"A fatal funnel cake launches another investigation for Phyllis and her friends."
Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted January 14, 2014
Mystery Cozy | Mystery Culinary
Phyllis and Carolyn decide to enter some of their goodies in
the contests at the State Fair when they learn that one of
their favorite cooking shows will be there.
Sam will be entering the Spam competition. Carolyn is
planning to enter a cookie entry. Phyllis alone decides to
try out for the funnel cake competition. The three of them
work tirelessly to perfect their recipes.
When the State Fair starts they all make the trek to stay in
Dallas with Carolyn's cousin. Every one is enjoying the
fair and their visit with Peggy, until the funnel cake
competition starts. This year is the first time that the
competition has been opened to amateurs. The professionals
are not happy to have new competition.
When Peggy wins with her recipe, she receives an invitation
to be on the Joye of Cooking show. When Joye Jameson, the
host, dies from eating her funnel cake, Peggy must
determine who the real killer is.
Peggy doesn't lack for suspects since Joye was not as
popular with her crew as she was with her fans. Peggy comes
close to being arrested for murder. She has no one inside
the Dallas police department and must depend on her own
wits to solve the mystery.
If you like recipes with your mysteries, Livia J. Washburn
is an author you will want to pick up. Her mysteries are
well plotted with likable characters and so much good food
on offer that it is hard not to get hungry as you read the
books. I've been reading this series since the beginning
and I always look forward to the newest book.
SUMMARY
It’s time for the State Fair of Texas—and cooking
contests galore! Fryers are heating up and stomachs are
growling. But Phyllis Newsom had better watch out.
Someone’s
brought an appetite for murder....
Phyllis
and her friends Carolyn and Sam are ready to whip up
their
best dishes and win some ribbons in Dallas. And they’re
excited to learn that one of their favorite celebrity
chefs—Joye Jameson of The Joye of Cooking—is
broadcasting her TV show from the fair. When Phyllis’s
funnel cake is picked as one of the best of that
category,
Joye invites her and the other finalists to prepare their
delicious recipes live on the air.
But
Phyllis’s
moment in the spotlight is spoiled after Joye suffers a
deadly allergic reaction from one bite of her funnel
cake.
Now she’s gone from top entry to top suspect. So in order
to
clear her name, Phyllis will have to turn up the heat on
this investigation before the real killer slips through
her
fingers....
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