Murder on the Menu: A Cooking Class Mystery (Paperback)

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Product Description

Annie, Eve, and their former cooking teacher are in the trenches, trying to keep a new restaurant, Bellywasher's, from going belly up.

Everything's simmering along just fine until Annie and Eve find their friend Sarah, staffer to a powerful congressman, lying dead in her tub. The cops want to write it off as a suicide, but the facts just don't add up. Then, after a series of suspicious "accidents," Annie and Eve realize that this kitchen fire isn't about to put itself out.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (June 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425216071
• ISBN-13: 978-0425216071
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,990 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This is item 2 in The Cooking Class Mystery Series.

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars easy weekend read, August 26, 2007

By	brenda bowman (Cookeville, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews

This book is prefect for the beach or just the weekend at home.Its a book that gets the actionand stays with it. Its not full of bad words or talks about blood and guts,it just tells a story of friends who finds a mystery.I liked it and read the next book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sizzling, spicy, tasty - this is one sequel that will leave you hungry for more!, March 24, 2008

By	Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Even though thirty-five-year-old Annie Capshaw, and her drop dead gorgeous Southern belle best friend, Eve DeCateur spent six days a week taking cooking classes at the trendy Tres Bonne Cuisine in Clarendon a few months ago, neither of them learned much about whipping up exquisite meals. Instead, they were schooled in something much different: murder. After solving their first case, and hooking up with their cooking school teacher, the hunky Scotsman Jim, however, they're prepared to take on a new bit of the food industry: running a restaurant.

After a failed marriage, Annie Capshaw feels that she is done with men. The constant presence of wonder chef Jim, however, has left her wondering if it's time for a change of heart. But there's little room for romance now that Jim has undertaken a new endeavor...opening up and running a restaurant called Bellywasher's. Luckily, Jim hasn't forgotten about Annie or her bombshell best friend, Eve DeCateur. Eve has been generously handed the position of hostess, and Annie has been graciously bestowed the honor of running everything behind-the-scenes - from balancing the books, making sure there's never a shortage of celery, and keeping on top of the decorating scheme. Things are slow going at first, with just a few customers appearing every now and then; but when a rave review appears in a local newspaper, things change - and fast. Suddenly Bellywasher's is the new place to be, and customers are lining up in droves just to get a seat. Of course, these aren't your typical customers. These are the elite of Washington. People with money to burn, and secrets oozing out of their pores. When Annie and Eve find their friend Sarah dead in her bathtub, the two know that something smells a little fishy. Sarah - a staff member for a powerful congressman contemplating running for Vice President of the United States - had everything to live for, and couldn't have been happier, and the two refuse to accept her death as a suicide. When the police refuse to acknowledge their reasoning, however, Annie and Eve decide to take matters into their own hands. With a new furry friend in tow, the two begin delving into the world of high-priced players, political aficionados, and more secrets than you could ever have imagined. But if they want to come out of this investigation alive, Annie and Eve will have to get out of the kitchen, before things really begin to heat up.

After reading Miranda Bliss' COOKING UP MURDER, I realized that it was absolutely impossible not to fall in love with the oft-times self-deprecating, narcissistic Annie Capshaw and the bell-of-the-ball, beauty queen Eve DeCateur, and found myself scouring the shelves for MURDER ON THE MENU. I couldn't be happier with the result. MURDER ON THE MENU possesses all of the charm of COOKING UP MURDER, with a few new twists and turns, and a little more insight into what makes Eve and Annie tick. Annie and Eve are such fun, fabulous characters, whose personalities are wonderful contrasts to one another - Eve is carefree and bubbly, while Annie is a nervous worrywart. Together they create a delectable duo whom you can't help but eat up with a spoon. The presence of Jim, and his Scottish roots add a little gritty nature to the storyline; while the whole political, secretive backdrop is a nice touch that schools readers in the way of the world. Bliss does a wonderful job of incorporating facts about running a restaurant into the book, and tying the tale up in a way that leaves you eager to find out what will happen next. Sizzling, spicy, tasty - this is one sequel that will leave you hungry for more!

Erika Sorocco
Freelance Reviewer

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quick Read, June 23, 2008

By	vraciousrdr - See all my reviews

Cute, loveable cozy with fun characters. Enough drama to keep you interested but not too much to put you off. Book 2 in the series.