A Tiffany Austin Food Blogger Mystery: Book 1
Publication Date: April 4, 2023
A former chef gets mixed up in murder when she moves back to her Southern home town in the first Tiffany Austin food blogger mystery – a culinary cozy that will make your brain work and your stomach rumble!
Food critic and blogger Tiffany Austin has the best job in the world: she gets to eat for a living. At least, she hopes she has a job. Her trial period at Southern Style magazine is up – and rumors are swirling that management are making a choice between Tiffany and a rival columnist: the ambitious Jenny Lee Plumm.
Former chef Tiffany knows she has a battle on her hands . . . but she didn’t realize it was to the death! When her rival’s body is discovered after the two have a very public argument, Tiffany finds herself the prime suspect in a murder investigation. The lead detective might be very hot – but Tiffany’s definitely not ready to go down for a crime she didn’t commit.
Ably assisted by Hilary, her best friend and partner in (non) crime, and bolstered by the unconditional love of her Siamese cat Lily and King Charles Cavalier puppy Cooper, Tiffany plunges into an investigation of her own. After all, she has a degree from the CIA – the Culinary Institute of America – and she’s not afraid to use it. But can she find the real killer before she’s served up to the cops on a silver platter?
Eat, Drink and Drop Dead is a great pick for fans of delicious culinary cozies by Joanne Fluke, Lucy Burdette, Krista Davis and Jenn McKinlay – if you like smart, savvy female sleuths, twisty mysteries and delicious food, why not give it a try!
Eat, Drink and Drop Dead by Toni Lotempio is a fast, entertaining read. This is a cozy mystery in a small town where everybody knows everybody.
Tiffany is a food critic at a magazine and gets involved in a murder mystery. She has help in sleuthing with her best friend, Hillary. Hillary helps move the story along and keeps the storyline entertaining. She’s not as adventurous as Tiffany and has some humorous scenes in the book.
Detective Bartell is the hunky cop working on the case. He’s a follow-the-rules kind of guy. He’s the perfect foil to Tiffany, who likes to break all the rules. She definitely likes to keep things interesting.
There might also be a budding romance blossoming between Tiffany and Detective Bartell—I really hope so. I’m a sucker for a good romance.
Eat, Drink and Drop Dead is a cute, funny story that kept me entertained until the last page. This book is definitely worth reading. The reader should check this book and Ms. Lotempio out.
While Toni Lotempio does not commit – or solve – murders in real life, she has no trouble doing it on paper. Her lifelong love of mysteries began early on when she was introduced to her first Nancy Drew mystery at age 10 – The Secret in the Old Attic. She and her cat pen the Nick and Nora mystery series originally from Berkley Prime Crime and now with Beyond the Page Publishing. They also write the Cat Rescue series from Crooked Lane and the Pet Shop series, originally published by Midnight Ink and rebranded last year as “Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries.” Book six in the Nick and Nora mysteries, A PURR BEFORE DYING, is released this February from Beyond the Page. There is also a new series, Tiffany Austin Food Blogger, coming out in April.
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