A Dish Best Served Cold (The Italian Kitchen Mysteries, #3)

Suspense Magazine calls A Dish Best Served Cold a "highly recommended" entry in the series! A cold case and a boardwalk chase lead straight to murder... When Victoria and her family host a 75th anniversary celebration at the Casa Lido, the party gets crashed twice-once by down-on-his-luck family friend Pete Petrocelli, and then by a seasonal hurricane, leaving much of Oceanside Park without power. When the lights come back on, a drunken Pete is the only casualty of the storm, found face down in the flooded carousel house on the boardwalk. Though his death appears to be an accident, Victoria remembers Pete saying he "knew things" that would make a good mystery story. As Victoria digs deeper, she uncovers a missing family relative presumed dead in Italy, Atlantic City crime connections, and cold case that gets hotter by the minute. Turns out Pete did have a story to tell-one that nobody ever got to hear... "A perfect storm of great atmosphere, likeable characters, excellent plotting, and nifty transitions between New Jersey‘s past and present." -Suspense Magazine "Once again, Rosie Genova‘s writing sparkles!"-Night Owl Reviews, Top Pick The Jersey shore setting, lovingly depicted by Jersey girl Rosie Genova, virtually becomes another character in her series ...If you‘re a beach lover, and especially if you‘re an aficionado of Italian cuisine, you‘ll love this book (and the Italian Kitchen series)." -Jane Reads "Genova captures the essence of family, the good and the bad, and combines it with a complex mystery. She deftly melds a great ensemble cast of developed characters with humor in a fully realized locale and creates a fun, cozy read." -Cozy Up with Kathy