Sadie Hoffmiller and her daughter, Breanna, have gone to England to visit Liam, Breanna's boyfriend. He's been living in the States but family obligations have led him back to the country of his birth. On the day Sadie and Breanna are scheduled to fly back to America, they make a most interesting discovery - a man stabbed through the chest with a fireplace poker.The police - such as they are - ask Sadie and Breanna to delay their flight home. While Sadie is a little put out by the delay, she can't deny her excitement over another mystery to solve. Armed with a cell phone and a notebook, she begins asking questions of the family and staff - oh, and taking over the estate kitchen, too. And if she happens to help along her daughter's budding romance, well, that's just icing on the cake.
I'm not sure whether to keep Josi's books on my fiction shelf or my cookbook shelf. Each of the recipes sound wonderful, while also being down to earth - you don't have to hunt down strange ingredients to make them, or buy unusual appliances and kitchen gizmos. And when they come along with a fun and interesting story, you really can't go wrong.
Contest - Josi sent me an extra copy of English Trifle for a giveaway, and you can enter to win. Visit Josi's website and find out the name of her first published book. Then e-mail me that title at tristipinkston@gmail.com All correct answers will be entered in a drawing, and on Thursday night at 6 pm MST, I will announce the winner. Good luck - and happy eating - er, reading!
9 comments:
I may be the only Friends fanatic, but as soon as I saw the title of this blog in my reader, all I could think about was the Friends episode where Rachel makes a "traditional English triffle" complete with beef sauteed with peas and onions (that tasted like feet!).
Sounds like a fun story. Can't wait to read it.
Nichole
A contest that I don't need to win. I already own the book and loved it. :)
I love Sadie's little mysteries! And seeing my name in the recipe acknowledgements was great!
Yay, Josi! another great book.
I love her website. In fact I killed some major time over there today when I should've been working. The book sounds delightful!
I cannot get enough of Josi's culinary cozies. They're so much fun and yet so intense that I can't stop reading them!!
I'm excited to read this! Lemon Tart was so much fun.
I just gave you an award on my blog. :)
I've submitted the last paragraph of this review to DB for inclusion in the front of the next book--it sums up what I hope readers get from the recipes and the story so well. thanks for the great review.
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