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The heat is on Life's a banquet for Angelina Amalfi a gourmet chef and food writer with enough sass and spunk for two. But things start to go really bad really fast when the man who's been contributing unusual recipes to her column is discovered dead and Angie suddenly finds herself being stalked by a killer whose appetite was merely whetted by the first deadly course. On the plus side, Paavo Smith, the homicide cop assigned to the case, is one delectable dish. But when more people start to fall all around her like ruined souffles, ever-resourceful Angie realizes she'll have to cook up a survival scheme quick before her personal goose gets cooked. This case may be too hot to handle and the stakes are high, for she's about to take on deadly arms smugglers and lethal food fanatics. But if anyone can keep her cool, Angie can.
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First book in critically-acclaimed Angie Amalfi series.
This RITA Award nominee introduces food columnist and gourmet cook Angelina Amalfi and San Francisco Homicide Inspector Paavo Smith. When Angie's life is in danger, is it because of something she's done--or is it a food lover wanting to get even for the dreadful recipes she's been publishing in her column? Mystery, humor and a touch of romance make for a tasty treat.
This RITA Award nominee introduces food columnist and gourmet cook Angelina Amalfi and San Francisco Homicide Inspector Paavo Smith. When Angie's life is in danger, is it because of something she's done--or is it a food lover wanting to get even for the dreadful recipes she's been publishing in her column? Mystery, humor and a touch of romance make for a tasty treat.
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Don't get me wrong. I love a good light-hearted mystery and/or a romance with a little suspense thrown in, but not in the same book. About halfway through the mystery got lost and the romance took over. By the end, I really couldn't have cared less about who had done it and why. The characters also seemed too one-dimensional. Angie is sterotypically young, beautiful, and rich. She also has a fabulous career. Paavo was drawn slightly deeper, but still the sterotype of a dark, brooding cop who has a past remained. I have not read the additional books in the series, but from this first one, I probably will not. The premise is intriguing, and heaven knows, any addition to genre is appreciated. I enjoyed it only when I realized it was more of a romance than a mystery.
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This book is wonderful. I have read the entire series and especially like this one, the first; as well as the fourth and the sixth being constantly re-read in my house. I look forward to a long entertaining line to follow. I find the characters well written, heartfelt and true. The heroine may not seem true to life to some, but I can attest that there are women out there like that, who in spite of everything they have going for them, still feel that they lack direction and have a need to find purpose. This is one thing I like about Angie, the second being that she isn't a supersleuth/supercop type who is strong, tough, cold and cunning with a steel trap mind. Angie is more real and blundering with good intentions and combining her with Paavo, as the real detective, who is her foil and backup and oh-so-complicated love interest, makes for very emotional, sexy and intriguing reading. The fact that there is so much humor is a nice change from the grim, "real life is grim," attitude that so many mysteries feel they must convey these days.
I'm glad that this whole lighter, humorous but still thrilling sub-genre of mysteries is coming of age. This book is definitely worth a look.
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I love to devour a nice, light mystery or romance novel. "Something's Cooking" was certainly light, romantic, and mysterious, but it was a little too fluffy, even for me.
Angie is just too fictionally, stereotypically perfect. She's stunningly glamourous, perfect in face and figure, senstive, a great cook, an accomplished writer, and rich, to boot. Her only flaws -- she's spunky and stubborn (and when have those ever turned out to be flaws in a romance novel?).
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed the book (I liked Paavo -- he was much more real than Angie), but it wasn't my style. When I want a mystery, I want a mystery; when I want a romance, I want a romance. I don't mind a little emotion in a mystery or a little grit in a romance, but I thought this book paid too much attention to the romantic/emotional parts of the story.
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Very Good
This is the second of Joanne Pence's series that I have read (I'm reading them out of order it seems). It was very good. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 1998
Fun, light, but murderous.
Hurrah! The initial books in the Angie Amalfi mystery series are being reprinted. It's great to read how Angie and Paavo meet, and find out about their backgrounds. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 1998
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