Stabbed in the Baklava (Kebab Kitchen Mystery #2) by Tina Kashian (Review)

Lucy Berberian has taken over her family’s Mediterranean restaurant on the Jersey Shore after an unsatisfying stint at a Philadelphia law firm. It’s great to be back in her old beach town, even if she’s turning into a seasoned sleuth . . .

Catering a high-society wedding should bring in some big income for Kebab Kitchen—and raise its profile too. But it’s not exactly good publicity when the best man winds up skewered like a shish kebab. Worse yet, Lucy’s ex, Azad—who’s the restaurant’s new head chef—is the prime suspect. But she doesn’t give a fig what the cops think. He may have killer looks, but he’s no murderer. She just needs to prove his innocence, before he has to go on the lamb . ..

 At the end of the first book Lucy Berberian has decided to take over her parents restaurant (The Kebab Kitchen) and they are doing a phased takeover, in order to keep the standards of cooking high Lucy's ex-boyfriend (and potential re-boyfriend!) Azad has stepped up to be the head chef, their first major catering deal is a wedding, an actress is getting married and her fiance wants the Kebab Kitchen to cater, this isn't a problem (err apart from the fact that it is for 250 people and the most they have catered to before this was 100!), still they manage to get this done and head to the hotel where the reception will be held.  Before they can get fully set up a drunken guest wanders in and Azad ends up threatening him, this would normally have been the end of it only he ends up dead and Azad appears to be the only candidate for the murderer!

Lucy and Katie don their sleuthing caps again and set out to find out the truth, and on the way they discover just how untrustworthy the dead man was, which means that more people could have wanted him dead, if only the Detective would look at other potential killers!

Another great story, with Lucy settling in and finding her feet, I will say that I hope the love triangle gets resolved quickly as that is something that can put me off a series, however good the rest of the storyline is, and Tina Kashian has crafted a wonderful storyline with some great characters!

Comments

[Tina Kashian]

Thank you for hosting me and featuring "Stabbed in the Baklava!"

[Tina Kashian]

Thank you for hosting me and for the wonderful review!