num_pages: 327
description: Welcome to Bar Harbor Maine one of New England's most idyllic coastal towns. But as new food writer Hayley Powell is about to find out the occasional murder can take a bite out of seaside bliss. . .Single mom Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaking roof over her head when her boss at the Island Times gives her a new assignment--taking over the paper's food column. Hayley's not sure she has the chops--she's an office manager not a writer even if her friends clamor for her mouth-watering potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting and Hayley's chatty first column is suddenly on everyone's menu--with one exception.When rival food writer Karen Appelbaum is found face-down dead in a bowl of Hayley's creamy clam chowder all signs point to Hayley. To clear her name she'll have to enlist some help including her BFFs a perpetually pregnant lobster woman and a glamorous real estate agent. As she whips up a list of suspects Hayley discovers a juicy secret about the victim--and finds herself in a dangerous mix with a cold-blooded killer.Includes seven delectable recipes from Hayley's kitchen!What a delicious debut mystery! -Laura LevineA delicious read that I ate up in one sitting. -Isis CrawfordMore Mouth-Watering Praise For Lee Hollis And Hayley Powell!Sleuth Hayley Powell slides down as easily as one of her Lemon Drop Martinis (recipe included) and readers will be calling for a second round from author Lee Hollis. --Leslie Meier author of Chocolate Covered MurderDelicious and satisfying. Another course please. -Carolyn HartMore Mouth-Watering Praise For Lee Hollis And Hayley Powell!Sleuth Hayley Powell slides down as easily as one of her Lemon Drop Martinis (recipe included) and readers will be calling for a second round from author Lee Hollis. --Leslie Meier author of Chocolate Covered Murder
language: English
title: Death of a Kitchen Diva
publisher: Kensington Books