Will the summer festival continue?
One Feta in the Grave by Tina Kashian is my first in the Kebab Kitchen Mystery series, and I have to say that it was pretty good. Ms. Kashian did a superb job, and I love the dynamics between the main character Lucy and her family.
Sleuth:
Our sleuth is Lucy Berberian who is a first-generation American within her family that is multilingual. I fell in love with how different this sleuth is and is set in Jersey made me smile. Lucy is known in her small coastal town in Jersey for solving mysteries so when she finds Mr. Kincaid everyone automatically thinks she is on the case in solving it. Which she is.
What I like about her is that she is my first sleuth that is a lawyer but is trying to make her parents happy by working in the restaurant. I like that she cares for her family even if everyone knows that she isn’t the most fabulous cook. The way that she has two love interests that aren’t cops because the cop is her best friend’s husband. The last thing that I like about her is that she is pretty great at sleuthing. The one thing that I didn’t like about her is that she didn’t get why one of her love interests was jealous of the other who is just a friend.
The Victim:
The victim is Archie Kincaid but to call him a victim is a big step. The reason is he was a total jerk to everyone. He lived like he was a bachelor when that was far from the truth and that he spurned a whole lot of people. Okay, so the only one that he did let known was a guy named Harold. Anyways let’s just say Lucy and the cops had a lot of fun trying to sort through all the red herrings to get to the real killer. Especially through everything else that was brought to light.
Five Star
One Feta in the Grave by Tina Kashian is a great cozy mystery read, and I enjoyed it especially trying to figure out who killed Archie and what their motives where. I am giving this book a five-star review, and I am recommending it to all cozy mystery fans.
Other Books in the Series
Hummus and Homicide
by Tina Kashian
Series: A Kebab Kitchen Mystery #1
Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation on February 27, 2018
Genres: Mystery, Cozy
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback & ebook
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When Lucy Berberian quits her Philadelphia law firm and heads home to Ocean Crest, she knows what she’s getting—the scent of funnel cake, the sight of the wooden roller coaster, and the tastes of her family’s Mediterranean restaurant. But murder wasn’t on the menu . . .
Things are slow in the off-season in this Jersey Shore town, but Lucy doesn’t mind. She doesn’t even mind waitressing at the Kebab Kitchen. Her parents have put in a new hummus bar, with every flavor from lemon to roasted red pepper. It’s fun to see their calico cat again, and to catch up with her old BFF, who’s married to a cop now.
She could do without Heather Banks, though. The Gucci-toting ex-cheerleader is still as nasty as she was back in high school . . . and unfortunately, she’s just taken over as the local health inspector. Just minutes after eating at the Kebab Kitchen—where she’s tallied up a whole list of bogus violations—she falls down dead in the street. Word on the grapevine is it’s homicide, and Lucy’s the number one suspect . . .
Recipes included!
Stabbed in the Baklava
by Tina Kashian
Series: A Kebab Kitchen Mystery #2
Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation on August 28, 2018
Genres: Mystery, Cozy
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback & ebook
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Lucy Berberian has taken over her family’s Mediterranean restaurant on the Jersey Shore after an unsatisfying stint at a Philadelphia law firm. It’s great to be back in her old beach town, even if she’s turning into a seasoned sleuth . . .
Catering a high-society wedding should bring in some big income for Kebab Kitchen—and raise its profile too. But it’s not exactly good publicity when the best man winds up skewered like a shish kebab. Worse yet, Lucy’s ex, Azad—who’s the restaurant’s new head chef—is the prime suspect. But she doesn’t give a fig what the cops think. He may have killer looks, but he’s no murderer. She just needs to prove his innocence, before he has to go on the lamb . . .
Recipes included!
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