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by Ellen Hart (Author)
As Minnesota housewives race to meet the deadline for the "Times Register's" meat loaf contest, unsavory Kirby Runbeck is killed by a car bomb. When the town's former mayor, near death from a stroke, confesses to the murder, his wife and two children deny it. Food maven and family friend Sophie Greenway wonders about his innocence, and finds this murder seasoned with secrets and scandal.
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RECIPE FOR MURDER
As Minnesota housewives race to meet the deadline for the "Times Register's meat loaf contest, an unsavory small-towner named Kirby Runbeck is blown to smithereens by a car bomb.
Days later, the town's former mayor, John Washburn, near death from a stroke, confesses to the killing. His wife and two children vehemently deny it, but when Sophie Greenway, food maven and friend of the family, happens upon an old snapshot, a bundle of letters, and a tattoo of a red-eyed snake, she wonders about Washburn's innocence. Unlike the recipe for a prize meat loaf, this murder is seasoned with spicy secrets and a generous portion of scandal, which Sophie dares to bring to a roiling boil. . . .
Author Biography
Ellen Hart's other novels include Slice and Dice, This Little Piggy Went to Murder, For Every Evil, and The Oldest Sin, as well as the Jane Lawless mysteries: Hallowed Murder, Vital Lies, Stage Fright, A Killing Cure, A Small Sacrifice, and Faint Praise. A two-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Mystery/Detective Fiction, Ms. Hart is like her fictional heroine Sophie Greenway in two respects: both have had food-related careers (the author was a chef for twelve years) and both have college degrees in fundamentalist Christian theology. She lives in Minneapolis.
