Beluga Stein is taking a cooking class and it's a real killer. Mean Cuisine (The Beluga Stein Mysteries) Supernatural Murder Mystery by Wendy W. Webb Book Tour & Giveaway
MEAN CUISINE
Wendy W. Webb
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GENRE: Supernatural Murder Mystery
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BLURB:
Beluga
Stein is taking a cooking class and it's a real killer. This time she's traded
her signature loud muumuus for ill-fitting chef attire, including a toque the
size of her ego.
A
well-liked chef is found dead and it's up to Beluga and her feline familiar,
Planchette, to investigate. There's no recipe to follow, only the hope that her
erratic psychic ability will hit the spot. Is a supernatural entity stirring up
trouble, or something far more dangerous?
Beluga
and Planchette can't stand the heat, but there's no way out of this kitchen
while murder is the main dish.
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EXCERPT
Beluga Stein’s Diary
Such a day.
And while Chef Pernod tried mightily to restore order with
an impromptu lecture on the differences between Grande, Classic and Nouvelle
cuisines, I’m afraid the distinctions were lost when the frozen body was
wheeled past us to the waiting ambulance.
The sight of such a spectacle took a toll on the chef as
well, I should add. Fortunately for me there was no mention of Planchette in
the kitchen, but for the rest of us the chef’s well-practiced lecture took a
sudden nosedive into a stream-of-consciousness series of French words. I think
I heard her say that a traditional kitchen brigade had positions with names
sounding something like “poisoner,” which is rather ominous if you ask me, and
“chefs who party,” which might warrant further investigation if things start to
get dull. Or one finds herself in immediate need of hors d’oeuvres and a
tropical cocktail.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Wendy W Webb (aka one of the many Wendy Webbs) has published dark
fantasy short stories and novels, co-edited anthologies, and has had
productions of stage and radio plays. After a hiatus as a doctoral student of
emergency management and as a disaster responder, she welcomed the return to
fiction with The Wild Rose Press writing the gothic Widow’s Walk, and two
updated books in the Beluga Stein supernatural-humor-murder mystery series, Bee
Movie and Mean Cuisine. Sunbury Press under the Milford House imprint published
the paranormal, travel, “memoir,” Eye of the Gargoyle. She adores her husband;
two dogs, one of which turns on iTunes whenever Wendy leaves her office; dry
red wine; theatre; and travel as long as she doesn’t see anymore ghosts!
Barnes & Noble
Paperback
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mean-cuisine-wendy-w-webb/1007879485?ean=97815092592
eBook
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mean-cuisine-wendy-w-webb/1007879485?ean=2940184304267
Amazon
Paperback
https://www.amazon.com/Mean-Cuisine-Beluga-Stein-Mystery/dp/1509259279
eBook
https://www.amazon.com/Mean-Cuisine-Beluga-Stein-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0DM2NYQHZ
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GIVEAWAY
Wendy will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.
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Thank you so much for featuring MEAN CUISINE today - it's appreciated.
ReplyDeleteYes, absolutely! Thanks for introducing Mean Cuisine and ultimately a cast of eccentric characters where Beluga Stein's feline familiar, Planchette, is the only one with any sense. Of course, if you look at the book cover, something is happening in the commercial kitchen rattling Planchette's usual calm and sometimes relentless aloofness.This book might be a little different from many books here, but I hope anyone who gives Mean Cuisine a try, will get a laugh or two, and an escape from the usual stresses of life! ----- Wendy W Webb
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