Cinco de Mayhem, Ann Myers
Cinco de Mayhem, Ann Myers
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Cinco de Mayhem
A Sante Fe Cafe Mystery

Author: Ann Myers

Narrator: Cris Dukehart

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/29/2016

Synopsis

Margaritas, spicy guacamole—and murder—are among this year’s preparations for Cinco de Mayo in the second Santa Fe Café mystery novelTres Amigas Café chef Rita Lafitte is busy baking her green chile soufflés and chocolate flans for Cinco de Mayo. If only her friend Linda, the daughter of Rita’s octogenarian boss Flori, could get into the festive spirit. Linda’s cart,Tía Tamales, is losing business to Crepe Empire, the hottest food cart in Santa Fe. Napoleon, Crepe Empire’s owner, is a pompous celebrity chef who wants to squeeze out the competition. But when Linda gets into a heated argument with Napoleon and his corpse is later found stabbed and pinned beneath the wheels of her tamale cart, she becomes the number-one suspect.Determined to prove Linda’s innocence, Rita investigates. From Napoleon’s disgruntled former employees to a shady health inspector, the list of suspects is longer than Flori’s strings of dried chili peppers. And when another corpse surfaces, Rita must scramble to find an elusive killer with an appetite for murder. . .

About Ann Myers

Ann Myers, her husband, and extra-large housecat live in Colorado but, like Rita, feel most at home in Santa Fe.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Caitlin on May 10, 2016

Rita Lafitte is preparing a delicious feast for Cinco de Mayo at both work, Tres Amigas Cafe and in her personal life for gorgeous local lawyer, Jake Strong. When a competitor and all around jerk, Napoleon ends up dead there should be no shortage of suspects but the police are only focusing on her f......more

Goodreads review by Kav on March 31, 2022

Love the Santa Fe setting and all the foodie and cultural references in this series. A solid mystery and, while I sussed out the killer midway, I couldn't figure out some critical pieces in order to provide means and opportunity. Gripping climax, satisfactory growth in the romance department and so......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on December 29, 2024

Great!......more

Goodreads review by Rose on May 28, 2024

I'm not a fan of cozy mystery novels, and even though this novel fits the traditional cozy mystery tropes, I actually enjoyed it. A quick, light, fun, read. Maybe because of the delicious foodie theme. The description of the food had my mouth watering during the whole book. There was kind of a roman......more

Goodreads review by Mary on February 29, 2020

I enjoy a light hearted murder story (is that even a thing?!?) and this book fit the bill. The writer holds my interest and although I wouldn’t say the ending was a surprise, it wasn’t so obvious as to make the book too predictable. I immediately downloaded book 3 in the series and can’t wait to sta......more

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