Dead Man's Broth - Softcover

Hemlin, Tim

3.72

18 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345420020 ISBN 13: 9780345420022

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1999

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When Houston's most famous TV chef is found dead, the city's most sought-after caterer is in hot water, having risen to the top of the suspect list, and his chef, part-time sleuth Neil Marshall, is determined to dish out the truth. Original.

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Review:

From Publisher's Weekly: There's quite a shake-up in Houston's glamorous culinary world in Hemlin's latest mystery. While TV chef Sherwood Welles is ruling the airwaves, his assistant chef, Warren Clay, comes knocking on the door of rival cook Neil Marshall, proposing that they go into business together. Neil refuses and Warren goes away angry. Meanwhile, Neil overhears Agnes Berryman, owner of Texas Tastes lifestyle magazine, arguing with Neil's boss, Perry Stevens, Houston's premier caterer, whom she had hired to cater an event and then refused to pay. The next day, Neil begins to receive several anonymous death threats in the mail. When Welles is found dead, stabbed in his kitchen studio, Perry is named the prime suspect, and it's up to Neil to solve the crime. If he can't deduce how all the pieces fit together, his boss will do time. Events reach fever pitch as preparations begin for Perry Stevens Catering's much touted Fifth Annual Crawfish Boil. Hemlin (A Catered Christmas) spices his South Texas brew with a lively cast of characters and fast-paced plotting.

About the Author:

For twelve years, Tim Hemlin was a chef for a gourmet catering company in Houston, Texas. He now lives near Houston with his wife and children and teaches English in a secondary school. He is the author of If Wishes Were Horses . . ., A Whisper of Rage, People in Glass Houses, and A Catered Christmas.

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