Long Island Iced Tina

Name: Long Island Iced Tina
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Maria DiRico
ISBN: 9781541435063

Author: Maria DiRico

Series: Catering Hall Mystery #2

Narrator: Devon Sorvari

Unabridged: 7 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/23/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Cozy Culinary

Synopsis

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 . . .

About Maria DiRico

Maria DiRico is the pseudonym for Ellen Byron, author of the award-winning, USA Today bestselling Cajun Country Mysteries. Born in Queens, New York, she is first-generation Italian-American on her mother's side and the granddaughter of a low-level Jewish mobster on her father's side. She grew up visiting the Astoria Manor and Grand Bay Marina catering halls, which were run by her Italian mother's family in Queens and have become the inspiration for her Catering Hall Mystery series. DiRico has been a writer-producer for hit television series like Wings and Just Shoot Me, and her first play, Graceland, appears in the Best Short Plays collection. She's a freelance journalist, with over 200 articles published in national magazines, and previously worked as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart, a credit she never tires of sharing. A native New Yorker who attended Tulane University, Ellen lives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughter, and two rescue dogs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on January 14, 2021

Long Island Iced Tina is the second book in the 'Catering Hall Mysteries' written by Maria DiRico, and it will be published in February of 2021. I've previously read the first book in the series and another series by the author that was written under a different name. I enjoy her writing style, and......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on February 04, 2021

This is a series that I am enjoying with the Queens setting and likable, somewhat funny characters and a great mystery to solve. Mia Carina and dad, Ravello, Mob lieutenant, on a straight path, are working hard to make the Family owned catering hall, Bell View Banquet Manor, a success. Mia lives wit......more

Goodreads review by Mark on February 18, 2021

Mia Carina is thrilled for her friend Nicole, who is expecting her first baby. Nicole has chosen Mia’s catering hall, Belle View, as the location for one of her baby showers. Despite Mia’s best efforts, the baby shower is interrupted by a fight between Nicole’s mother and step-mother. Then, one of N......more

Goodreads review by Deanne on June 17, 2021

This was a fun cozy. The characters draw you in with their personalities, each different. The mystery was interesting and kept me guessing right to the end and I never did figure out who did it before the end either. Like mysteries involving the mob and Jersey Shore this is just the book for you. Pub Da......more

Goodreads review by Brenda on December 08, 2020

Long Island Iced Tina is the second installment in the Catering Hall Mystery series set in Queens, New York and featuring catering/banquet hall manager, Mia Carina. Business is picking up at Belle View Banquet Manor, the facility that her ex-mobster father, Ravello is running for another member of t......more