By: Meg Benjamin
Series: Luscious Delights Mystery
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: October 2, 2023
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Their gourmet dinner turned deadly. And now the murderer is after her. Roxy Constantine is looking for a way to spend her winter down time. Her true love Nate Robicheaux has a suggestion: she can serve as his sous chef when he prepares a dinner party for possible investors. But when several guests become ill and the hostess herself dies after eating their food, Roxy and Nate could be in deep trouble. Now they need to find out what really happened, and who wanted their hostess dead, before their culinary reputations go down in flames and the murderer turns his attention to Roxy herself.
The kitchen door swung open and Alex stepped through with the last of the dirty dishes. “Tera wants to know if you’d like to join them for port.”
Nate rolled his eyes. “Nope. We need to get finished in here and then start loading up. I had a glass of wine at the table, and that’s about all I can handle when I’ve got to drive down that road.”
“I hear you.” Alex grinned back. “But you’re going to tell her yourself, right?”
Nate sighed. “Yeah, sure.” He pushed through the kitchen door.
I felt like sighing myself. It was already late, and given the way everything had been going so far, he’d probably be stuck out there for another hour.
“Are all the guests still there?”
Alex shook his head. “The couples left. It’s just four guys, along with Tera and the blonde.”
“Susa?” I raised my eyebrows. The men I’d seen at the dinner table hadn’t seemed like Susa’s type. But maybe Tera wanted her to stick around to keep from being the only woman in the room. Then again, that didn’t strike me as something Tera would worry about.
“Yeah, I guess that’s Susa. It looks like they’re settling in for the evening.”
I started toward the boxes I was packing up when I heard an odd sound from the direction of the dining room. Like someone had screamed, but not exactly. More like someone had groaned.
Alex and I both turned toward the door, both of us frowning, when it flew open and Siggi ran in, her face the color of rice paper. “Help. Get help now. She’s sick. Call a doctor. Get an ambulance.”
“What the hell?” I muttered and hurried through the kitchen door myself.
Nate rolled his eyes. “Nope. We need to get finished in here and then start loading up. I had a glass of wine at the table, and that’s about all I can handle when I’ve got to drive down that road.”
“I hear you.” Alex grinned back. “But you’re going to tell her yourself, right?”
Nate sighed. “Yeah, sure.” He pushed through the kitchen door.
I felt like sighing myself. It was already late, and given the way everything had been going so far, he’d probably be stuck out there for another hour.
“Are all the guests still there?”
Alex shook his head. “The couples left. It’s just four guys, along with Tera and the blonde.”
“Susa?” I raised my eyebrows. The men I’d seen at the dinner table hadn’t seemed like Susa’s type. But maybe Tera wanted her to stick around to keep from being the only woman in the room. Then again, that didn’t strike me as something Tera would worry about.
“Yeah, I guess that’s Susa. It looks like they’re settling in for the evening.”
I started toward the boxes I was packing up when I heard an odd sound from the direction of the dining room. Like someone had screamed, but not exactly. More like someone had groaned.
Alex and I both turned toward the door, both of us frowning, when it flew open and Siggi ran in, her face the color of rice paper. “Help. Get help now. She’s sick. Call a doctor. Get an ambulance.”
“What the hell?” I muttered and hurried through the kitchen door myself.
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