Roux Morgue
A Mary Ryan Mystery
$35.04
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2011
Summary
Mary Ryan, San Francisco pastry chef, is happy to be teaching at her old alma mater. But before long, she realizes the teaching staff are at loggerheads with each other. Adding to her dismay, ex-lover and Homicide Detective O’Connor has enrolled as a student, claiming to be on disability from the San Francisco Police Department.In the middle of this turf war, Mary is ordered by dean Robert Benson to force Coolie Martin to leave the school or lose her job. But why would Coolie’s father, a member of the Board of Directors, allow this to happen? Then when faculty and staff begin dying, Mary fears Coolie’s forced exit might be part of a larger, more sinister plot.Acting on a hint from O’Connor, Mary is soon knee deep in murder, money-laundering, blackmail, professional sabotage, and computer hacking, and must rush to uncover the truth before the bodies start stacking up..
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590589106 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590589106 |
| Author: | Claire M. Johnson |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 304g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Mary Ryan Series |
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Critics Review
Sexual tension, cooking tips and a neatly packaged mystery. All in all, a tasty tale.
…highly amusing action in Johnson’s superior second cozy to feature funky pastry chef Mary Ryan… This enjoyable romp should gain Johnson new fans. (starred review)– “Publishers Weekly”
A sacher torte of a book, delightfully layered with prose, plot, pace and character. Dig into Roux Morgue immediately!– “Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of I Shall Not Want”
Food Channel addicts will enjoy the inside details on cooking school politics, while fans of quirky mysteries will like the outrageous adult behavior on display.– “Library Journal”
Sexual tension, cooking tips and a neatly packaged mystery. All in all, a tasty tale.– “Kirkus Reviews”
Claire M. Johnson
Claire M. Johnson completed the California Culinary Academy’s program for professional chefs in 1983 and worked as a pastry chef in San Francisco and Oakland for eight years. Set in the restaurant world, Roux Morgue is second in the Mary Ryan series. Her first novel, Beat Until Stiff, won the 1999 Malice Domestic Writer’s Grant. Ms. Johnson lives in California.
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