Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The
Grilling Season comes a delectably deadly new novel
of savory dishes and unsavory deeds, as
caterer-turned-sleuth Goldy Schulz must find the missing
ingredient in a killer concoction of high fashion,
low-life, and murder. An unscrupulous new rival has
pushed Goldy's beloved catering business to the brink of
collapse. An even more unscrupulous local contractor has
left her precious kitchen in a shambles. Yet Goldy has
joined forces with her old mentor, French chef André
Hibbard, to cater a fashion photo shoot at a
turn-of-the-century mountain cabin. There, in a
hopelessly outdated kitchen, Goldy and André struggle to
create warming Models Mushroom Soup Savory Florentine
Cheesecakes, and a luscious spread for a vain and vacuous
crowd of beautiful people whose personal dramas climax
when a camera is pitched through a plateglass
window...into the buffet.
Things go swiftly from bad to worse when the infamous
building contractor, Gerald Eliot, is found strung up in
the house of one of Goldy's best friends. Goldy is
certain that her friend isn't a killer--even if he had
every motive for murder. After all, how many others would
have cheerfully strangled unethical Mr. Eliot, including
Goldy?
Now Goldy readies for a society soiree tasting party
against her archnemesis that could make or break her
career. As she prepares Big-Bucks Bread Pudding, André's
Coq au Vin, and Jailbreak Potatoes, Goldy faces the shock
of a second murder closer to home. Suddenly she must find
the ingredients of a mystery that includes the dead
contractor's unwholesome past, a food saboteur and the
theft of three historical cookbooks. What she comes up
with is the perfect recipe for murder. And Goldy may be
the next one on the menu!
