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    Crime Rib
    Crime Rib
    Crime Rib
    Audiobook9 hours

    Crime Rib

    Written by Leslie Budewitz

    Narrated by Rebecca Mitchell

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    About this audiobook

    Gourmet food market owner Erin Murphy is determined to get Jewel Bay, Montana's, scrumptious local fare some national attention. But her scheme for culinary celebrity goes up in flames when the town's big break is interrupted by murder . . .

    Food Preneurs, one of the hottest cooking shows on TV, has decided to feature Jewel Bay in an upcoming episode, and everyone in town is preparing for their close-ups, including the crew at the Glacier Mercantile, a.k.a. the Merc. Not only is Erin Murphy busy remodeling her courtyard into a relaxing dining area, she's organizing a steak-cooking competition between three of Jewel Bay's hottest chefs to be featured on the program.

    But Erin's plans get scorched when one of the contending cooks is found dead. With all the drama going on behind the scenes, it's hard to figure out who didn't have a motive to off the saucy contestant. Now, to keep the town's reputation from crashing and burning on national television, Erin will have to grill some suspects to smoke out the killer . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMay 23, 2017
    ISBN9781541472099
    Crime Rib
    Author

    Leslie Budewitz

    Leslie Budewitz blends her passion for food, great mysteries, and the Northwest in two cozy mystery series, the Spice Shop Mysteries, set in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, and the Food Lovers’ Village Mysteries, set in NW Montana. She also writes moody suspense under the pen name Alicia Beckman. Leslie is the winner of three Agatha Awards—2013 Best First Novel for DEATH AL DENTE, the first Food Lovers' Village mystery; 2011 Best Nonfiction, and 2018 Best Short Story, for “All God’s Sparrows,” her first historical fiction. A past president of Sisters in Crime and a former board member of Mystery Writers of America, she lives and cooks in NW Montana.

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    • 4/5
      This is the second book in "A Food Lovers' Village" but the first one I have read. I did not have any problem following this story and got to know the characters just fine. The story takes place in the quaint town of Jewel Bay, Montana, where they are celebrating the 35th Annual Summer Food and Art Fair. Erin Murphy, who owns the local gourmet food market, known as the Merc, is on the planning committee for the featured event, The Grill-Off. A popular Food Cooking show, Food Preneurs, is in town filming an upcoming episode highlighting the Grill Off. Gibb Knox is the TV Host and Celebrity Chef known as 'Nasty Knox'. Personalities are clashing and tempers are flaring, and, bodies are turning up dead. Erin doesn't know who to trust any more, but she wants to make sure that the cases are solved and a killer does not leave town.

      This is a great cozy mystery. It has everything I expected including, great scenery, amazing food, great family relationships, friendships and of course a budding romance. The amazing food descriptions will keep your taste buds tingling for something tangy with huckleberries (even though I do not know what they are and have never tasted one). I recommend this story to culinary cozy lovers, and feel it will become a favorite series for many readers.
    • 3/5
      Erin Murphy is always looking for ways to bring people into Jewel Bay, Montana - and has found a TV crew willing to do a show centering on local chefs. But there seems to be a problem when two of the chefs submit similar recipes. So they are asked to re-submit recipes and everything seems to be going fine, that is until the producer of the show, Stacia Duval, is killed in a hit-and-run accident and Erin's the one to find her body.But then things start not adding up, the first being why was Stacia out alone at night in heels walking in an unfamiliar area? But it's not until one of the chefs is also killed that Erin realizes there's a murderer afoot and she needs to get involved, even if the local sheriff doesn't think she should. These are her people, her friends, and she's not about to allow a killer run loose among them without trying to find him or her. Even if it puts her right in the middle of the killer's line of sight...I will say that I liked this book much better than the first. Unfortunately, the first was so mish-mash that I just couldn't get into it at all. This time out the plot is much better, although I still think that too much attention is paid to food. Yes, I get that it's a "Food Lovers' Mystery" but it seems every other page is someone eating something. Do we really care about someone making jam or huckleberry truffles? If it's a cookbook I do, but not in a mystery novel. Anyway... The only other things that bothered me was the "whabouts" column (wouldn't it be easier just to use 'where' or even '?' - it would make more sense and 'whabout' isn't cute; and what on earth does 'get my jell-o up' mean? Who says something like that? I've never heard it before and have no idea. It was annoying to say the least. I also didn't guess how Erin could figure out things the police couldn't. Her friend Kim seemed to have really nothing to do in this book, and neither did Kyle, Rick or Adam. The big thing that grates on me is why she calls her mother by her first name. Again, (as I've stated before) she's her mother. She's not the first parent anyone has worked with. Does she think by saying 'Mom' people will think she's at the Merc through nepotism? It doesn't make sense at all. Why would she even want to call her anything but Mom? Other than that, it was an interesting read and I fairly enjoyed it; enough to go on to the third in the series. When the ending came and everything was figured out it all made sense, which is a good thing, and I will read the next in the series. An easy read for a cold evening.
    • 3/5
      This book started off really well: very likeable characters, strong setting and I love the local food focus. The MC, Erin, was my favorite kind of sleuth - observant, no sledgehammer tactics. Then half-way through the book Erin decided She Must. The Police Can't Solve This. And she breaks into a suspect's cabin in broad daylight by climbing through the bathroom window. In a skirt. And then has to hide in a closet when the suspect comes back to the room. This is followed by suspect interrogations (although they are more subtle than most), another B&E and my personal highlight of the book (not really) the "As God As My Witness..." speech she gives the sheriff at the police station. I thought - no, I was certain - that as I read this melodramatic oratory, the author was setting Erin up for a reality check - an "oops, I got a little carried away" moment. But nope; apparently both author and Erin felt very passionate about their moral imperative to interfere in an ongoing investigation. So what was a very strong book for the first half lost a full star in the second half because this just isn't the amateur sleuthing I like reading about. But the author does write a fantastically well-plotted mystery. Nothing is obvious; from whether or not the deaths are actually connected to why anyone was killed in the first place. The author, I think, lets the reader believe they know who the murderer is, only to throw a wrench in at the last second. I liked the ending too: Erin wasn't predictably TSTL and the situation was handled as realistically as these things can be in cozies.
    • 4/5
      rime Rib by Leslie Budewitz was just a bit disappointing for me. It is the second in a cozy mystery series. Erin, the main character owns the Murphy’s mercantile which sells fancy food items. There is a food festival coming up and she is the sponsor of a steak cook off. I think I am just tired of cook offs. So many of the cozies that I have read recently feature a cook off at the beginning and then someone is murdered. Also I am not a fan of so many characters. The author has a list of them in the front of the book. There are twenty-nine characters or 32 if you count the cat and two dogs. I am hoping that in future books in this series that she re-cycles them so I can learn more about them and keep them straight. Also, Erin does break and enter a suspect’s bedroom. I just can’t get around. Why is she climbing through the window? When I read about that, I stopped reading the book for a while and wondered why the author let Erin break the law. OK, now for the good stuff. The book has mouthwatering references to food, and the main character is able to keep her figure with quiches and cookies and other delectable foods that I on a diet cannot touch. The author knows how to make you hungry. I definitely want to try a huckleberry truffle! She will also make you pine for Montana. I have always wanted to see Montana but haven’t had the opportunity so after reading this book, I have to see the state for myself! Plus she does make a spreadsheet of the suspect, the opportunity they had to murder, motive and so on. I am a big fan of spreadsheet so I loved this idea! The author created two potential love interests for this 32 year old woman and Erin takes things slow so that she can get to know before leaping into marriage. I loved that part and am eager to see which man wins.I recommend this cozy mystery with a few reservations to all cozy readers. I received this book as win from GoodReads but that in no way influenced my thoughts or feelings in this review.