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TURN UP THE HEAT
A Gourmet Girl Mystery
Jessica Conant-Park & Susan Conant
Berkley Prime Crime
March 2008
ISBN 978-0-425-21947-8
Mystery
When Chloe Carter finds a body in her friend's
refrigerated fish truck parked behind Simmer, her
boyfriend-chef's restaurant, she has to investigate. The
victim is Leandra, an unlikeable waitress at Simmer.
Simmer's doing really well for a new trendy restaurant,
but with being closed down for a couple days as a crime
scene and with the rumor mill in full operation,
anything negative might send the restaurant spiraling
onward despite Josh's fabulous menu.
Not only does Chloe have to contend with a homicide, she
has to soothe and encourage Adrianna, her pregnant best
friend, who isn't overjoyed about becoming a mother,
plus keep her eye on Owen, Adrianna's fiance, who owned
the truck where the body was found. Then there's the
matter of studying for her social work finals and
writing term papers and having all those delicious meals
at Simmer, and trying to steal a minute or two with her
own personal chef boyfriend--Chloe's plate is full...as
Chloe tries to uncover the truth, she finds out some
interesting info about the restaurant business and stirs
up a murderer who dishes out almost more than Chloe can
take...
If you enjoy cozy and culinary mysteries, then the
Gourmet Girl series is perfect for you! I just love this
series because the characters have come alive for me and
have become good friends--Chloe and Josh, Adrianna and
Owen...and Simmer's the restaurant I want to visit!
Chloe's maturing and turning out to be quite the social
worker to be...especially interesting in this latest
entry in the series is all the inside gossip and info
about the restaurant business, something author Jessica
Conant-Park has the low-down on from being married to
her own chef...while reading TURN UP THE HEAT, you'll be
famished from all the fabulous food mentioned, and if
you're so inclined, there are lots of yummy recipes in
the back of the book. TURN UP THE HEAT is the third
delicious book in the Gourmet Girl series with STEAMED
being the first and SIMMER DOWN the second. TURN UP THE
HEAT is highly recommended!
Reviewed by Debora Hosey
Rating: 4 1/2 |
