it. . So sad that there won't be more, . RIP Lavenes I really enjoyed this but I'm sad that it's the last one, and I guess we'll never know if Creme Brulee gets found or not.
Ugh. I had such a hard time getting into this book, despite the fact that the last two in the series were ok, This time I cheated and skipped to the end, just to see how it ended, I'm sorry, but cliffhanger endings always strike me as a sign of an insecure author, worried about whether people will buy their next book.
That, or a planned money grab, It's a total turn off to me, I don't really give a rat's rear end what happens to the damned cat at this point, I'm just annoyed,
I think the Lavenes just lost a long time reader, This third entry in the series was a nonstop read, It grabbed my attention and interest from the first paragraph and didn't let go, Mobile, Alabama is the setting for a strong cast of characters who are involved with the food business and Mardi Gras, Zoe is the owner/operator of a mobile food truck serving up savory and sweet fillings in her trademark Biscuit Bowl, For a two week period Zoe and family and friends are working to feed the many carnival goers, She is also doing the masquerade ball scene with her father who is involved in a secret carnival society, The Mistics of Time.
While attending their ball, Zoe finds a murdered body, The investigation is up in the air as the attendees are masked and gone before the police arrive, This is an excellent murder plot involving Mardi Gras parade krewes and secret societies, corruption, blackmail, intimidation, false identities, coverups and ghosts, I love these strong, well written characters, The food truck business theme works well with the murder plot, which is a twisted path with many red herrings and totally surprising ending.
I highly recommend this book and series for those readers wanting a rollicking good adventure, while trying to solve the murder, Fat Tuesday Fricassee is the third book in the A Biscuit Bowl Mystery series,
It's Mardi Gras time in Mobile and Zoe Chase has been chosen to have her food truck, The Biscuit Bowl, selected to be one to provide authentic local foods for the tourist.
For Zoe, there aren't just enough hours in the day, as her father, Ted has been chosen by the secret organization Mistics of Time to be King Felix and is his dance partner at the various balls going on during the festivities.
At one of these balls, as Zoe is catching a breath of fresh air, she finds the body of Jordan Phillips, an investigative reporter for The Times, a paper owned by his father and grandfather.
The police commissioner, Chadwick Sloane, is one of the first policemen to arrive, The first thing Zoe thought, was he must be a member of the secret society, But when the incident is reported by the media, the body has been moved, in an apparent police coverup, Zoe's father wants her to leave town for a while and ask no question about the society or what had happened at the ball.
Of course, this isn't in Zoe's makeup and besides she needs to stay and keep her food truck serving the people enjoying the revelry.
When her father is stabbed, things are hitting to close too home and Zoe knows she has to stay around until the murderer if found.
Ollie and Miguel, Zoe's boyfriend, and Delia pitch in to cover at the food truck for Zoe, Even Uncle Saul leaves his cabin in the country to lend his culinary skills at the food truck,
Another exciting and suspenseful story in this culinary thriller, Most all of the engaging and believable characters from the previous books are back to once again to lend Zoe a hand,
Definitely will be watching for the next book in this series, I was surprised to find out that J, J. Cook is another name for Authors Jim and Joyce Lavene sp who have both passed away, one inand the other the next year.
So there will be nofor this series, which ended in a bit of a cliff hanger, Zoe runs the biscuit bowl food truck, It is the height of carnival season and
Zoe is exhausted, She is making and selling food by day and going with her father to masquerade balls at night, During one of the balls, Zoe stumbles across the dead body of journalist Jordan Phillips, Zoe along with her friends set iut to find the killer while serving the mardi gras tourists and dealing with a health inspector that seems to have it out for Zoe.
Really cute and fun book, Very easy to read Loved this cozy mystery! The story unfolds during Mardi Gras time in Mobile, Alabama, It was so fun to read about the holiday festivities, tasty food, secret societies, and parties, I loved it all! The colorful characters and ghostly visitors really added to the story, Zoe and her family and friends made the most delicious tasting biscuit bowls, This mystery was secretive and intriguing and kept me guessing the whole time, This is a must read for cozy mystery lovers!/Stars, Zoe Chase and her Biscuit Bowl Truck have been selected to take part in the big food truck rally during the Mardi Gras carnival celebration in Mobile, Alabama.
It means lots of extra work, but the exposure will help Zoe move forward in her goal of opening a real restaurant, Her boyfriend, Miguel righthandman, Ollie Uncle Saul and Delia are all along for the fun, Chef Art even lends a helping hand, An odd health inspector is on her back at the old diner where she prepares her food, plus, he starts showing up at the carnival.
Zoe's afraid he'll catch Creme Brûlée, her precious cat she takes everywhere in the truck, and shut her down,
Just prior to the beginning of the truck rally, Ted, Zoe's father, escorts her to a lavish ball held by a secret society he belongs to.
Stepping out for a breath of fresh air, Zoe stumbles upon a dead body, All of a sudden, the murder is hushed up by the police commissioner false reports about the murder are released to the newspaper Zoe is a main suspect and she's being watched and threatened almost daily.
Book three ends with an astonishing plot reveal and an upsetting cliffhanger, If you're like me, I'm already chomping at the bit to know what happens next!
This is yet another great book from authors Joyce and Jim Lavene as J.
J. Cook. I simply love their writing style and the way they can weave a great mystery, Zoe is one of my favorite characters, She has so much spunk that you just can't help but root for she and her friends, This mystery has Zoe looking to solve a murder that happened at a masquerade ball and Zoe finds herself in more danger than she has ever been in before.
I could not believe who the murderer turned out to be, Great job.
I will miss these two authors so much, It is sad to know that in a space ofmonths they are both no longer with us, RIP. If I could, I would rate this one,stars. Enough with the cat and the bowls, I get it. It's a food truck. By the end of this one, I was fed up with it all, No more biscuit bowls for me, Too tedious. The national bestselling author of Fry Another Day serves up a third helping in the Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery series
Its Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, and food truck chef Zoe Chase is driven to distraction attending highsociety soirees, feeding the partying masses, and getting the skinny on a Fat Tuesday murder
Two weeks of carnival celebrations has got Zoe running ragged.
By day, she charms hungry tourists with authentic Southern cuisine, At night, she accompanies her father to one masquerade ball after another, hobnobbing with the high rollers of the secret cabal known as the Mistics of Time.
But the fun turns frightening when Zoe stumbles across “Deaths” dead body, Journalist Jordan Phillips attended the Mistics latest bash in a traditional Death costume, and received a fatal bullet wound for the privilege, With more than three hundred masked suspects determined to remain anonymous, and the police covering up the facts behind the murder of the investigative reporter, Zoe realizes the Mistics have some serious secrets to hide.