A Dinner to Die For (The Jill Smith Mysteries Book 5)

A Dinner to Die For (The Jill Smith Mysteries Book 5)

by Dunlap, Susan

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284 pages~4.7 hr readPublished by Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller

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  • You enjoy mystery series where the detective's personal trauma matters as much as the case itself.
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About this book

Jill Smith, a homicide detective in Berkeley, California, returns to work after surviving a helicopter crash that has left her anxious and shaken. She is assigned to investigate the death of a chef and restaurant owner found poisoned in his own kitchen at Paradise, an upscale restaurant in Berkeley's "Gourmet Ghetto." The chef died from poison in the soup he was seasoning. The victim had made enemies among several people: his dishwasher, his neighbors, and Earth Man, a longtime hippie who survives on kitchen scraps. To identify the killer, Jill must overcome her lingering fear and return to her former investigative instincts. This ebook includes an illustrated biography of Susan Dunlap with rare photographs from her personal collection.

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