Death by Chocolate: A Savannah Reid Mystery (Savannah Reid Mysteries) - Hardcover

McKevett, G. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1575667126 ISBN 13: 9781575667126

Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp, 2003

Synopsis

When gourmet cook Lady Eleanor, a.k.a. "The Queen of Chocolate," is murdered under the watchful eye of curvaceous P.I. Savannah Reid, Savannah, with her reputation in tatters, must sift through a vast array of suspects to catch a killer with a sweet tooth. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

G.A. McKevett is the author of the acclaimed Savannah Reid mystery series. Also writing under the name Sonja Massie, she has authored over 60 books ranging from cozy mysteries, to historical romances, to nonfiction works on the history of Ireland. Her earthy humor and fast-paced plots delight her fans, while critics applaud her offbeat characterizations and incisive observations on human nature. Irish by ancestry, she has lived in Toronto, Ireland and Los Angeles, but now resides in New York. Readers can visit her online at www.SonjaMassie.com.

From Publishers Weekly:

The prolonged story of her heroine's dysfunctional family weighs down the pseudonymous McKevett's otherwise lively, sharply humorous mystery, the eighth (after 2002's Peaches and Screams) to feature zaftig PI Savannah Reid. Savannah, owner of the Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency in San Carmelito, Calif., agrees to protect Eleanor Maxwell, aka the Gourmet Network's Lady Eleanor, after the self-titled "Queen of Chocolate" receives threatening letters. To Savannah's dismay, her client collapses after biting into a chocolate during a TV show taping and dies in her arms. Despite her seeming popularity, Lady Eleanor was notoriously bad-tempered-and worse, her recipes were a disaster. Aided and abetted by hungry, hardworking cop Dirk Coulter, Savannah encounters a number of coarse characters, notably the victim's vicious daughter and resentful ex-husband, in her search for the killer. Only one member of the Maxwell clan-Lady Eleanor's seven-year-old granddaughter, Gilly-elicits our sympathy. The unexpected arrival of Savannah's sister Cordele, who's determined to rehash the issues of their relationship and their harsh childhood, tests everyone's patience, including the reader's. Established fans may welcome the family analysis, but the uninitiated, especially those lured by the dark cat and chocolate goodies (brownies, fudge, cake, etc.) on the jacket, will find this caper a lot less cozy than meets the eye.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1575667126
• ISBN 13: 9781575667126
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304