I wanted to give this more than an okay rating as I liked the pace of the writing, the storyline., and the twist in the mystery.

I am amazed at how much extraneous information was included such as discussions of Shakespeare's characters; the history of Alexandria, Virginia; and various philosophical, religious and scientific explanations of ghosts, all which added to the story.

What held me back from a higher rating was the banter between characters, at first it was disarming but for me it was over-the-top, I lost the characters in the banter that was to much stage art rather and detracted character development and my ability to connect with them.

I am planning to read more from this series and hope that the "banter" is connected primarily to this story as part of setting the background "the restaurant schtick" .

P.S. The link for the cookbook doesn't work ( )