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Zusatztext Praise for Fillet of Murder “Deep fried and deadly! Fillet of Murder is a perfectly seasoned mystery with quirky characters! a darling small town New England setting! and a plucky heroine. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzler of a mystery. Reilly cooks up a perfect recipe of murder and mayhem in this charming cozy.”—Jenn McKinlay! New York Times bestselling author of the Cupcake Bakery mystery series “You had me at deep-fried haddock and malt vinegar. This is a terrific book—smart! sassy! and a little bit scary. Everything a good cozy should be!”—Laura Childs! New York Times bestselling author of the Teashop mystery series Informationen zum Autor Linda S. Reilly is the author of the Deep Fried Mysteries, including A Frying Shame , Out of the Dying Pan and Fillet of Murder . She lives with her husband in southern New Hampshire and is a member of Sisters in Crime and its subchapter, the Guppies. When she’s not prowling the shelves of a bookstore or library in search of a cozy read, she can be found tapping away at the keyboard creating her own cozy adventure. Klappentext Talia Marby serves up delectable English deep fried fare in the heart of the Berkshires-but she soon discovers there's something fishy going on in the first novel in the Deep Fried Mystery series! Sometimes in this life, you have to fish or cut bait. After walking away from a miserable job and an even worse boyfriend, Talia Marby has no regrets. She's returned to her hometown and is happy to help her dear friend Bea Lambert by working at Lambert's Fish & Chips, a cornerstone of a charming shopping plaza designed to resemble an old English village. But not all the shop owners are charming. Phil Turnbull has been pestering Bea to sign a petition against a new store opening up, and his constant badgering is enough to make her want to boil him in oil. When Talia and Bea stumble upon Turnbull murdered in his shop, the police suspect Bea. Now it's up to Talia to fish around for clues and hook the real killer before her friend has to trade serving food for serving time... Includes delicious recipes! Leseprobe ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 “Don’t do it, Bea. He’s not worth it.” Talia Marby clamped her hand firmly around her employer’s wrist, preventing Bea from pitching a chunk of fresh haddock at the man on the opposite side of the counter. “But that wanker won’t leave us alone, Talia!” Bea spoke as if the man weren’t standing six feet away, glowering at them. “He comes in here nearly every day to harangue me, and he’s gone to the hospital twice to bother Howie. I won’t have it!” “I know, and I agree,” Talia soothed, her fingers still locked around Bea’s slender wrist. Bea was in such a state that she was afraid to let go. Afraid that the man with the reddish-gold hair and ice-cool glare brandishing a clipboard at them would end up with a fish in the face. “But you know we can’t solve anything this way, right?” Cheeks flushed, raven-tinted curls springing out from her petite head, Bea Lambert let out a noisy sigh. “Right,” she grumbled. She lowered her hand and yielded to Talia’s grasp, letting the haddock dangle from her fingers. Talia rescued the fish with one hand and squeezed Bea’s shoulder with the other. “Let me handle this,” she said, propelling Bea toward the opening next to the counter that separated the dining area from the kitchen of Lambert’s Fish & Chips. “Whitnee should be here any minute. She can help you get the mushy peas ready. It’s after eleven, so the lunch orders are going to start coming in.” Bea turned and cast one last look at the man, her leaf green eyes shooting darts at him. “Bother Howie again and you’ll be sorry, Turnbull.” She paused for effect and then tromped into the kitchen, vanishing into the small alcove that was hidden from view fro...
