instead of publicity on someone else’s writings.
When she gives Nadia a ride home from the
exercise club, the passenger asks her to meet with her in a couple days to
discuss a catering gig. Upon reaching
Nadia’s home, they find a wooden tennis racket on fire. Two days later, Val arrives for the appointment
only to find Nadia dead. The prime suspect is Val’s cousin Monique whose husband
was cheating on her with the victim.
Knowing her BFF relative would not murder anyone; Val investigates
bringing danger to her and her grandfather.
The first Five-Ingredient Mystery is a charming culinary cozy because of a caring
heroine, warm family members and five as the magic number (ingredients in
recipes and suspects in the investigation).
This is a pleasant amateur sleuth.
Harriet Klausner
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