Review: Getting Skinny (A Chef Landry Mystery) #1
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2013
Nicky Landry had a lot of reasons to be nervous.  Her restaurant Skinny's on Queen has only been open for a month. Tonight is a party for her boyfriend, Rob Grant, for finishing up his hospital residency - a sort of dress rehearsal for the upcoming Press Party.  Oh -- Nicky is positive that tonight is the night Rob will propose! After all she did hear him on the phone talking about a ring.Things do not go as planned.  Nicky can't fit into her sexy dress.  The dessert gets burned.  Worst of all, Nicky overhears two women talking in the ladies room and one is talking about her affair with Rob.  Somehow Nicky gets through the evening with plenty of raves from her guests.  She sends everyone home and has it out with Rob.  Nicky tells him to go to her house and pack up his stuff.  Toni, the best BFF anyone could want, returns to Skinny's with her famous martinis.  Nicky wakes up in the morning to find everything has been made clean and tidy at her restaurant.  She heads home and finds Rob on her back steps with a knife in his chest.  Nicky needs to find out whodunit because as far as the police are concerned they have identified the killer and it is Nicky Landry!  If Nicky doesn't want to get diced, she will have to mix up a plan to catch the killer.Things to ponder:  Which skinny person caught up to Rob after he had one last look in the restaurant window?  Does Rob's death have anything to do with the unlabeled vials of drugs Nicky found in her bathroom?  Can being the #1 murder suspect be a good weigh loss secret?This is a book I loved. It is a fast read - a real page turner.  I identified with Nicky - and her weight issues.  She is a great protagonist and I hope we will be reading about her again in the very near future.  Plus - you will fall in love with Jackie Chan - 4 pounds of pure Yorkshire terrier.  There are some yummy recipes included too.  So, if you enjoy your mystery with a side of fries, then Getting Skinny is one book you will want to polish off.FTC Full Disclosure - A copy of this book was sent to me by the author in hopes I would review it. However, receiving the complimentary copy did not influence my review.