07/04/2016
Sweet-tart and wickedly wholesome as the heroine’s fresh citrus margaritas, Herbert’s second book follows the surefire recipe of the series opener, 2015’s Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles. The menu’s sure to include mayhem when 40-something Halia Watkins, proprietor of Mahalia’s Sweet Tea in Maryland’s Prince George’s County, agrees to cater her high school reunion, despite nightmare memories of organizer Raynell Rollins. Now a rich realtor, Raynell has a fatal fall post-reunion. The cops call the death accidental, but folks with motive to kill abound. Cue bighearted Halia to suss out the murderer, “helped” by her hilarious trash-talking young cousin, Wavonne, who mainly sleuths Raynell’s closets for designer duds. Herbert's African-American cast and culture offer refreshing spins on the default white tropes of cozy fiction. Instead of a jumble sale at the rectory, there’s a high-end charity auction at the Rebirth megachurch. Diet-busting recipes punctuate the action. Agent: Deborah Schneider, Gelfman Schneider/ICM Partners. (Sept.)
Now available in mass market! A high school reunion takes a deadly turn in the second in A. L. Herbert's fresh and inventive series set within the bustle of a top soul food restaurant-the first cozy mystery series with a predominantly African-American cast.
When the organizing committee for her upcoming high school reunion desperately needs a caterer, Halia agrees to help out. Soon she's serving up her signature macaroni and cheese and famous chicken wings to a host of appreciative ex-classmates. Some folks have blossomed since graduation. Others, like manipulative Raynell Rollins, currently married to a former football star, haven't changed nearly enough.
When Raynell is found dead the morning after the reunion, the role call of possible suspects could fill the school gymnasium. Extra-marital affairs, mega-church scandals and sports secrets . . . Raynell had her perfectly manicured hand in a lot of sticky situations. With her cousin Wavonne's bungling assistance-and a helping of unwelcome dating advice from her mother, Celia-Halia is on course to track down the killer, before she becomes the alumna most likely to meet an untimely end . . .
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When the organizing committee for her upcoming high school reunion desperately needs a caterer, Halia agrees to help out. Soon she's serving up her signature macaroni and cheese and famous chicken wings to a host of appreciative ex-classmates. Some folks have blossomed since graduation. Others, like manipulative Raynell Rollins, currently married to a former football star, haven't changed nearly enough.
When Raynell is found dead the morning after the reunion, the role call of possible suspects could fill the school gymnasium. Extra-marital affairs, mega-church scandals and sports secrets . . . Raynell had her perfectly manicured hand in a lot of sticky situations. With her cousin Wavonne's bungling assistance-and a helping of unwelcome dating advice from her mother, Celia-Halia is on course to track down the killer, before she becomes the alumna most likely to meet an untimely end . . .
Murder with Macaroni and Cheese
Now available in mass market! A high school reunion takes a deadly turn in the second in A. L. Herbert's fresh and inventive series set within the bustle of a top soul food restaurant-the first cozy mystery series with a predominantly African-American cast.
When the organizing committee for her upcoming high school reunion desperately needs a caterer, Halia agrees to help out. Soon she's serving up her signature macaroni and cheese and famous chicken wings to a host of appreciative ex-classmates. Some folks have blossomed since graduation. Others, like manipulative Raynell Rollins, currently married to a former football star, haven't changed nearly enough.
When Raynell is found dead the morning after the reunion, the role call of possible suspects could fill the school gymnasium. Extra-marital affairs, mega-church scandals and sports secrets . . . Raynell had her perfectly manicured hand in a lot of sticky situations. With her cousin Wavonne's bungling assistance-and a helping of unwelcome dating advice from her mother, Celia-Halia is on course to track down the killer, before she becomes the alumna most likely to meet an untimely end . . .
When the organizing committee for her upcoming high school reunion desperately needs a caterer, Halia agrees to help out. Soon she's serving up her signature macaroni and cheese and famous chicken wings to a host of appreciative ex-classmates. Some folks have blossomed since graduation. Others, like manipulative Raynell Rollins, currently married to a former football star, haven't changed nearly enough.
When Raynell is found dead the morning after the reunion, the role call of possible suspects could fill the school gymnasium. Extra-marital affairs, mega-church scandals and sports secrets . . . Raynell had her perfectly manicured hand in a lot of sticky situations. With her cousin Wavonne's bungling assistance-and a helping of unwelcome dating advice from her mother, Celia-Halia is on course to track down the killer, before she becomes the alumna most likely to meet an untimely end . . .
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| BN ID: | 2940177443447 |
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| Publisher: | Tantor Audio |
| Publication date: | 04/28/2020 |
| Series: | Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery , #2 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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