Review
The Seventh Rita Calabrese Culinary Mystery
Rita Calabrese has a lot on her mind. Her daughter, Gina, just broke up with another boyfriend, her son Vinnie's girlfriend may move away and take Vinnie with her, and St.Vincent's needs to raise $600,000 or else the school may close! To top it off, Gina is blowing off steam by helping the demolition in Friesland Manor, the house Rita's sister is renovating and in doing so uncovers a body stuffed in the wall. Hints of voodoo and a séance make for a spooky Valentine's Day as Acorn Hollow's best reporter looks to solve a cold case as well as a more modern murder.
The Rita Calabrese Culinary Mystery series is one of my most favorite mystery series of all time and this seventh outing shows just why. There's an intricate murder; in this case two diabolically plotted murders. Rita has to use cunning and useful contacts to discover the truth. The subplot of the Dude's reveal while keeping Sal's anonymity is not only funny, but adds to the overall themes of the story, and the series as a whole. Laughter. As always there are plenty of laughs, generally due to Rita's meddling mama ways. I'm still giggling at Rita's use of the herbs given by the voodoo priestess! It wouldn't be a Rita Calebrese Culinary Mystery without the food and Rita's Italian delicacies such as bistecca alla fiorentina, flourless chocolate cake with dolce di latte, and peanut butter biscotti, will have you salivating as much as Cesare and Luciano, but you can keep Linnea's dangerous dinners!
With a plot as carefully curated as one of Rita's special recipes SEANCE AND SENSIBILITY is a perfect cozy mystery filled with humor, fun, and family.
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