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Better Than Sex: A Mystery Featuring Anneke Haagen
 
 

Better Than Sex: A Mystery Featuring Anneke Haagen (Mass Market Paperback)

by Susan Holtzer (Author) ". . . Big Nate's. Now that's the kind of barbecue that . . ." ". . . terrible Wharf places ..." (more)
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Series sleuth Anneke Haagen and Ann Arbor policeman Karl Genesko, honeymooning in San Francisco, get roped into attending a food-tasting at a new sports-themed restaurant. Unfortunately, an annoying Michigan graduate student conducting research on eating triggers is poisoned during the event, and the eight suspects at her table all have ties to the university at Ann Arbor. The restaurant owner pleads for Anneke and Karl's help, which they give, thus providing local police with an important link to Michigan information. Clever food-oriented repartee, satirical wit, and not a little romance will endear this to series fans and others.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Holtzer's Anneke Haagen, a computer consultant from Ann Arbor, returns in her seventh adventure. Anneke is on her honeymoon in San Francisco with new hubby Karl Genesko, ex-Pittsburgh Steeler and now Ann Arbor's chief of police. They make their way to the Maize and Blue Sports Bar, where they plan to enjoy the newest culinary trend--high-fat "Nouvelle Midwest" cuisine--while watching the University of Michigan football game. While all eyes are glued to the game, Lindsay Summers, a Michigan graduate student, drops dead after drinking a glass of unsalted tomato juice. Because the victim was on a crusade to make high-fat food as regulated as tobacco, and everyone sitting at her table had a financial stake in the licensing and sale of Nouvelle Midwest products, there is no lack of suspects with motive and means. Anneke and Karl reluctantly agree to help out the San Francisco police because so many of the suspects have ties back to Ann Arbor. Anneke learns more than she cares to about militant food purists in this lively and humorous tale. Stuart Miller
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Death of a Food Nazi, Oct 24 2001
By P. Bradley "trellis9" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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Which of the extremist Foodies killed the pleasure-hating Food Nazi? Her former boss, the nutcase nutritionist politician? The celebrity chef, or his anorexic social climbing wanna-be-lover (whose own hubbie strays with a Reubenesque beauty), or the going for broke restaurant owner? If you've ever wanted to slap silly someone who ruined a great dinner by dithering on about wine or varieties of mushrooms, this lightweight mystery is for you. Plus, series crimesolvers Anneke and Karl finally get a honeymoon.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Tasteful Murder in SF?, Sep 17 2001
By Tina M. Durham (Mesa, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
Is it possible for Michigan computer consultant Anneke Haagen and her pro-football-player-turned cop hubby to enjoy a quiet honeymoon in San Francisco? Apparently not--their romantic idyll is disrupted when Anneke and Karl witness the murder of a beautiful graduate student in a sports bar, and Anneke and Karl must set aside their amorous exploits to solve the case.

This book is a delightful, one-evening read; just sit down with your favorite Midwestern cuisine and nibble away. Or better yet, take the book with you on your next trip to San Francisco. The author, Susan Holtzer, has included her own favorite real-world SF restaurants in the novel, so this book can do double duty: read it in the airport as a murder mystery, then take Better than Sex around the city with you as a local dining guide!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cute--food is a four letter word. Not enough detecting, Aug 17 2001
Lindsay Summers probably had it coming. After all, if you're a complete witch, sleep with a married man, try to get major food groups outlawed, blackmail your advisor, and produce bad research for your disertation, you are probably going to get poisoned. The only question is, who is going to do it.

Just about everyone at the San Francisco sports bar where Lindsay is doing her 'research' are candidates. Even our heroine, Anneke Haagen was just about mad enough to do something violent. But only one of them actually killed Lindsay. Anneke and her police lieutenant Karl volunteer to help the San Francisco police. Better yet, they bring on their secret weapon, Zoe Kaplan, 19-year-old journalism student, to investigate. It's just as well that they do. Zoe turns out to be the only character in the novel who does much investigation at all. While Anneke eats her way through San Francisco, Zoe puts herself in danger and digs out all of the facts.

BETTER THAN SEX is well written, amusing, and offers fine characterization for the minor characters. Unfortunately, the primary characters, Anneke and Karl, don't actually play much of a role in the mystery. Maybe they should have focussed on their honeymoon.

I enjoyed reading this book but think Holtzer could have toned down the food and turned up the mystery.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good mysty series just got better
Even on their honeymoon in romantic and picturesque San Francisco, Ann Arbor police Lieutenant Karl Genesko and his new bride Anneke Haagen cannot get away from murder. Read more
Published on Jul 25 2001 by Harriet Klausner

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