Mumbo Gumbo (Madeline Bean Catering Mysteries #5)
Farmer's culinary detective Madeline Bean returns, and this time the L.A. catering queen joins the writing staff ofFood Freak, a ratings-topping television quiz show (a sort ofIron Chefcrossed withWho Wants to be a Millionaire?) whose chief writer has suddenly disappeared. Then the newly arrived Maddie's office suffers a break-in. Shortly after, Maddie endures an assault while at work at her desk. A full cast of oddballs staffs the quiz show, so there are plenty of suspects lurking about. Discovery of a secret door behind a bookcase leads to a very private office and to a food magazine whose address label takes Maddie to the scene of a deadly fire. Along the way, readers learn about the history of Hollywood's movie and television studios and about the regulations governing television quiz shows. Farmer's easygoing prose makes for fun reading, and fans of her earlier works will be eager to follow Maddie's newest adventure.Mark KnoblauchCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.