Synopses & Reviews
First in a new series!
At the San Francisco Seafood Festival, someone is steamed enough to kill a cook....
When restaurant reviewer Darcy Burnett gets served a pink slip from the San Francisco Chronicle, she needs to come up with an alternative recipe for success quickly. Her feisty aunt Abby owns a tricked-out school bus, which shes converted into a hip and happening food truck, and Darcy comes aboard as a part-timer while she develops a cookbook project based on recipes from food fests in the Bay Area.
But she soon finds someones been trafficking in character assassinationliterallywhen a local chef turns up dead and her aunt is framed for the murder. The restaurant chef was an outspoken enemy of food trucks, and now Darcy wonders if one of the other vendors did him in. With her aunts businessand freedomon the line, its up to Darcy to steer the murder investigation in the right direction and put the brakes on an out-of-control killer
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RECIPES INCLUDED!
Review
Praise for Penny Pike writing as Penny Warner and her Party-Planning Mystery Series:
“A party you dont want to miss.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Denise Swanson
“The books dish up a banquet of mayhem.”—The Oakland Tribune
“Delightful!”—Meritorious Mysteries
Review
Praise for Death of a Crabby Cook
“With her aunts business—and freedom—on the line, its up to Darcy and Dream Puff Jake Miller, to put the brakes on a crabby—and out-of-control killer.”—Examiner.com
"The food truck angle and the mouthwatering descriptions of the truck's offerings give this one a very appealing flavor."—Booklist
“The characters are strong, likeable, and come with secrets of their own.”—Kings River Life
“Fun, fresh and different.”—Open Book Society
“A clever new series that cozy mystery readers will eat up.”—MyShelf.com
“A thoroughly enjoyable read.”—Heres How it Happened
Synopsis
Food truck vendor Darcy Burnett unwraps a murder at the San Francisco Chocolate Festival in this mystery from the author of Death of a Crabby Cook
At this years chocolate festival, Darcy and her Aunt Abby hope to win the $10,000 prize in the chocolate contest with Aunt Abbys taste sensation: the chocolate raspberry whoopee pie. A little friendly competition from Darcys sometime-beau Jake Miller, who plans to enter with his chocolate cream puff delight, only sweetens the deal. But things get sticky when one of the judges, Polly Montgomery, is taken out of commissionpermanently.
The suspects include every contestant with reason to believe Polly wasnt too sweet on their sweets, including Aunt Abbys high school friend. Now Darcy must pick through an assortment of secrets to catch a killer before someone else gets a bittersweet finish.
About the Author
Penny Pike also writes the Party-Planning Mystery series under the name Penny Warner. She has published over sixty books and is a winner of the Macavity and Agatha awards.