num_pages: 352
description: In New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis's new Domestic Diva mystery Old Town's annual Pie Festival crumbles into chaos after a celebrity judge is murdered leaving it up to entertaining maven and sometime-sleuth Sophie Winston to dole out justice . . .Nothing heats up Old Town quite like the annual Pie Festival and this year is no exception especially since Sophie's professional rival Natasha Smith is barred from participating. Sophie meanwhile has been asked to oversee the pie-eating contest. But the drama really rolls out when celebrity judge Patsy Lee Presley host of television's most popular cooking show bites the crust during the competition and Sophie's friends are suspected of the crime.As the folks of Old Town dish the tough truth about Patsy's meteoric rise to domestic stardom begins to leak. It turns out that Patsy's sweet exterior hid a secret sour side which alienated many of her closest allies including a jilted ex-husband a bitter ex-mentor and a jaded ex-best friend. With the festival falling apart and her friends in danger of being boxed up for murder Sophie must cobble together the clues and stop a flakey fiend from serving up any more deadly desserts.Includes delicious recipes and entertaining tips!Praise for Krista DavisLoaded with atmosphere and charm. --Library Journal A tasty whodunit which keeps the reader fascinated until the killer is iced.--Richmond Times-Dispatch Reader alert: Tasty descriptions may spark intense cupcake cravings.--The Washington Post
language: English
title: The Diva Sweetens the Pie
publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation