Murder with Honey Ham Biscuits

A.L. Herbert

Jul 2020 · A Mahalia Watkins Mystery Book 4 · Kensington Cozies

About this ebook

As the owner of Mahalia’s Sweet Tea, Halia Watkins is famous in Maryland’s Prince George’s County for her down-home cuisine. But when she has the chance to showcase her talents on national TV, she becomes the star of a murder mystery that’s too hot to handle! 
 
When Halia is invited to serve as a guest judge on the popular cooking competition show Elite Chef, she’s delighted to add some extra flavor to the mix. But as filming ramps up in Washington D.C., there are too many fiery personalities in the kitchen. Halia discovers that pulling off her small screen debut unscathed means contending with a longtime competing restaurant owner, an infamously crass hospitality mogul, and a group of cutthroat contestants vying for culinary glory . . . 
 
The competition sizzles with only a few finalists left standing—and goes cold when the gorgeous young frontrunner is found dead. As murder accusations are slathered over a recently eliminated contestant, Halia, with some bungling assistance from her wise-cracking cousin Wavonne slides into an investigation of their own. A little snooping reveals the victim burned lots of bridges, leaving a slew of alleged affairs and stolen recipes in her wake. With a fast-rising list of potential suspects, Halia must sort through mindboggling clues to fry the flaky culprit before someone else gets baked to a crisp . . .  

Ratings and reviews

cozy-mystery, amateur-sleuth, situational-humor, verbal-humor, small-business, Maryland, chef, culinary***** The only thing that bothered me was putting the recipes within the book instead of at the end. The recipes are good, but I found it distracting and had to photo the recipe (and in one case begin it) before I could go onward with the story. Loved the characters and all the laughs as well as it being a good cozy. No spoilers here and the publisher's blurb is a good hook. I've not read any of the earlier books in the series, but i plan to because i'm sure that they'll be fun, not because this one left me guessing about anything important. I loved it! I requested and received a free ebook copy from Kensington Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

I read the whole book in 24 hours. I can't wait until the next book.

Wonderful series!!! Are anymore volumes coming out ???

About the author

A.L. Herbert grew up in both Prince George’s County and Charles County, Maryland, and is currently working on the next Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery, along with more delicious comfort food recipes. Readers can e-mail the author at [e-mail]. And please visit www.alherbert.com and www.facebook.com/a.l.herbert123.