A Brisket, a Casket
Murder's on the menu in this savory debut. Gwen (nee Katz) Silver heard the brisket at her uncle's Jewish deli, Murray the Pastrami Swami – the only one of its kind in Nashville, Tennesseeâwas "to die for". But she didn't realize that meant literally! When Gwen learns she's inherited...
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Murder's on the menu in this savory debut.
Gwen (nee Katz) Silver heard the brisket at her uncle's Jewish deli, Murray the Pastrami Swami – the only one of its kind in Nashville, Tennesseeâwas "to die for". But she didn't realize that meant literally!
When Gwen learns she's inherited Murray's, the native New Yorker leaves her chaotic career and messy divorce behind to start over in Nashville. But the venture seems doomed from the start. Murray's taken his recipes and secret list of food suppliers to the grave with him, and ruthless real estate developer Royce Sinclair will stop at nothing to try and sandwich Murray's into his already overstuffed portfolio.
Then, on Kosher Karaoke Night, longtime customer Buster Sergeant bites into his brisket...and bites the dust. The coroner says food poisoning, but Gwen's not convinced. Now, with the help of hunky police detective Beau McClintock, 'Nashville Katz' – as Gwen is quickly nicknamed – will find herself adding 'private investigator' to her resume – and a new love to her life.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780758241702 (0758241704)
Publish date: 2010-10-01
Publisher: Kensington
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Series: A Deadly Deli Mystery (#1)
I usually like foodie mysteries but this one just didn't do it for me. I hated it right from the first chapter and it just didn't get any better. Honestly there wasn't a likable character in the whole thing and the whole Jewish thing seemed overplayed to me. For the most part, the mystery kind of go...
3.5Quick and easy read with a simple plot and simple characters. The editor took their job too seriously when it came to the character development and the plot development but then forgot how to spell or look for extra spaces. Interesting enough for me to read the next one and hope that these 2d cha...
I'm not sure what I think of this first book - I liked the story, and the premise, but it felt a bit wooden to me. This sometimes happens for me on the first book of a series, and I usually warm up to it by the second or third (or discard the series all together). I'll definitely read the next boo...
This was actually more like 3.5 stars, but since you can't give 1/2 stars here, 3 it is! I liked this story, the characters and the setting. I'm a little familiar with parts of Nashville, so was fun to see the areas I could identify. Gwen was smart, but not too smart, and not full of the NYC blus...
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