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The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders
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“Delightful . . . Ms. Pickard has given the protagonist a new least on life!”—The New York Times
When Eugenia Potter receives an urgent phone call from the manager of her ranch near Tucson, she's only too happy to drop everything and fly home. Something inside of her is calling her back to the desert. Why else would be preparing spicy Mexican meatball soup at her cottage in Maine when the menu clearly calls for clam chowder?
But once she arrives home, Mrs. Potter discovers that her ranch manager and his granddaughter are missing from her ranch, Las Palomas, and feared dead. When a guest at a dinner gathering thrown by Mrs. Potter is food poisoned—apparently from eating her famous 27-ingredient chili—she knows she must act quickly before the murderer strikes again. And it doesn't hurt to have the help of a long-lost beau to spice up the danger with romance . . .
“Delightful . . . Ms. Pickard has given the protagonist a new least on life!”—The New York Times
When Eugenia Potter receives an urgent phone call from the manager of her ranch near Tucson, she's only too happy to drop everything and fly home. Something inside of her is calling her back to the desert. Why else would be preparing spicy Mexican meatball soup at her cottage in Maine when the menu clearly calls for clam chowder?
But once she arrives home, Mrs. Potter discovers that her ranch manager and his granddaughter are missing from her ranch, Las Palomas, and feared dead. When a guest at a dinner gathering thrown by Mrs. Potter is food poisoned—apparently from eating her famous 27-ingredient chili—she knows she must act quickly before the murderer strikes again. And it doesn't hurt to have the help of a long-lost beau to spice up the danger with romance . . .
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“when Mrs. Potter gets a call from the head of her ranch, she must fly back two weeks early. When she arrives she finds him and his granddaughter and must figure out what is going on before it is too late.”
“I discovered this author and her books quite by accident, scrolling through the listing of new books recently acquired at my local library. I hadn't read a detective novel in quite a few years, and I was intrigued by the plot summary.
I immediately fell in love with the main protagonist Eugenia 'Genia' Potter and enjoyed spending time with her for the duration of the book. Of course as soon as I finished reading "The 27ingredient Chile Con Carne Murders, I couldn't wait to get back to the library to find the sequels.
One of the things I greatly appreciate about the Eugenia Potter mysteries is that there is not any explicit language or gruesome details; the violence, if any at all, is mild. The story is a good, old-fashioned murder mystery and leaves you guessing until the very end.
Another interesting twist to this story is the cooking theme which runs through it. Home cooking is a comfort to the soul and is another reason I am so fond of this book. An added bonus -- all of the recipes used in the book are listed inside the front and back covers. Needless to say, I copied them down!”
About Nancy Pickard
Nancy Pickard is a four-time Edgar Award nominee, most recently for The Virgin of Small Plains. She is the winner of the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, and three Agatha Awards. Her short stories have also won numerous accolades. Pickard has been a national board member of the Mystery Writers of America and the president of Sisters in Crime, and she is a member of PEN America. She lives in Merriam, Kansas.
The late Virginia Rich is the author of three previous Eugenia Potter mysteries, and, with Nancy Pickard, of The 27-Ingredient Chili con Carne Murders. Like her heroine, Mrs. Rich lived on a cattle ranch in Arizona and also had a cottage off the coast of Maine.
The late Virginia Rich is the author of three previous Eugenia Potter mysteries, and, with Nancy Pickard, of The 27-Ingredient Chili con Carne Murders. Like her heroine, Mrs. Rich lived on a cattle ranch in Arizona and also had a cottage off the coast of Maine.
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