Three Treats Too Many (Sarah Blair Mystery #3)

by Debra H. Goldstein

Overview

When a romantic rival opens a competing restaurant in small-town Wheaton, Alabama, Sarah Blair discovers murder is the specialty of the house . . .
 
For someone whose greatest culinary skill is ordering takeout, Sarah never expected to be co-owner of a restaurant. Even her Siamese cat, RahRah, seems to be looking at her differently. But while Sarah and her twin sister, Chef Emily, are tangled up in red tape waiting for the building inspector to get around to them, an attention-stealing new establishment—run by none other than Sarah's late ex-husband's mistress, Jane—is having its grand opening across the street.
 
Jane's new sous chef, Riley Miller, is the talk of Wheaton with her delicious vegan specialties. When Riley is found dead outside the restaurant with Sarah's friend, Jacob, kneeling over her, the former line cook—whose infatuation with Riley was no secret—becomes the prime suspect. Now Sarah must turn up the heat on the real culprit, who has no reservations about committing cold-blooded murder . . .
 
 Includes quick and easy recipes!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496719492
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	08/25/2020
Series:	Sarah Blair Series , #3
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	183,671
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Judge Debra H. Goldstein writes Kensington’s Sarah Blair mystery series. She is also the author of Should Have Played Poker and IPPY Award winning Maze in Blue. Her short stories, including Anthony and Agatha nominated “The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place,” have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies. An active Birmingham, Alabama, civic volunteer, Debra also serves on the national boards of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, and is president of SEMWA and past president of SinC’s Guppy Chapter.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for One Taste Too Many
 
“Debra Goldstein whets our appetite for murder in this series debut.  Scarf down a full serving of this tasty mystery as soon as you can.”
—Maddie Day, bestselling author of the Country Store Mysteries
 
“A cozy mystery loaded with humor and heart.”
—Linda Rodriguez, author of Every Hidden Fear
 
“Twins, murder, and mouthwatering descriptions of delicious food. One Taste Too Many is a page-turner debut of a cozy mystery that leaves you wanting more.”
—Barbara Ross, author of Steamed Open

From the Publisher

2020-06-03
Restaurant rivalry heats up when an Alabama chef is murdered.

Sarah Blair, a law firm receptionist who’s going partners with her twin sister, Emily, and Emily’s boyfriend, Marcus, in farm-to-table restaurant Southwind, couldn’t care less about councilwoman Anne Hightower’s concerns about developing Wheaton’s entertainment district through a cohesive plan. While Sarah waits for city building inspector Louis Botts to get around to checking out Southwind, pushy Jane Clark is cleaning up across the street with rival farm-to-table Jane’s Place, courtesy of a menu full of vegan treats from the saucepan of wunderkind chef Riley Miller. Riley soon buys the farm, but Jane continues to make beaucoup bucks at the table. When inspector Botts fails to appear, Sarah becomes alarmed as the police zero in on Anne’s son, contractor Jacob Hightower, as the prime suspect in Riley’s murder. Jacob rides with the Wheaton Wildcats, a motorcycle club composed largely of veterans and veterinarians with a healthy dose of senior citizens thrown in for fun. Riley, who liked to hitch a ride with whichever Wildcat had the biggest bike, ditched Jacob early on for someone with more RPMs. Even though her boss at the law firm, Harlan Endicott, agrees to represent Jacob, Sarah fears that the conservative attorney will be no match for Wheaton’s finest. Her investigation, accompanied by the obligatory pleas from her friends to leave sleuthing to the professionals, has all-too-foreseeable results

Even the vegan fare blazes no trails.

Kirkus Reviews