A Mysterious Review of The Calamity Café by Gayle Leeson. An Amy Flowers, Down South Café Mystery.
Review summary: There are probably too many elements at play here for a first in series mystery. The author deserves considerable credit for juggling all the disparate plot points while still moving the story along at a good clip, but it's still somewhat messy along the way. A competent, if not especially strong, start to this series. (Click here for text of full review.)
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The Calamity Café
Gayle Leeson
An Amy Flowers, Down South Café Mystery
NAL Books (June 2016)
Publisher synopsis: Aspiring chef and small-town Virginia native Amy Flowers is ready to open her own café offering old-fashioned Southern food. But her dream may go up in smoke when someone kills the competition …
Tired of waiting tables at Lou's Joint, Amy Flowers doesn't just quit — she offers to buy the place from her bully of a boss, so she can finally open the café of her dreams. Amy can't wait to serve the kind of Southern, down-home treats and dishes that her grandmother always loved to the kooky cast of regulars at the restaurant. She knows her comfort food will be the talk of the sweet, small town of Winter Garden, Virginia.
At first Lou Lou refuses to sell, but when she seems ready to make a deal, she tells Amy to come see her. Showing up at the eatery ready to negotiate, Amy is shocked to find her former employer murdered. As the prime suspect, Amy will have to clear her name by serving up the real killer — and with Lou Lou's stack of enemies, that's a tall order.
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