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Zusatztext Praise for Mousse and Murder “Elizabeth Logan brings together an irresistible menu of good food, a small-town setting in the wilds of Alaska, and—of course—murder. Charlie’s efforts to revamp her parents’ diner put her in a precarious position, much to the delight of readers. Grab a bear claw, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and settle down for a fun read!”—Marty Wingate, USA Today bestselling author of The Bodies in the Library and the Potting Shed Mystery series “Elizabeth Logan has penned a charming cozy mystery with Mousse and Murder . Readers will want to visit the Bear Claw Diner in Alaska and feast on the delicious fare while puzzling over the mystery to be solved. It was a real treat!” —Dorothy St. James, Author of The Broken Spine and the Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery series “Pack your parka and belly up to the lunch counter at the Bear Claw Diner where the coffee is hot, the corpse is cold, and intrepid and lovable sleuth Charlotte Cooke and a cast of colorful characters track down a killer with a heart as cold as the Alaskan spring. Come for the bear claws, stay for the mystery!”—Kylie Logan, National bestselling author "A new charming cozy series...an adorable cat and a close-knit town help round out the book, but what really stands out is the uniqueness of the Alaskan setting."--Fresh Fiction Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Logan is the pseudonym for a long time mystery writer who has published series with Berkley and Minotaur. Klappentext A young chef bites off more than she can chew when she returns to her Alaskan hometown to take over her parents' diner. When Chef Charlotte "Charlie" Cooke was offered the chance to leave San Francisco and return home to Elkview, Alaska, and take over her mother's diner, she didn't even consider saying no. For the past year, she's built a comfortable existence, spending her days making sure the restaurant runs smoothly and that her cat, Eggs Benedict, is appropriately pampered. But soon life at the diner starts feeling a little one-note. Determined to bring fresh life and flavors to the Bear Claw Diner, Charlie starts planning changes to the menu, which has grown stale over the years. But her plans are fried when her head chef, Oliver turns up dead after a bitter and public fight over Charlie's ideas-leaving Charlie as the prime suspect. With her career, freedom, and life all on thin ice, Charlie must find out who the real killer is, before it's too late. One I disconnected the phone call, waiting for the sirens, ready to be arrested and thrown into the women's side of the tiny jail in Elkview, Alaska. A fine way to settle back in my hometown after a few years away. I had just lied to my mother. Worse, I'd done it while looking into her eyes on FaceTime. Trusting, beautiful brown eyes that almost perfectly matched her hair. My hair, too. How had that falsehood rolled off my tongue? The last time I'd lied to Evelyn Cooke, I was six years old and I'd blamed cousin Petey for starting the fight in his backyard. And that was technically not a lie, because we'd shoved each other into his sandbox at the same time. But this afternoon, at thirty-three years old, I'd told a whopper. Was it because I was distracted by warnings of the freezing rain heading our way, icy rain that would keep tourists away from the Bear Claw Diner? My diner, as of almost a year ago, when Mom decided to retire and travel with Dad, who was still giving management workshops all over the world. To think how thrilled I'd been that Mom would entrust everything to me-the diner, the staff, her recipes, her great following of regular patrons, and even Eggs Benedict, aka Benny, her beautiful orange tabby. "How is everything going, Charlie?" Mom had asked from the deck of a cruise ship headed dow...
