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A Catered Thanksgiving (2010)

por Isis Crawford

Series: Mystery with Recipes (7), Bernadette and Libby Simmons (7)

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Fiction. African American Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. HTML: *A dysfunctional family holiday turns deadly in this "sprightly" mystery (Publishers Weekly).* Whipping up Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful for anyone, but that goes double for the Field family. Everything has to be perfect, or they risk getting cut out of dominating patriarch Monty's lucrative will. That's where sisters Bernie and Libby's catering company, A Little Taste of Heaven, comes in. Surely with their lumpless mashed potatoes and to-die-for gravy, even the super-dysfunctional Fields can get along for one meal. But no one can dress up disaster when the turkey goes boom right in Monty's scowling face, sending him to that great dining room in the sky. With everyone harboring their own cornucopia of secrets, discovering who wanted to carve up Monty won't be easy. Worse, the Field Mansion is draped under a snowstorm, trapping them with a killer determined to get more than his piece of the pie. Bernie and Libby will have to find out who the culprit is, fast, before the leftovers�??and their chances of surviving�??run out for good... Includes tasty recipes! "Fans of culinary cozies by Joanne Fluke and Diane Mott Davidson will enjoy discovering Crawford." �??Library Journal… (más)

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My mom got this book from her library's book exchange area and passed it on to me to read. The Field family is not very likable, though I think that is by design. They are all in it for themselves and what they can get out of it. I didn't really enjoy the sister sleuth characters, Bernie and Libby, much either. Though they work together, I often felt like Bernie was forcing Libby to go along. This might be a good thing since Libby is so timid seeming that she might not ever do anything out of her comfort zone without some prodding, but over the course of a series, I think it would grind on me. It did even in this one book.

To be fair, the author did create a realistic reason why the sisters would need to do their sleuthing rather than having the police there and have the amateur sleuths interfering in an investigation. The police contacted after Monty dies though don't seem too concerned with preserving evidence in a suspicious death case.

The recipes included (which are at the end of the book rather than interspersed as some culinary cozies do) were not ones I would be interested in making, though they do have a Thanksgiving theme as befits the book. (

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JenniferRobb | Jun 29, 2017 |

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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I figured I would get in the spirit by reading this book. Needless to say, it didn't hold my interest for long. I got about 1/2 through it and decided that I had better things to read. (

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bamckay | Nov 17, 2012 |

Terrible. Could not even finish this dull, dull story with absolutely inane dialogue and unbelievable premise. (

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SusanGrigsby | Jun 26, 2012 |

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Pretty good mystery!! I love these type of books!! A little plain..but enjoyed! (

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Allie64 | Jun 30, 2011 |

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Cute little mystery- nothing too different or surprising, but decently written and once you get into the book, quite gripping. I did really enjoy the Agatha Christie-type suspense of a snow bound house party where one of the members is a murderer. However, some of the narrative techniques and red herrings that the author tried to employ were just too threadbare to come off effectively. In the end though, it is a nice, clean, few hours of reading entertainment that I would not feel qualms about recommending to anyone. (

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Thanksgiving

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To Anna Jo and Mila Isabella. The world is a better place because you're in it.

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It was two days before Thanksgiving, and five members of the Field family were huddled around the fireplace in the study off of the living room.

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Fiction. African American Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. HTML:

A dysfunctional family holiday turns deadly in this "sprightly" mystery (Publishers Weekly).

Whipping up Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful for anyone, but that goes double for the Field family. Everything has to be perfect, or they risk getting cut out of dominating patriarch Monty's lucrative will. That's where sisters Bernie and Libby's catering company, A Little Taste of Heaven, comes in. Surely with their lumpless mashed potatoes and to-die-for gravy, even the super-dysfunctional Fields can get along for one meal. But no one can dress up disaster when the turkey goes boom right in Monty's scowling face, sending him to that great dining room in the sky.
With everyone harboring their own cornucopia of secrets, discovering who wanted to carve up Monty won't be easy. Worse, the Field Mansion is draped under a snowstorm, trapping them with a killer determined to get more than his piece of the pie. Bernie and Libby will have to find out who the culprit is, fast, before the leftovers�??and their chances of surviving�??run out for good...

Includes tasty recipes!

"Fans of culinary cozies by Joanne Fluke and Diane Mott Davidson will enjoy discovering Crawford." �??Library Journal

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