Inherit the Word (Cookbook Nook Series #2)

by Daryl Wood Gerber

Overview

Jenna Hart moved back to Crystal Cove, California, to recapture her joie de vivre and to help her aunt Vera run the local culinary bookshop and café. But it’s hard to follow a simple recipe for relaxation when murder gets thrown in the mix…
 
The Cookbook Nook is set to host the town’s upcoming Grill Fest, a tasty tradition which pits local amateur chefs against one another to concoct the most delicious dishes. This year’s challenge: grilled cheese. But with competing chefs bearing grudges from past years, more mouths are running off than savoring the fare.
 
The expression “too many cooks” proves all too true when the eight-time champ is found murdered in the alley behind the café. Soon a local diner owner (and Jenna’s “second mother”) is suspected of bumping off the competition, and Jenna has to douse the flames before the wrong person gets burned…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425258071
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/04/2014
Series:	A Cookbook Nook Mystery , #2
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	404,931
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.60(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Daryl Wood Gerber is an Agatha Award-winning author who writes the Cheese Shop Mysteries under the pseudonym Avery Aames. Like her protagonist, Daryl is an admitted foodie and an avid reader of books, including cookbooks. Prior to writing, Daryl acted on stage and television, including on Murder, She Wrote.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for the Cookbook Nook series

“There’s a feisty new amateur sleuth in town.”—Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author 

“[A] delectable page-turner with a tasty mix of characters, crime, and cookbooks.”—Kate Carlisle, New York Times bestselling author 

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Cookbook Nook series

“There’s a feisty new amateur sleuth in town.”—Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author 

“[A] delectable page-turner with a tasty mix of characters, crime, and cookbooks.”—Kate Carlisle, New York Times bestselling author 

From the Publisher

03/01/2014
Newly widowed, Jenna has moved back to idyllic Crystal Cove, CA, agreeing to co-own a cookbook store with her aunt. Jenna's a bit of a murder magnet; this time a dead body—Natalie Mumford—is found in the alley behind Jenna's shop. Matriarch of a café and not much liked, Natalie had an extensive list of enemies. When a second murder occurs, Jenna must rethink motive. At the same time, Jenna learns that her husband's death—she thought it was a simple drowning accident—was more complicated than she knew. She uncovers disturbing facts about his lifestyle that help her look at the recent murders in a new way. Now if she can only catch the police chief's ear. VERDICT Gerber's sophomore entry (after Final Sentence) dishes up the gossip with a tendency toward too many characters. That said, a familiar formula (young widow returns to childhood home) works its charm. Readers will relish the extensive cookbook suggestions, the cooking primer, and the whole foodie phenomenon. Gerber's perky tone with a multigenerational cast makes this series a good match for Lorna Barrett ("Booktown Mystery" series) and Nancy J. Parra ("A Baker's Treat" series).

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