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Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis is the first book in the Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery series. Hayley takes over writing the Bar Harbor Island Times food column and becomes an instant hit. When rival food writer Karen Appelbaum is found murdered after a public altercation with Hayley, Hayley is accused of the crime and sets off to clear her name. I enjoyed this book very much. I liked the quirky characters, and there were plenty of fun and crazy moments. My main complaint is sta
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Funny, sweet, a very solid book 1. I can't wait to read the next one!
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OK, so I am trying to avoid having chosen a cozy-mystery book and then blaming it for being a cozy-mystery book. And, really this book has all of the formulaic clichés a reader would expect from this genre. It is also just plain not good even for the genre.
Normally, for the first book of a series I am generous and more forgiving than later books. In this case, I think two star is generous and forgiving.
I will add my voice to those citing flat characters and too-stupid-to-live protagonist, and ...more
Normally, for the first book of a series I am generous and more forgiving than later books. In this case, I think two star is generous and forgiving.
I will add my voice to those citing flat characters and too-stupid-to-live protagonist, and ...more
There were many things about this book I didn't like, but it all boils down to the characters. I felt like the characters did such idiotic things that no one in real life would really do. These actions were probably supposed to be humorous, but I just rolled my eyes several times. The author also had characters using some insensitive jokes that she must have thought funny, but not me. I won't be continuing this series. Some of you might like the recipes included, which I felt were just ok.
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Jackie
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Vanessa
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Eden
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