- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: Napoleon and Co (Sep 1 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 189491757X
- ISBN-13: 978-1894917575
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #274,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Poor Fiona Silk is broke again. Her romance writing career is tanking, and her tiny house in the lovely community of St. Aubaine may be sold for unpaid taxes. But Fiona's new agent has a plan—Fiona can write an erotic cookbook. This project would be easier if Fiona had a sex life or a working oven. Soon bad things start to happen to people, but, oddly, only when Fiona is nearby. Before long, her tiny home is in flames and the body count is rising. Will Canada's most reluctant sleuth stop a killer before her own goose is cooked?
About the Author
Mary Jane Maffini is a lapsed librarian and a mystery addict. She is the author of six Camilla MacPhee mysteries, two Fiona Silk adventures, five Charlotte Adams books, and nearly two dozen short stories. She holds two Arthur Ellis Awards for best mystery short story, as well as the Derrick Murdoch lifetime achievement award. Speak Ill of the Dead was shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel and Lament for a Lounge Lizard for best novel. Mary Jane lives and plots in Ottawa.
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A gentle and very funny cozy
April 15 2009
Format:Paperback
First line: "They tell me I've been shot." The speaker is poet Marc-Andre Paradis, slowly coming out of a coma. The woman at his bedside is Fiona Silk, a writer whose career has stalled and whose bank account is depleted. She has sat with him four days a week for months. He does not remember her.
As a counterpoint to her joy at Marc-Andre's beginning recovery, Fiona is beset by pesky people. There's her ex-husband who keeps stalling on the settlement of their property agreement, aided and abetted by his snippy secretary. There's a blowsy blonde who disappears into thin air after a deadly accident on the highway, and a rude redhead who pushes ahead of Fiona in the ATM line, then drops her wallet beside her car and drives off without it. Most of all there's her snobbish neighbor who keeps pressuring her to sell her home property for his planned riverside development.
In the nick of time, it seems, some celebrity chefs from the TV show Hot Stuff hit town to do a show. Fiona's agent has a contract and a check for an erotic cookbook. All Fiona has to do is dream up something involving whipped cream and get a couple of high-profile recipes from the celebrity chefs.
Meantime, the cops are dogging her about the auto accident she witnessed. Nobody believes her story about the mystery blonde, and the man who died in the crash was her ex-husband's partner. Fiona can no longer tell friend from foe.
A second banana who almost runs off with the show is Josey Thring, a 16-year-old string-puller, organizer, problem solver and all-around Whiz Kid. She attaches herself to Fiona as an assistant, hoping to make enough money for a driver's license. Josey jumps on the erotic cookbook idea, running interference with the rich and famous, and it almost gets her killed.
The closing paragraphs, coupled with the opening, make a great pair of bookends to this gentle and very funny cozy.
As a counterpoint to her joy at Marc-Andre's beginning recovery, Fiona is beset by pesky people. There's her ex-husband who keeps stalling on the settlement of their property agreement, aided and abetted by his snippy secretary. There's a blowsy blonde who disappears into thin air after a deadly accident on the highway, and a rude redhead who pushes ahead of Fiona in the ATM line, then drops her wallet beside her car and drives off without it. Most of all there's her snobbish neighbor who keeps pressuring her to sell her home property for his planned riverside development.
In the nick of time, it seems, some celebrity chefs from the TV show Hot Stuff hit town to do a show. Fiona's agent has a contract and a check for an erotic cookbook. All Fiona has to do is dream up something involving whipped cream and get a couple of high-profile recipes from the celebrity chefs.
Meantime, the cops are dogging her about the auto accident she witnessed. Nobody believes her story about the mystery blonde, and the man who died in the crash was her ex-husband's partner. Fiona can no longer tell friend from foe.
A second banana who almost runs off with the show is Josey Thring, a 16-year-old string-puller, organizer, problem solver and all-around Whiz Kid. She attaches herself to Fiona as an assistant, hoping to make enough money for a driver's license. Josey jumps on the erotic cookbook idea, running interference with the rich and famous, and it almost gets her killed.
The closing paragraphs, coupled with the opening, make a great pair of bookends to this gentle and very funny cozy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A wonderful sequel ......
May 5 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
to "Lament for a Lounge Lizard". This is the continuing saga of Fiona Silk and for those of you who read the first title, I don't think you'll be disappointed. The beginning seems to mosey along and we are re-introduced to Fiona and pals; as well as life and death in her small town. Then, without even realizing it, the pace quickens and, speaking for myself, I didn't want to put the book down until I read the final word.
I believe readers of Ms. Maffini's books will be delighted with this new addition, so I'll just say sit back and enjoy!!!!
I believe readers of Ms. Maffini's books will be delighted with this new addition, so I'll just say sit back and enjoy!!!!
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