Red hot murder : an Angie Amalfi mystery

Format:

Book

Title:

Red hot murder : an Angie Amalfi mystery

Author:

Pence, Joanne.

ISBN:

9780060758059

Publication Information:

New York : Avon Books, 2006.

Physical Description:

356 pages ; 17 cm.

Summary:

Dilettante chef Angie Amalfi doubts if she'll actually survive her engagement to San Francisco homicide detective Paavo Smith, what with her meddling mom micromanaging the whole affair. So Angie leaps at the chance to spend some time away with her fiancé in the sun-drenched Arizona desert town where he'd spent time as a boy and maybe explore the possibility of a Southwestern-themed wedding feast. But her groom-to-be is going back there to help a friend investigate the murder of a wealthy local and it seems this tiny desert community is a hotbed of deadly secrets. And when a second course of murder is served up, suddenly Angie's tasty getaway with her lover is starting to look more and more like her final meal.

Personal Subject:

Amalfi, Angie (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Amalfi, Angie (Fictitious character)

Subject(s):

Women cooks -- Fiction.

Women detectives -- California -- Fiction.

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Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction

Fiction

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

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But her groom-to-be is going back there to help a friend investigate the murder of a wealthy local -- and it seems this tiny desert community is a hotbed of deadly secrets. And when a second course of murder is served up, suddenly Angie's tasty getaway with her lover is starting to look more and more like her final meal.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

At the start of Pence's amusing 13th Angie Amalfi mystery, the sometime chef and her San Francisco homicide detective fianc?, Paavo Smith, are off to reconnect with childhood friends of Paavo's in Jackpot, Ariz., where they'll be staying at the Ghost Hollow Guest Ranch (ostriches, not cattle). On arrival in town, Paavo's old chum, Ned Paulson, fails to meet them as planned. Unfortunately, while off looking for a long-missing stagecoach containing a famous chef from the Waldorf and a pile of money, Ned has been bashed in the head and left in a desert cave. Somehow, during a cook-off for the annual ranch picnic against a local diner owner-who garnishes her rabbit stew with horned toad-Angie manages to figure out the complex inner workings of a very small town (pop. 917) and find the reality behind the polite faces. Good repartee between the lovers, funny (think amorous ostrich) situations, a secret marriage, a surprising d?nouement and a great recipe for bourbon pecan pie make this the perfect vacation read. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved