Annie Capshaw doesn't take chances or unnecessary risks, so
it's surprising to her that she quit her safe, stable job as
a bank teller for a job as business manager for
Bellywasher's, a pub. Not just any pub, of course. It's the
pub owned by Annie's hunky Scottish boyfriend, Jim
MacDonald. When a mutual friend fails to show up for a
cooking class hosted at Bellywasher's, Annie volunteers to
go seek him out at his gourmet cooking shop, Très Bonne
Cuisine. She doesn't count on finding the police already
there with the body of the salesclerk.
Why would anyone want to kill mild-mannered former teacher
Greg? Or was the killer intending to go after the shop's
owner, Frenchman Jacques Lavoie? And where is Monsieur
Lavoie? Annie's determined to uncover the reasons someone
would want to harm or kill him and also to find out where
Monsieur Lavoie is hiding. Her previous experiences with
murder come in handy as she ferrets out clues.
As Annie works two jobs, working at both Bellywasher's and
Très Bonne Cuisine, she discovers that Monsieur Lavoie isn't
exactly who he portrays himself as. Distracting her from her
investigation is her ex-husband Peter. Annie hasn't seen him
in two years, since they divorced after he cheated on her.
Why does he keep showing up at both her places of work?
Assisting Annie in her sleuthing are her best friend Eve and
of course Jim. Less helpful is police detective Tyler
Cooper, Eve's ex-fiancé.
DYING FOR DINNER is a pleasant cozy mystery, great to escape
for a few hours. Readers don't need to have read the
previous books in the series to enjoy this fourth book in
Ms. Bliss' Cooking Class mysteries. I highly recommend this
series to readers of culinary cozy mysteries. Recipes are
included as well.
Annie is finally leaving the safety of her old bank job to
work at her boyfriend Jim's restaurant, Bellywasher's. Lucky
for Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, she's working as the
manager and staying safely away from the flames. And lucky
for Annie, she's working with her best friend, Eve, the hostess.
Things start taking a turn for the worse when Jim's old
friend, legendary cook Jacques Lavoie, doesn't show up to
teach their cooking class. When Annie goes to fetch him, she
finds his assistant dead and Lavoie nowhere to be found.
With his odd disappearance and evidence mounting up against
him, it looks like the cook has really landed in the soup.
Now, Annie must sift through every morsel of evidence—before
someone else gets served their last course…
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