Crime Brûlée
Nancy Fairbanks

Forty-something homemaker Carolyn Blue is through with cooking and cleaning. She's finally decided to throw in the dishtowel—and take on a dream job as a food writer and traveler to exotic places. With a contract to write a book about New Orleans cuisine, Carolyn accompanies her husband to an academic conference in the 'Big Easy'—an event that will mean visiting with old college pals.

But just as she gets a taste of Creole, she gets a bite of crime... Her childhood friend, Professor Julienne Magnussen, disappears from the reunion dinner. True, Julienne has been fighting with her husband, but this only worries Carolyn more. Now, she has to combine taste- testing with a search for the missing scientist whom no one, including the police, believes is really in danger.

The trail leads Carolyn from the streets of the French Quarter to an alligator swamp, where she'd better act fast. In these parts, it's eat or be eaten...

Berkley (Prime Crime), April 2001
Featuring: Carolyn Blue
ISBN #0425179184
288 pages Paperback
$5.99

Also by Nancy Fairbanks:
Turkey Flambé, November 2007
Bon Bon Voyage, August 2007
French Fried, December 2006
Bon Bon Voyage, April 2006
Three-Course Murder, January 2006
Mozzarella Most Murderous, July 2005
Holy Guacamole!, November 2004
The Perils of Paella, January 2004
Chocolate Quake, April 2003
Death À L’Orange, June 2002
Truffled Feathers, December 2001

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