Published: September 2, 2014
ISBN: 978-0451415158
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by name and email address: Gina myreviewbooks@aol.com
FOUR HEARTS
Victoria (“Vic”) Renzi returned to the Jersey Shore and her
family restaurant, Café Lido, to learn the fine art of cooking good—really good—Italian
food. A few months ago she ended up in the middle of a murder investigation
after which she said “Never again.” And
while she hasn’t been allowed to actually cook anything, she is front and
center for learning all she can about the business. That includes helping prepare, deliver and
serve Café Lido’s famed Wedding Soup to a family friends’ wedding. Chef egos being what they are, it doesn’t
take long for several of them to mix it up—and not in the sense of mixing
cooking ingredients. In the middle of all this Vic overhears an
argument…well several…between the club president and several members of the
wedding party, guests and chefs. The
next morning word reaches the Renzi family that said club president has been
found dead—murdered. Despite her
determination to stay out of it Vic is drawn into investigating who killed club
president Elizabeth Merriman. Drawn into
finding the killer Vic uncovers unknown family ties, and not just in her own
family. As those threads unwind Vic soon
finds herself face-to-face with the killer.
Can she keep him…or her…from killing again?
However, once Vic started digging into who killed Elizabeth the
story took off. Genova intertwines
threads of Vic’s family, Elizabeth’s past and her own characters from her own
mystery series, into the story. Each
individual story stands on its own but woven together makes for a really good
read.
I appreciated how Genova told the killer’s story—not that it was
justified, but the history behind it. She
didn’t just deal with a prior death brought about by a debilitating illness,
but how that death affected another family.
And not just the emotions, but how that disability caused the same
illness in other family members. The
ending is emotional and was truly well done.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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