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Here Comes the Body


A Cozy Mystery Novel


Book 1 of the Catering Hall Mysteries Series


Subgenres:

  • Culinary Mystery,
  • Italian American,
  • Queens, New York
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  • Queens neighborhood cozies with big family energy and local flavor
  • Catering hall mysteries featuring wild parties and even wilder surprises
  • Sleuths juggling family loyalty, street smarts, and suspicious NYPD attention
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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!

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