Knife Skills (Trudi Wells Cozy Mystery Series Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (974 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00PFWEOHI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 146 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Author I hope you like "Knife Skills," the first book starring food writer Trudi Wells.
"Sharp, Funny, and Interesting (In a good way!)" according to Book Trekker. I snatched this book for free and am glad I did because it was a treat to read. The reader gets to watch Trudi, a reporter at a failing newspaper, switch from covering hard news to writing features. As Trudi learns how to dial back the basic who, what, when, where, how, and why so she can write engaging soft fluff about food and restaurants, she's intent on solving a a chef's murder.Throughout the book, we see Trudi's interactions with her family, police, colleagues, and murder suspects. The book is fast-paced and sharply written with good wit and the right amount of ins. A delicious murder-mystery Louise Keith A news writer is suddenly transferred to the food section of the California paper for which she works and discovers a dead chef during her first day in her new position. Crafted with a flair for the culinary arts and a ready knowledge of the newsroom, Ms. Adler's story will leave you hungry for more. See what I did there? :) Off to find a decent restaurant - and some fine wine!. "Food skills, mystery skills. Bon appetit!" according to Kristin J. Johnson. Trudi Wells is an excellent cozy mystery heroine who not only develops knife skills and a mean feature on a murdered chef, she steps into the role of reluctant gumshoe naturally. Julie Adler clearly knows restaurants, newspapers, the food industry and her way around a kitchen. Highly recommended.
But the murder of the most famous chef in town — killed with a cooking knife — presents an opportunity: if Trudi can prove her skills as a reporter, she can return to the news desk where she belongs. In a tight-knit California foothills community of cooks, caterers and wine snobs, can Trudi make her way through a new world of delicious food and drink? And can she track down the murderer — or will he find her first?"Knife Skills" is the first mystery starring Trudi Wells. Smart-mouthed Trudi is definitely no foodie: she knows nothing about fine dining, surviving happily on peanut butter and breakfast cereal. After a stupid but funny mistake, impulsive news reporter Trudi Wells is reassigned to her struggling paper’s food desk,