Thursday, April 11, 2019

Books from the Backlog - Death on Eat Street

Today I'm linking up with Carole from Carole's Random Life of Books for Books from the Backlog.  I really enjoy the chance to feature a book that's been hiding in the piles of books for far too long!  This week is the first mystery in a cozy series that I've been wanting to read for ages - Death on Eat Street by J.J.  Cook.



Blurb:  When she’s once again passed over for a promotion at work, Zoe decides to take the big leap and go for her dream. She quits, gives up her fancy digs, and buys a fixer-upper diner in a shady part of town. To keep above water during the renovation, she buys a used food truck to serve the downtown and waterfront of Mobile, Alabama.
Zoe starts to dish out classic Southern food—but her specialty is her deep-fried biscuit bowls that blow traditional bread bowls away.

After a promising start, things start to go downhill faster than a food truck without brakes. First, someone tries to rob the cash register. Next, Zoe is threatened by the owner of a competing food truck for taking their spot. And when the owner ends up dead inside Zoe’s rolling restaurant, Zoe and her sole employee, Ollie, find themselves hopping out of the frying pan into the fryer. They need to find the real killer, before both of them get burned.

Why It Needs to Come Off the Shelf: No real reason other than every time I see it I think "I really should read that book!"

8 comments:

  1. I am always on the hunt for a good cozy series. I hope that you get a chance to read this soon!

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  2. I want to know if one can really make a deep fried biscuit bowl and do they provide the recipe and instructions because man does that sound tasty! And what all does she put in her biscuit bowls?

    Love the cover!

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  3. This sounds like a fun one. I haven't read about a food truck before.

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  4. I love food trucks so this kind of appeals to me too. :)

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  5. This sounds wonderful, Katherine! I haven't read a cozy in a while so this one really appeals to me.

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  6. LOL I have quite a few who land in that category.

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  7. Hope you get the chance to read it soon!

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