num_pages: 283
description: First in a new cozy mystery series featuring Southern cooking that is to die for.Aspiring chef and small-town Virginia native Amy Flowers is ready to open her own caf offering old-fashioned Southern food. But her dream may go up in smoke when someone kills the competition...Tired of waiting tables at Lous Joint Amy Flowers doesnt just quitshe offers to buy the place from her bully of a boss so she can finally open the caf of her dreams. Amy can't wait to serve the kind of Southern down-home treats and dishes that her grandmother always loved to the kooky cast of regulars at the restaurant. She knows her comfort food will be the talk of the sweet small town of Winter Garden Virginia.At first Lou Lou refuses to sell but when she seems ready to make a deal she tells Amy to come see her. Showing up at the eatery ready to negotiate Amy is shocked to find her former employer murdered. As the prime suspect Amy will have to clear her name by serving up the real killerand with Lou Lous stack of enemies thats a tall order.Includes delicious Southern recipes!
language: English
title: The Calamity Café
publisher: Berkley