Black beans & vice
J.B. Stanley
The Flab Five team up to help James discover who is sending him threatening messages and find out the truth about the deaths of a local councilman and a young animal rights activist.
Read Time: ~5.2 hr
You cannoli die once
by Shelley Costa (2013)
About this book
"Four generations of fine Italian cooking. One colorful family. And a killer with a taste for revenge."--Cover. "At Miracolo Northern Italian Restaurant, one can savor brilliantly seasoned veal saltimbocca, or luscious risotto alla milanese, but no cannoli. Never cannoli. Maria Pia Angelotta, the spirited seventy-six-year-old owner of the Philadelphia-area eatery that's been in her family for four generations, has butted heads with her head chef over the cannoli ban more than once. And when the head chef is your own granddaughter, things can get a little heated. Fortunately, Eve Angelotta knows how to handle what her nonna dishes out. But when Maria Pia's boyfriend is found dead in Miracolo's kitchen, bludgeoned by a marble mortar, the question arises: Can a woman this fiery and stubborn over cream-filled pastry be capable of murder? The police seem to think so, and they put the elder Angelotta behind bars, while Eve, sexy neighborhood attorney Joe Beck, and the entire Miracolo family--parenti di sangue and otherwise--try every trick in the cookbook to unravel a tangle of lies and expose a killer."--Publisher.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreYou cannoli die once Lead Character
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