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S'està carregant… Funeral Food (Tory Bauer Mystery) (1998 original; edició 1998)de Kathleen Taylor
Informació de l'obraFuneral Food de Kathleen Taylor (1998)
   Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Very funny, non-traditional heroine in a small-town mystery.  Robreads | Jan 4, 2012 |  I didn't figure out whodunit before it was revealed, and the story was well laid out. It all takes place in a tiny town on the South Dakota prairie, peopled with quirky folks who all manage to find their way to the Delphi Cafe, where most of the action happens. It introduces Tory Bauer, a middle-aged widow who shares a trailer with her dead husband's cousin and works as a waitress at the restaurant for a hard-bitten gal named Aphrodite who rules the kitchen amidst the grease, gravy and cigarette smoke. Like most small towns, it seems like nothing important ever happens there, until the day that Tory discovers the body of a young Mormon missionary in the mop closet, and whether she wants to or not, she feels compelled to track down the clues that seem to be apparent to no one but her. (  ) madamejeanie | Sep 18, 2008 | Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor is the first in the Tory Bauer mystery series. Tory is short and round. She is a widow. She's a waitress. She lives in a trailer with a man-eater named Delphine and Delphine's son, Presley. (Delphine swears up and down that Elvis is his father.) Tory lives in that exciting hiccup in the road--Delphi, South Dakota. Charles Winston is a young Mormon missionary who's been assigned to Delphi. He's handsome, soft-spoken, and generally well-liked amongst the townsfolk in Delphi even if they think his religion is crazy. When Tory finds his body stuffed in the mop closet at the café, she finds herself searching for a murderer. I fell for this book in a big way. I like all sorts of mysteries and I have a twisted sense of humor, so I love it when I find a book that combines the two. (Especially since Evanovich has become rather stale.) Taylor uses the small town South Dakota setting to perfection. Anyone who's lived in a small town will recognize the cast of oddball characters. Tory herself is someone many women can identify with. There were several laugh-out-loud funny scenes *and* I didn't figure out who "Anti Santa" and the murderer were! One warning for anyone thinking of reading Funeral Food: sex plays a part, and some of the humor is racy and adult. Not your typical cozy! This book surprised me. It made me smile. It made me laugh. I closed it feeling as if I knew Tory and the other residents of Delphi. (  ) cathyskye | Jan 7, 2007 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Murder Can Kill The Appetite There aren't many amusements in little Delphi, South Dakota--and that suits Tory Bauer just fine. Widowed, over forty, and somewhat exceeding the surgeon general's weight guidelines, she's content to sling hash at the locals in the Delphi Cafe and craves no additional excitement. Her oversexed fellow waitress and trailer-mate Delphine, however, is always hungry for a new thrill. So when young, good-looking Mormon missionary Charles Winston brings his soul saving fervor to the Cafe's table, Del's all over him like ketchup on fries, totally unconcerned about how her boyfriend--the dangerously short-tempered county deputy, Big Dick Albrecht--will react. And it's Tory who has to clean up the sloppy mess left behind--because it's she who discovers Winston's corpse stuffed in a mop closet several days later. Tory's large appetite for answers and natural talent for deduction are dumping her into a crockpot of lethal, long-simmering small town secrets. And if she's not careful, she'll wind up in the missionary's position: flat-out, stone-cold dead. MURDER CAN KILL THE APPETITEThere aren't many amusements in little Delphi, South Dakota--and that suits Tory Bauer just fine. Widowed, over forty, and somewhat exceeding the surgeon general's weight guidelines, she's content to sling hash at the locals in the Delphi Cafe and craves no additional excitement. Her oversexed fellow waitress and trailer-mate Delphine, however, is always hungry for a new thrill. So when young, good-looking Mormon missionary Charles Winston brings his soul saving fervor to the Cafe's table, Del's all over him like ketchup on fries, totally unconcerned about how her boyfriend--the dangerously short-tempered county deputy, Big Dick Albrecht--will react. And it's Tory who has to clean up the sloppy mess left behind--because it's she who discovers Winston's corpse stuffed in a mop closet several days later. Tory's large appetite for answers and natural talent for deduction are dumping her into a crockpot of lethal, long-simmering small town secrets. And if she's not careful, she'll wind up in the missionary's position: flat-out, stone-cold dead. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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