Grilled 4 murder - j. c. eaton

With a high-stakes barbecue contest coming to town, Sophie Phee Kimballs friends will get raked over the coals when one of the contestants is murdered .

Sun City West is abuzz with the news that the Food Network is sponsoring a local barbecue cook-off and that Phees friends from the pinochle club are in the finals.

But the mood soon darkens when the county planning committee announces a plan to situate a new garbage transfer station on the towns edge.

With tempers flaring and rumors of corruption swirling, it comes as little surprise when the committees chair, who happens to be a finalist in the cook-off, is found murdered.

When Phees friends are named as the most likely suspects, she knows the accusation stinks to high heaven.

As she navigates a world of politics and payoffs, she discovers there are any number of community members, along with the committee itself, who had a reason to want the chair dead-.

With the barbecue contest in full swing and celebrity chefs on hand to judge, Phee will have to sniff out the clues, no matter how noxious, to catch a killer .

Praise for the Books of J.

Eaton: Fun characters, a touch of humor, and a great mystery, the perfect combination for a cozy.

-Lena Gregory, author of the Bay Island Psychic Mysteries on Ditched 4 Murder So cleverly written, you wont guess the perpetrators until the very end.

-Mary Marks, award-winning author of the Quilting Mystery Series on Booked 4 Murder A thoroughly entertaining series debut, with enjoyable yet realistic characters and enough plot twists-and dead ends-to appeal from beginning to end.

-Booklist, starred review, on Booked 4 Murder Enjoy this laugh-out-loud funny mystery that will make you scream for the authors to get busy on the next one.

-Suspense Magazine on Molded 4 Murder.