Thus begins the reading of another new series about food and murder. This is about two sister, Libby and Bernie. Libby's a plump, down to earth soul who runs a shop "Little Taste of Heaven" and does catering in New Jersey. Bernie is her flashy sister who lands back in town after a bad break up with her LA boyfriend. Bernie is good with food, too, having jobs on her resume like food stylist, restaurant critic, and other related employment.
Bernie seems to be back in NJ for an extended stay, so she dives in, helping Libby with the shop and catering.
The sisters cater a high school reunion dinner honoring a local author who has a cult following for his romantic vampire novels. When the author is poisoned at the dinner, Libby is first a suspect, then her best friend. Libby and Bernie's father, Sean, is a retired cop and he guides the girls in some tips at solving the crime and clearing the names of the innocent.
Sean has some kind of disease, it isn't described by name, but he's in a wheel chair and it sounds like Parkinson's/Lou Gehrig's or something like that.
I loved the book. It's funny and extremely fast to read. There were about 9 recipes from the Vampire reunion dinner and lots of other good foodie moments. The mystery solving was fun as a team effort, too. Libby and Bernie worked together and separately, adding a dimension to the mystery formula that I liked. Also the "let's go talk to Dad" parts, where Sean dispensed advice and insight to his daughters was very like able, too. I'm definitely hooked on Isis Crawford's series and am looking forward to more of the sisters' sleuthing!
Next on deck: the first in a new series by the author of the Tea Shop Mysteries.
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