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CHILI CON CARNAGE

Chili Con Carnage, October 2013
Chili Cook-off Mystery #1
by Kylie Logan

Berkley
Featuring: Maxie Pierce
304 pages
ISBN: 0425262413
EAN: 9780425262412
Kindle: B00BC21SH4
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"The chili cook-off circuit can be murder - literally."

Fresh Fiction Review

CHILI CON CARNAGE
Kylie Logan

Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted November 19, 2013

Mystery Cozy

Maxie Pierce has a missing father and a half-sister suspected of murder. Maxie and Sylvia start working the chili cook-off circuit when their father, Texas Jack, went missing. Maxie is determined to find him. Her personal life is a mess. She's just been wiped out by her last boyfriend. She gets asked out by Roberto, one of the crew on the circuit. One date with Roberto is enough to let her know that she isn't interested.

When Roberto's body tumbles out of an RV owned by a famous chef, Maxie immediately becomes a person of interest. Unfortunately, once the police are convinced of Maxie's innocence, her half-sister, Sylvia, is arrested. It turns out that Roberto was once Sylvia's fiancΓ©. Like many other women before her, Roberto used Sylvia and dumped her once he had what he wanted.

Now, Maxie has two things to accomplish; find Jack and save Sylvia from conviction.

The mystery in CHILI CON CARNAGE was interesting and sufficiently devious to keep the readers involved in the story. The twists and turns kept the reader's focus and made the final resolution even more satisfying. The only thing that made it hard for me to keep my attention on the book was the constant fighting between Maxie and Sylvia. Their continuing rivalry for their father's attention got in the way of the story. It's time for them to grow up and let the animosity go.

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SUMMARY

FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!

Bean there…done that…

Romance is supposed to be the spice of life. But Maxie
Pierce is so done with bad relationshipsβ€”well, almost. She
just has to get rid of the latest loser, Roberto. Besides,
she has more important things to worry about. Her daddy,
Texas Jack Pierce, king of the chili cook-off circuit, has
been missing for nearly six weeks now. In his place, she
must team up with her irritating half sister, Sylvia, to
promote the family business at the Taos Chili Showdown, to
be judged by celebrity chef Carter Donnelly.

But when Maxie discovers Roberto’s body in the chef’s
trailerβ€”only hours after publicly breaking up with him while
wearing a giant red chili pepper costumeβ€”she suddenly finds
she’s the one in the spotlight as the police pepper her with
questions. Now this Chili Chick needs to kick up the search
to catch the real killer and get back to finding her father…

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES!

EXCERPT

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BOOK SERIES

Chili Cook-off

Chili Con Carnage
CHILI CON CARNAGE
#1.0 β€’ October 2013
Death By Devil's Breath
DEATH BY DEVIL'S BREATH
#2.0 β€’ August 2014
Revenge Of The Chili Queens
REVENGE OF THE CHILI QUEENS
#3.0 β€’ August 2015

 

 

 

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