Long Island Iced Tina (A Catering Hall Mystery, #2) (A Task Force Epsilon Thriller)

by Maria DiRico

In the second installment of Maria DiRico's new Catering Hall Mystery series, Mia Carina is back in the borough of Queens, in charge of the family catering hall Belle View Banquet Manor, and keeping her nonna company. But some events--like murder at a shower--are not the kind you can schedule...

Mia's newly pregnant friend Nicole plans to hold a shower at Belle View--but Nicole also has to attend one that her competitive (and mysteriously rich) stepmother, Tina, is throwing at the fanciest place in Queens. It's a good chance for Mia to snoop on a competitor, especially since doing a search for "how to run a catering hall" can get you only so far.

Mia tags along at the lavish party, but the ambience suffers at Nicole's Belle View shower when a fight breaks out--and then, oddly, a long-missing and valuable stolen painting is unwrapped by the mom-to-be. Tina is clearly shocked to see it. But not as shocked as Mia is when, soon afterward, she spots the lifeless body of a party guest floating in the marina . . .

Italian recipes included!

• ISBN10: 1496725352
• ISBN13: 9781496725356
• Publish Date: 23 February 2021
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Kensington
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781496725356

Reviews

[Baroness Book Trove]

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy from the Great Escapes Book Tours. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Long Island Iced Tina by Maria DiRico is another remarkably written book about this Italian catering hall.

Can Mia figure out who would kill Tina?

Mia Carina

Mia Carina is back again in the next book of A Catering Hall Mystery series. I am in love with this series. Being part of an Italian mob family, Mia knows that sometimes the police don't like her family. She is a special character that always has a tremendous time of being funny. I love it when she translates some of the words that she knows for us readers who don't speak Italian or really read Italian. Mia is an exceptional sleuth despite this being only her second mystery. I love reading about this character, but I'm unsure I would like to meet her in real life. Seriously, her family is a bit scary.

The Mystery

The mystery this time is about a family friend's stepmom dying on a dock near Belle View Catering. I feel bad for Mia and her family as they are trying to keep the business legal and not doing anything with laundering money through it. She is tasked with figuring out who would kill the stepmom like that. It's just one thing after another in this one.

Five Stars

My rating for Long Island Iced Tina by Maria DiRico is five stars, and I recommend it to anyone who loves reading culinary cozy mysteries. I love Ms. DiRico's fabulous writing style throughout this book. Also, I love this whole Italian mob family owning a catering hall to try to go legitimate. Ms. DiRico has an amazing imagination, and it shows throughout this book which transports the reader into the story so perfectly.

First Book in the Series

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Victim/Toe Tag: Tina Iles-Karras (T)

Beachcomber Weapons: ribbon (household object)

Beachcomber Crime Scene: shoreline

Detectives: Mia Carina (C)

This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove