Death of a Kitchen Diva

By Lee Hollis

Book Overview

Welcome to Bar Harbor, Maine, one of New England's most idyllic coastal towns. But as new food writer Hayley Powell is about to find out, the occasional murder can take a bite out of seaside bliss. . .

Single mom Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaking roof over her head when her boss at the Island Times gives her a new assignment--taking over the paper's food column. Hayley's not sure she has the chops--she's an office manager, not a writer, even if her friends clamor for her mouth-watering potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting, and Hayley's chatty first column is suddenly on everyone's menu--with one exception.

When rival food writer Karen Appelbaum is found face-down dead in a bowl of Hayley's creamy clam chowder, all signs point to Hayley. To clear her name, she'll have to enlist some help, including her BFFs, a perpetually pregnant lobster woman, and a glamorous real estate agent. As she whips up a list of suspects, Hayley discovers a juicy secret about the victim--and finds herself in a dangerous mix with a cold-blooded killer.

Includes seven delectable recipes from Hayley's kitchen

What a delicious debut mystery -Laura Levine

A delicious read that I ate up in one sitting. -Isis Crawford

More Mouth-Watering Praise For Lee Hollis And Hayley Powell

Sleuth Hayley Powell slides down as easily as one of her Lemon Drop Martinis (recipe included) and readers will be calling for a second round from author Lee Hollis. --Leslie Meier, author of Chocolate Covered Murder

Delicious and satisfying. Another course, please. -Carolyn Hart

More Mouth-Watering Praise For Lee Hollis And Hayley Powell

Sleuth Hayley Powell slides down as easily as one of her Lemon Drop Martinis (recipe included) and readers will be calling for a second round from author Lee Hollis. --Leslie Meier, author of Chocolate Covered Murder

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0074F26BA
• ISBN13: 9780758267375
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Main character sounds like an alcoholic.

I expected this to be a quick read, an enjoyable "fluff" book but it seemed very juvenile. And Haley has a drink almost every other page! A disappointing book.

Not good

She’s got offensive language and outdated terminology- just can’t get past it for the plot.