Death By the Glass

August 1, 2003
Small restaurant-owner/chef Sunny (Sharpshooter) once again takes on the role of sleuth after someone murders fancy restaurant owner Nathan Osborne. Unfortunately, the prime suspect is her new lover, also a chef, but familiar characters assist. A likable second.

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August 1, 2003
Napa Valley chef Sonia "Sunny" McCoskey, introduced in " Sharpshooter" (2002), is once again investigating the seamier side of the restaurant and wine world. Cooking at a charity benefit, she meets Andre Morales, chef at Vinifera, the trendy restaurant of the moment. Romance blooms until one of Vinifera's owners turns up dead at his home with a broken bottle of rare wine nearby. Although the police think that he died of natural causes, Sunny is suspicious. It seems that the restaurant was not profitable despite its popularity. The arrogant French sommelier may be involved in wine fraud, and chef Andre did not get along with the late owner. Sunny's unwelcome probing puts her in danger, but the guilty party emerges at a cozy toast to the not-so-dearly departed. Sunny's adventures offer readers an amusing romp in the culinary underworld.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2003, American Library Association.)