Picked up from the friends of the library sale shelves to read and share.

Amazon Editorial Review

The heat is on

Life's a banquet for Angelina Amalfi—a gourmet chef and food writer with enough sass and spunk for two. But things start to go really bad really fast when the man who's been contributing unusual recipes to her column is discovered dead and Angie suddenly finds herself being stalked by a killer whose appetite was merely whetted by the first deadly course. On the plus side, Paavo Smith, the homicide cop assigned to the case, is one delectable dish. But when more people start to fall all around her like ruined soufflés, ever-resourceful Angie realizes she'll have to cook up a survival scheme quick before her personal goose gets cooked. This case may be too hot to handle and the stakes are high, for she's about to take on deadly arms smugglers and lethal food fanatics. But if anyone can keep her cool, Angie can.

So I didn't know if I would like this as the main character is so naive and a bit annoying at the beginning of the book. But it was a good mystery. Also I can kind of forgive the female damsel in distress and dashing handsome cop who saves her stereotype characters because this book was written way back in 1993 when it was more of a common heroine and hero portrayal. Not sure I will actively track down the other books in the series, but if I run across them I wouldn't turn my nose up at them.

Left in the Little Free Library.