Simmer Down: A Gourmet Girl Mystery [Paperback]

Susan Conant (Author), Jessica Conant-Park (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Gourmet Girl Mystery | Publication Date: March 4, 2008

After a trendy club owner is bludgeoned with a food processor, Gourmet Girl Chloe Carter finds the list of suspects longer than the line to get in to Simmer, her chef boyfriend's hot new restaurant.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A pleasant blend of romance, food, and mystery."
-NEW MYSTERY READER

About the Author

Jessica Conant-Park graduated from Macalester College and holds a Master's degree in Social Work from Boston College.

Susan Conant graduated summa cum laude from Radcliffe College and earned a doctorate in human development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (March 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425220893
• ISBN-13: 978-0425220894
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot Stuff!, May 17, 2007

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Suzanne A. Richards "Book Lover" (Meriden, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simmer Down (A Gourmet Girl Mystery) (Hardcover)

I've read both Steamed and Simmer Down--they are now on my "favorites" list. Very entertaining, particularly for food-o-philes who will love the passionate and detailed way that food is described. The recipes included are a real bonus. Very contemporary story lines that make these two books both fast reads and great beach books! Can't wait for the next one!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Beach Read!, April 29, 2007

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A. Lewis (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simmer Down (A Gourmet Girl Mystery) (Hardcover)

Simmer Down is part cozy, part chick-lit, and part cookbook -- three of my favorite types of books. Loved the recipe for Seared Shrimp with Corn Polenta and Sweet Corn Sauce at the back of the book -- and can't wait to try more of the recipes. Looking forward to the next installment!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars delicious chick lit cozy, March 8, 2007

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simmer Down (A Gourmet Girl Mystery) (Hardcover)

This Christmas Chloe Carter believes life is great as she has a terrific loving boyfriend, Josh Driscoll, who is also a gourmet chef. When they met he was between jobs so she was his only "customer" in the kitchen and in bed. However, Josh has accepted the executive chef position at Simmer, a restaurant opening on New Year 's Eve in downtown Boston's posh Newbury Street so is quite busy with hiring and the menu.

However, to showcase their food in advance, Simmer has provided some of their items at the Food for Thought fundraiser. Things are defiantly looking good until someone kills Oliver Kipper of the Full Moon Group using Josh's state of the art Robocoupe food processor as a murder weapon. The publicity helps make the new restaurant a success, but Chloe realizes the notoriety in the long run is not good so she begins to draw up a list of suspects starting with Josh's ex girlfriends that could fill up Fenway Park.

This is a fun "Gourmet Girl" mystery as a STEAMED Chloe seeks a motive and opportunity to narrow down her list; however, motives and opportunity are abundant so she has a standing room only horde to inquire about. Readers will enjoy the heroine's escapades as she risks her life to uncover the identity of a killer. The mother-daughter author team provides the audience with a delicious chick lit cozy filled with lists, recipes and asides as Chloe takes on Beantown.

Harriet Klausner