Death on a platter

Title:

Death on a platter

Author:

Viets, Elaine, 1950- author.

ISBN:

9780451235244

Publication Information:

New York : Obsidian, c2011.

Physical Description:

x, 288 p. ; 18 cm.

Series:

Josie Marcus, mystery shopper.

General Note:

Includes excerpt from the author's Final sail.

Subject Term:

Marcus, Josie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Women detectives -- Fiction.

Restaurants -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Fiction.

Mystery shopping -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Summary:

"Josie Marcus plans to savor sampling the local St. Louis cuisine for a City Eats food tour. But her appetite is ruined at Tillie's Off the Hill Italian Restaurant when another customer is poisoned. Was the victim the real target-or is someone trying to ruin Tillie's reputation? It's up to Josie to find a killer who has no reservations about preparing a dish to die for"-- Cover verso.

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Josie Marcus plans to savor sampling the local St. Louis cuisine for a City Eats food tour. But her appetite is ruined at Tillie's Off the Hill Italian Restaurant when another customer is poisoned. Was the victim the real target-or is someone trying to ruin Tillie's reputation? It's up to Josie to find a killer who has no reservations about preparing a dish to die for...

Author Notes

Before becoming a full-time author, Elaine Viets worked in the field of journalism. She is the author of the Dead-End Job Mystery series; the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series; and the Francesca Vierling Mystery series. Her short story Wedding Knife, which appeared in Chesapeake Crimes, won both the Agatha and the Anthony Awards. Viets resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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In Viets's engaging seventh Mystery Shopper cozy (after 2010's An Uplifting Murder), Josie Marcus feels a little apprehensive about her new assignment-a culinary tour of St. Louis that includes sampling not only pizza and toasted ravioli but also two unappetizing sandwiches, brain and pig ear. At Off the Hill restaurant, which is owned by 76-year-old Tina Minnelli, a friend of Josie's mother, Jane, perennial drunk and troublemaker Clay Oreck collapses and dies after demanding and getting hotter sauce for his ravioli. When Tillie is arrested for Clay's murder, Jane insists that Josie find the real killer. Josie identifies a number of possible suspects, including Clay's wife, Henrietta; his girlfriend, Gemma Lynn Rae; and chef Jeff Bartlett-Smith. Meanwhile, Josie dithers a lot over her relationship with veterinarian Ted Scottsmeyer. Readers will discover some surprising facts about St. Louisans' favorite foods. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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