from Jiraiya

Deliverance could not come soon enough. Death Al Dente is a competently written book, but not a particularly well written one. The heroine, Erin, seems to be busy trying to solve a murder to save her business - a common plot point - but most of the time all we are fed with are her quite boring th...

from drmom62

I thought this book would never wrap itself up and end

from thornton37814

Erin Murphy returned home to run the family mercantile with her mother Fresca. People accuse Fresca of stealing Claudette's recipes, and when Claudette turns up murdered, Erin's one-time friend employed now as the town detective suspects Fresca of the crime. The mystery did not hold together well...

from joannefm2

Erin Murphy has returned home to Montana after many years away to help run her family business, Murphy's Mercantile. She's decided that the way to go to make it profitable is to carry items made in Montana, including her mother's own Italian recipes. But first her mother is accused of stealing th...

from cyderry

Erin Murphy comes home to Jewel Bay to help her mother and shortly after her return convinces the local merchants to plan a festival to start the summer season - Festa di Pasta. The inaugural event is marred when a returning resident is found dead in the alley behind the party. It doesn't help Er...