Rocky Road (Culinary Murder Mysteries Series #10)

by Josi S. Kilpack

Overview

THE ST. GEORGE SPECTRUM Dr. Trenton Hendricks was last seen Friday, April 8, when he set out alone on a backpacking trip. Hendricks's Jeep Grand Cherokee was located Tuesday at the Chuckwalla Trailhead, but after six days and thousands of man-hours, the official search has been called off. He is presumed to be deceased. It was supposed to be a girls' weekend in scenic St. George, Utah, that would included shopping, trying out the local cuisine, and participating in a breast cancer fund-raiser. The fact that one of the organizers of the fund-raising event, a local doctor, had disappeared two months before was not supposed to be Sadie's problem. When Sadie learns that her friend Caro and Caro's cousin, Tess, have started a grassroots investigation into Dr. Hendrick's disappearance, Sadie graciously refuses to be a part of it. With her wedding to plan and her most recent case still fresh in her mind, Sadie is determined to leave this case to the police—until she meets the ex-wife of the missing man. How could she not ask a few questions ... that lead to more questions ... that lead to a small town and even more questions? When the local police ask her to be their eyes and ears, Sadie can't help but jump in with both feet. Before she knows it, she is on the rocky road of another investigation, following a convoluted trail of good intentions, hidden motivations, and philanthropy turned big business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609078362
Publisher:	Shadow Mountain Publishing
Publication date:	09/10/2013
Series:	Culinary Murder Mysteries Series , #10
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	541,874
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Josi S. Kilpack began her first novel in 1998. Her seventh novel, Sheep’s Clothing, won the 2007 Whitney Award for Mystery/ Suspense. Rocky Road is Josi’s nineteenth novel and the tenth book in the Sadie Hoffmiller Culinary Mystery Series. Josi currently lives in Willard, Utah, with her husband and children. For more information about Josi, you can visit her website at josiskilpack.com, read her blog at josikilpack.blogspot .com, or contact her via e-mail at [e-mail].

Read an Excerpt

She smiled in hopes of softening the impact of her words, though she meant every one of them. “Most people who know my history won’t believe this, but I don’t go looking for mysteries to solve—especially now. I have a wedding to plan and I’m still recovering from that cruise. I realize that his disappearance is difficult for the people who cared about Dr. Hendricks, but I’m really not interested in pursuing this, Caro, I’m sorry.”

Looking at the pile of papers in her lapk, Caro bit her lip, her disappointment impossible to ignore. Sadie felt bad shooting down Caro's hopes, but she sincerely meant what she'd said, so she refrained from apologizing again.

“What if . . . ,” Caro said just as the silence was becoming awkward. Sadie waited for her to continue, but Caro seemed to be thinking hard about what to say, or, perhaps, whether to say it at all. Caro couldn’t know what her delays did for Sadie’s curiosity--it was getting more difficult to hold back. What if Dr. Hendricks did have a reason to disappear?

“What if what?” Sadie asked, still pulling tight on the reins of her interest.

Caro looked up from the articles she seemed to be holding tighter than before and met Sadie’s eye. “What if we already found something?”

Editorial Reviews

"Another fabulous installment of the Sadie Hoffmiller series. The further I got into the story, the more complex it became . . . definitely a rocky road of a plot!"--Heather Moore, author of Heart of the Ocean and the Timeless Romance anthologies

From the Publisher

"Another fabulous installment of the Sadie Hoffmiller series. The further I got into the story, the more complex it became . . . definitely a rocky road of a plot!"--Heather Moore, author of Heart of the Ocean and the Timeless Romance anthologies

From the Publisher - Heather Moore