I'm so annoyed with myself. This is the second in a series about Hannah Starvling. While I have the first one (I actually bought it several months before this one), I haven't read it yet. However, it didn't diminish the enjoyment I found while reading this one.
Hannah Starvling is a former FBI agent, who is now a culinary consultant and detective. She is attending a cooking contest as a judge, when her friend, Elias Babel is found on top of a car, either having fallen or been pushed from his hotel room balcony. Hannah, of course, gets involved in trying to find out what had really happened.
I enjoyed the story, especially Hannah's family--her grandparents are interesting and engaging characters, bickering with each other in a fun way. I also liked that there were several twists and turns in the story to keep me guessing.
On the down side, there were a couple of places that dragged a bit, and it seemed to start off pretty slow in grabbing my interest. Maybe if I'd already been familiar with the characters from having read the first book, it wouldn't have happened.
This is mostly mystery, with some romance thrown in, and a little culinary information added.
Part of my Mt. TBR reading challenge (bought 10/14/14, read 2/12/15), 12 of 48 books read.
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