SOLD/Kensington cozy mystery
Here Comes the Body: A Catering Hall Mystery
Maria DiRico
After her philandering husband’s boat went down, newly single Mia Carina went back to Astoria, the bustling Queens neighborhood of her youth. Living with her nonna and her oversized cat, Doorstop, she’s got a whole new life—including some amateur sleuthing.
Mia is starting work at Belle View, her father’s catering hall, a popular spot for weddings, office parties, and more—despite the planes that occasionally roar overhead on their way to LaGuardia and rattle the crystal chandelier. Soon she’s planning a bachelor party for a less-than-gentlemanly groom. But it goes awry when the gigantic cake is wheeled in and a deadly surprise is revealed . . .
Since some of her family’s associates are on the shady side, the NYPD wastes no time in casting suspicion on Mia’s father. Now, Mia’s going to have to use all her street smarts to keep him out of Rikers Island . . .
Italian recipes included!
Mia is starting work at Belle View, her father’s catering hall, a popular spot for weddings, office parties, and more—despite the planes that occasionally roar overhead on their way to LaGuardia and rattle the crystal chandelier. Soon she’s planning a bachelor party for a less-than-gentlemanly groom. But it goes awry when the gigantic cake is wheeled in and a deadly surprise is revealed . . .
Since some of her family’s associates are on the shady side, the NYPD wastes no time in casting suspicion on Mia’s father. Now, Mia’s going to have to use all her street smarts to keep him out of Rikers Island . . .
Italian recipes included!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Maria DiRico was born in Queens, New York, and raised in Queens and Westchester County. She is first-generation Italian-American on her mother’s side (which is where her pseudonym comes from). On her father’s side, her grandfather was a low-level Jewish mobster who disappeared in 1933 under mysterious circumstances. She also writes the Agatha Award-winning bestselling Cajun Country Mystery series under her real name, Ellen Byron. See her website www.ellenbyron.com.
Maria DiRico was born in Queens, New York, and raised in Queens and Westchester County. She is first-generation Italian-American on her mother’s side (which is where her pseudonym comes from). On her father’s side, her grandfather was a low-level Jewish mobster who disappeared in 1933 under mysterious circumstances. She also writes the Agatha Award-winning bestselling Cajun Country Mystery series under her real name, Ellen Byron. See her website www.ellenbyron.com.
