The Secret Ingredient Murders - A Eugenia Potter Mystery

Zusatztext “Beguiling.” – The San Diego Union-Tribune “A standout. . .Chatty! good-humored! and entertaining! with a believable puzzle! a charming heroine! and a consistently light touch.” – Kirkus Reviews “[A] savory series...a neat surprise ending.” – Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Nancy Pickard, the acclaimed creator of the Jenny Cain series, is a two-time Edgar Award nominee and winner of the Agatha, Macavity, Anthony, and American Mystery awards. A great fan of Virginia Rich's books, Nancy Pickard is the co-author, with Mrs. Rich, of The 27-Ingredient Chili con Carne Murders and author of The Blue Corn Murders . The late Virginia Rich was the author of three previous Eugenia Potter mysteries and, with Nancy Pickard, of The 27-Ingredient Chili con Carne Murders . Like her heroine, Mrs. Rich lived on a cattle ranch in Arizona and also had a cottage off the coast of Maine. Klappentext A DINNER TO DIE FOR Summoned from her Arizona ranch to take charge of her teenage great-nephew and his twin sister! Genia Potter takes a rental on the Rhode Island coast. Old acquaintance Stanley Parker is only too happy to welcome her. And soon Genia is busily preparing for the tasting party that she and Stanley are hosting that evening at her cottage. An avid cook and recipe collector! Stanley has already roped Genia into collaborating on The Secret Ingredient Cookbook ! chock-full of Rhode Island culinary mysteries. Now is their chance to test some recipes and solicit others from each of the invited. Stanley has carefully selected six guests. And each has been asked to contribute a recipe with one secret ingredient. Genia asks no questions-until the lobster bisque is cold and all but one are present. Where is Stanley? Dead. And unlamented. Has one of the guests concocted a secret recipe for murder? Everyone has a motive. And everyone has a secret-including Genia's troubled great-nephew! the prime suspect. . . Chapter 1 Guest of Honor Stanley Parker slipped his left arm and shoulder through a strap of his backpack, moving cautiously, afraid of pain. When the wary movement didn't hurt him, he felt deeply grateful. The pack was of hand-stitched Italian leather and dated to his honeymoon a half a century ago; the pain was of more recent origin. It was ever increasing, growing as fast as a squalling infant, sensitive as a weather gauge to changes in the temperature, humidity, and the pressure of the atmosphere around him. Tonight, however, the agony was dozing. It was stuffed away inside of him, invisible, like the frosted, squat green bottle of brandy he carried in the weathered old backpack. The old man alertly stepped onto the gravel of his circular driveway. There was nothing wrong with his hearing; he heard pebbles crunch under his feet, sounding as sharp as pellet shots in the crisp night air. He even heard the hum of the generator that ran the pump that provided fresh well water to his greenhouse, and he heard--or felt--the rhythmic surge of the ocean onto the beach below his home, and the waves drawing back into themselves again. Tonight, when he moved, no sharp pain stabbed his hip. Stanley sighed with a depth of gratitude known only to someone who has endured anguish and then finds himself liberated from it for a blessed little while. "Thank you, Jason, my boy," he murmured. He owed this freedom to a boy who had taken a risk for him. The old man lengthened his stride a bit, still suspicious of the price of movement. He was determined to drive his motorbike over to the dinner party at Genia Potter's home this evening. With every step forward he discovered to his relief there was no real pain tonight, only a trace of an ache, and an ache was nothing to him; he might even describe it as "mere." He had dressed for din...

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Pickard, Virginia Rich
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.02.2002
• EAN: 9780440217688
• ISBN: 978-0-440-21768-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 109 mm x 173 mm x 19 mm
• Series: The Eugenia Potter Mysteries; The Eugenia Potter Mysteries
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense