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Dollycas’s Thoughts

Alli and Gina already have an online presence with a blog and selling cooking mixes but they want to take things to the next level. Alli takes care of most of the current business but Gina wants to quit her job too. They decide to become personal chefs creating meals for several customers each and every week in the hopes of making enough money for the both of them. They are surprised and thrilled when Gina’s boss, Clarice Franklin aka “The Dragon Lady”, becomes their first customer. Before they first meal is even served strange things happen in their client’s home. The chefs try to do everything to keep their customer happy but when the Dragon Lady is found dead and it looks like she was killed by something she ate the girls are in hot water and their business may go up in flames.. Alli is determined to prove their innocence and keep them cooking.

Lifelong friends, Gina and Alli are as close as sisters. They are also total opposites. Gina is the planner and follows the rules. Alli is more of a “by the seat of her pants” kind of girl. Add in Gina’s mother with her lengthy opinions and prophecies and you have the start of a very entertaining cast. They try to stick together through all the drama but they are tested more than once as the killer remains at large.

There are also plenty of suspects in addition to the Dinner is Served twosome, several people were not too broken up my Ms. Franklin’s demise. From her family to the people at work, heck even the hired help were not mourning her loss much at all. Alli had her work cut out for her as she tried to catch the killer. I was right there with her as each suspect was eliminated. This was a well-plotted mystery.

I really enjoyed this story. I also loved all the description of food throughout the book and was happy several recipes were included. Sharon Arthur Moore is a new author for me and she is off to a great start for this series. I can’t wait to see what she serves up next.