Smakebit på Søndag; Murder with Honey Ham Biscuits (Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery #4) av A.L. Herbert

Siden det er slutten av uka, er det kanskje på tide med en ny Smakebit på Søndag, som Betraktninger og Flukten fra virkeligheten har ansvaret for.

I dag vil jeg ta for meg cosy mystery-romanen Murder with Honey Ham Biscuits (Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery #4) av A.L. Herbert, som jeg leste for ikke så lenge siden. Boka omhandler Halia som skal være gjestedommer i en konkurranse i et reality show, mens hun til vanlig driver en restaurant med familien. Da en av deltakerne i konkurransen blir funnet drept, blir det komplikasjoner.

Her er en smakebit fra da Halia og Wavonne, søskenbarnet til Halia, stikker innom en restaurant som heter Dauphine.
“This place looks like somewhere the vampires in True Blood would eat,” Wavonne says as we step into Dauphine. The door closes behind us, and all evidence of daylight disappears.
“Yeah... it’s not exactly bright and cheery, is it?” I respond. “It’s been a hundred years since I worked here. I guess I’d forgotten how dark it is in here. Feels like we’re in a church from the Middle Ages.”

Comments

  1. astridterese31 January 2021 at 12:52

    Jeg har sikkert sagt det før, men jeg liker cosy mystery :-) Det er litt det i Agatha Christies bøker, men kanskje favoritten min er Louise Penny.
    Ha en riktig fin søndag!

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    1. GothicVamperstein5 February 2021 at 13:47

      Cosy mystery er kjekt. :-) Håper du hadde en fin søndag.

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  2. Åsa31 January 2021 at 13:08

    Vilket mysigt bokomslag! Bara det får mig att vilja läsa boken. Tack för smakbiten!

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  3. Lena31 January 2021 at 14:36

    En helt okänd bok för mig. Väldigt fint omslag. Tack för smakbiten.

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  4. Lottens Bokblogg31 January 2021 at 16:27

    Tack för smakbiten. Kände inte till boken innan.

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  5. Augusta31 January 2021 at 17:02

    HaHa Jeg fikk ikke lyst til å lese boken, men vil både lage kjeks og se True Blood nå. Så det var en inspirerende smakebit :)

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    1. GothicVamperstein5 February 2021 at 13:48

      Lage kjeks og se True Blood er ikke feil det heller. :-)

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  6. Mrs Calloway31 January 2021 at 21:13

    känner inte alls till boken! tack för smakebiten!

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  7. Boklysten31 January 2021 at 22:09

    Den blir jag väldigt nyfiken på. Tack för smakbiten!

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