Hummus and Homicide
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A Mediterranean restaurant on the Jersey Shore is known for its killer hummus—and a dead health inspector—in this coy mystery series debut. When Lucy Berberian quits her Philadelphia law firm and heads home to Ocean Crest, New Jersey, she knows what she’s getting—funnel cake, wooden roller coasters, and her family’s restaurant, Kebab Kitchen. Lucy’s happy to be waitressing during the slow off-season. And she loves the new hummus bar, with every flavor from lemon to roasted red pepper. She could do without Heather Banks, though. The Gucci-toting ex-cheerleader is still as nasty as she was back in high school . . . and unfortunately, she’s just taken over as the local health inspector. Just minutes after eating at Kebab Kitchen—where she’s tallied up a whole list of bogus violations—she falls down dead in the street. Word on the grapevine says it’s homicide, and Lucy’s the number one suspect . . . Recipes included!
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I liked the mystery. There was a pretty good red herring, but I was pretty sure I knew who the real murderer was. I didn't know why he was the real murderer though. I like the way we see her slowly coming around to figure out what she really wanted professionally. I was not fond of her questioning techniques. That didn't feel realistic to me. I am never fond of love triangles and that started here. But those are minor complaints.
More like 3 and 1/2 stars.
I enjoyed this. Lucy comes home to lick her wounds and help her parents out with their restaurant and ends up having to defend them when the local B ends up dead in the parking lot. Not breaking new ground here. The descriptions of the food made me hungry.
I did not figure out the murderer and had to suffer through a love triangle I don't care about. I would read the second one. Sometime the series just improves and improves and I have a feeling that might happen here.
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2 primary booksKebab Kitchen Mystery is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Tina Kashian.
