Overview
Murder is on the menu - A celebrity chef poisoned A bay town reeling A sleuth pursued Real estate rule #2: How to sell a house fast-offer a drop-dead kitchen. When real estate pro Helen Morrisey's bombshell daughter, Lizzie, a popular home shopping network host, invites her to meet an internationally famous chef, Helen jumps at the chance. What woman doesn't want to shake hands with a celebrity and do a little shopping at the same time? Even more intriguing, this culinary superstar is about to sell his waterfront mansion and it's her opportunity to talk business. After all, he couldn't choose a sharper agent than Helen, could he? That's a job that comes to a dead halt when she walks onto the TV kitchen of Cooking with Roberto to find his blood dripping bright red into his signature dish and her daughter collapsed beside him. Detective Joe McAllister arrives to take charge and is none too pleased to find Helen asking his questions. Their on again, off again, romance might sour when she ignores his warnings. Undaunted, Helen calls on the personalities and special skills of her Detection Club of famous sleuths to stir this investigation pot. It doesn't take long before the explosive ingredients of off-camera jealousy, competition, and nasty rumors create a recipe for disaster. Helen has to solve Roberto's murder before more tempers boil over and they all get burned. Another page-turner in Judy L. Murray's Chesapeake Bay Mystery Series when murder is on the menu. Peril in the Pool House coming September 2023.
Full Product Details
Author: Judy L Murray
Publisher: Level Best Books
Imprint: Level Best Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.395kg
ISBN: 9781685121921
ISBN 10: 1685121926
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 27 September 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""...plenty of romance, surprises, and a climax that's quite the cliffhanger."" - Kirkus Reviews ""Engaging & Entertaining!"" - Kings River Life Magazine ""A masterful job."" - Writers Who Kill Review ""A well-layered mystery...a little romance along with suspenseful storytelling."" - Books To The Ceiling Review ""A 'couldn't put it down' mystery with an entertaining writing style, diverse characters, and a complex investigation to challenge my own inner Miss Marple."" - Kings River Life Magazine ""...if you are an avid reader of mysteries...you'll want to get your hands on a copy of her first novel, Murder in the Master."" - APG Chesapeake Newspapers ""Fans of traditional mysteries will cheer."" - Colleen Shogan, Washington Whodunit Mysteries"
...plenty of romance, surprises, and a climax that's quite the cliffhanger. - Kirkus Reviews Engaging & Entertaining! - Kings River Life Magazine A masterful job. - Writers Who Kill Review A well-layered mystery...a little romance along with suspenseful storytelling. - Books To The Ceiling Review A 'couldn't put it down' mystery with an entertaining writing style, diverse characters, and a complex investigation to challenge my own inner Miss Marple. - Kings River Life Magazine ...if you are an avid reader of mysteries...you'll want to get your hands on a copy of her first novel, Murder in the Master. - APG Chesapeake Newspapers Fans of traditional mysteries will cheer. - Colleen Shogan, Washington Whodunit Mysteries
Author Information
Judy L. Murray is an Independent Publisher Silver Medalist, a Silver Falchion Award Winner, and an Agatha Award Nominee for Best First Novel with Murder in the Master - A Chesapeake Bay Mystery. Killer in the Kitchen is second in the series. A Philadelphia real estate broker and restoration addict, Judy has worked with enough delusional sellers, jittery buyers, testy contractors, and diva agents to fill her head with back-office insight and truth versus gossip. She began her professional writing career, after graduating in newspaper journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University, as a reporter and magazine columnist. She holds a Master's in Business from Penn State University. She lives atop a cliff on the Chesapeake Bay with her husband. They're buffeted by winds in winter and invaded by family and dogs in summer. Judy is a member of Sisters in Crime Chesapeake Chapter and Mystery Writers of America.
