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A review by ljkarst
Bread of the Dead by Ann Myers
5.0
I’ve spent a fair amount of time in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Ann Myer’s culinary cozy mystery, Bread of the Dead, captures perfectly the feel of the historic and vibrant community—the second oldest city in the country, now a mecca for art, music and food lovers from around the world.
Rita Lafitte is a cook at the Tres Amigas café, and is crazy busy right now with all the extra traffic to the restaurant caused by the upcoming Día de los Muertos holiday. But when her good friend and landlord is found dead from a supposed suicide, Rita is sure he wouldn’t have taken his own life. Enlisting the help of her elderly boss—the irrepressible Flori—Rita sets out to unlock the secrets of the adobe town’s residents and find the true killer.
With its well-crafted plot, host of entertaining characters, and mouth-watering descriptions of the local cuisine, this is a terrific debut—the first, I hope, of many more to follow!
Rita Lafitte is a cook at the Tres Amigas café, and is crazy busy right now with all the extra traffic to the restaurant caused by the upcoming Día de los Muertos holiday. But when her good friend and landlord is found dead from a supposed suicide, Rita is sure he wouldn’t have taken his own life. Enlisting the help of her elderly boss—the irrepressible Flori—Rita sets out to unlock the secrets of the adobe town’s residents and find the true killer.
With its well-crafted plot, host of entertaining characters, and mouth-watering descriptions of the local cuisine, this is a terrific debut—the first, I hope, of many more to follow!