Steamed (Gourmet Girl Series #1) by Susan Conant, Jessica Conant-Park
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 2006
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Hardcover, 304pp
- Series: Gourmet Girl Series, #1
- ISBN-13: 9780425208052
- ISBN: 0425208052
Synopsis
The perfect mystery for readers with an appetite for crime.
Food connoisseur Chloe Carter is on a quest for the perfect meal and man. That's why the "Gourmet Girl" accepts an online date with "Dinner Dude." Too bad he's murdered in the restaurant. Leave it to Chloe to fall in love with the chef, who's also suspect #1.
Publishers Weekly
This delectable collaboration between Jessica Conant-Park and her mother, Susan Conant, author of the Cat Lover's and the Dog Lover's mystery series (Scratch the Surface, etc.), introduces an appealing heroine, Chloe Carter, a boy-crazy 20-something gourmand who lives in Brighton, Mass. Chloe thinks she might have found both romantic and gastronomic satisfaction in Eric Rafferty, a foodie she meets online. But their first date is a bust: Eric is a dolt, and he winds up getting stabbed before dessert. Chloe later falls for gorgeous Josh Driscoll, a chef acquaintance of Eric's. But Josh has a temper-and it turns out he owned the knife that killed Eric. Chloe must help clear Josh's name if their romance is to stand a chance. This scrumptious cozy, the first of a new series, has it all-charming characters, snappy dialogue and mouth-watering recipes. (Mar.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Susan Conant graduated from Radcliffe College and holds a doctorate in human development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The author of the Cat Lover's Mysteries and the Dog Lover's Mysteries, she is a six-time winner of the Dog Writer's Association of America's Maxwell Award.
Susan's daughter, Jessica Conant-Park, graduated from Macalester College and has a master of Social Work degree from Boston College. She is married to Chef William Park. Steamed is the first collaboration in their new series.
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refreshingly charming chick-lit mysteryby harstan
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January 12, 2006: To receive her inheritance, Chloe Cantor must receive a graduate degree and chooses sociology as her major. Her passions are excellent food and Mr. Right and even though she knows her downstairs neighbor Noah doesn?t want a steady relationship. She is hurt when she sees a beautiful blonde leaving his apartment early one morning. She registers with an internet dating service as Gourmet Girl and meets DinnerDude. --- He tells her he is thinking of investing in a new restaurant in town, Essence and invites her to be his date that evening. She agrees to meet him there as they exchange real names. His is Eric and he throws his weight around at the place as he knows all the staff but when he disappears after getting a phone call, Chloe find him dead in the men?s room. At the funeral reception she meets Josh the head chef of The Magellan restaurant. It is lust at first sight but before they exchange addresses and phone numbers he tells her he is a suspect in Eric?s death because the knife was his and he has no real alibi. As Chloe spends more time with Josh, she is convinced he is no murderer and may be her ?Mr. Right? so she sets out to clear his name ignoring the warnings of the detective and Josh?s desire to keep her safe. --- Famous writer of mysteries involving cats and dogs Susan Conant teams up with her daughter to write a refreshingly charming chick-lit mystery. The heroine has a strength of character that allows her to do what she thinks is right and the support cast, made of her friends, care deeply for her, just as readers will because she leaves herself open to get hurt. There?s no doubt about it this is the start of a great new series. --- Harriet Klausner
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