A Deadly Eclair
A French Bistro Mystery
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $25.99
Publisher Description
Agatha-Award-winning author: In this delectable series debut, aspiring bistro owner Mimi Rousseau serves up piping hot suspects to clear her name of murder
It’s always been Mimi Rousseau’s dream to open her own bistro, but it seems beyond her grasp since she’s been chased back home to Nouvelle Vie in Napa Valley by her late husband’s tremendous debt. Until her best friend Jorianne James introduces her to entrepreneur Bryan Baker who invests in promising prospects. Now, working the bistro and inn until she’s able to pay it off and call it her own, Mimi is throwing the inn’s first wedding ever.
The wedding will be the talk of the town, as famous talk show host Angelica Edmonton, daughter of Bryan’s half-brother, Edison, has chosen the inn as her perfect venue. Anxious, Mimi is sure things are going to turn south, especially when Edison gets drunk and rowdy at the out-of-towners’ dinner, but by the evening, things begin to look up again. That is until six AM rolls around, and Bryan is found dead at the bistro with an éclair stuffed in his mouth. And the fingers point at Mimi, whose entire loan is forgiven in Bryan’s will.
Now it’s up to Mimi to clear her name and get to the bottom of things before the killer turns up the heat again in A Deadly Éclair, the scrumptious series debut by Agatha Award-winning author Daryl Wood Gerber.
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Sour notes overwhelm sweet in this culinary cozy series launch from Gerber (Grilling the Subject). Chef Mimi Rousseau has fled San Francisco after her overspending husband's death. Back home with her widowed mother in Napa Valley, she meets benevolent entrepreneur Bryan Baker through her best friend, Jo James; Bryan underwrites a Monet-themed bistro and inn for her to develop. To boost the property's wattage, Bryan persuades his celebrity niece, food show host Angelica Barrington, to hold her wedding there. At the out-of-towners' dinner the night before, Bryan praises jittery Mimi, but she's getting bad vibes from groom-to-be Lyle Ives. Early the next morning, Angelica discovers Bryan's body with an clair stuffed in his mouth. When Sgt. Tyson Daly finds Mimi's mobile phone in a nearby basil pot, Mimi is scared. Can she save herself while fostering romance between Tyson and Jo? Alas, Mimi's brashness with a handsome wine rep plays better than her bluntness as a sleuth for instance asking Lyle if Angelica might be the killer. Recipes, including gluten-free pastry, are a plus.
