During night-time fireworks at Coffee Creek's first official barbecue cook-off, deep in Texas Hill Country, lawyer Alice MacDonald Greer trips over the murdered body of a sharp-tongued food writer. The hotly competitive grill-masters all possess sharp knives and stout alibis. With local law enforcement baffled, the mystery darkens when a malevolent stalker pursues Alice and her engaging but secretive client using arson, assault and highway terror. Alice finds herself needing far more than her legal skills to survive. An Alice MacDonald Greer legal thriller, full of smoke, music, mayhem and suspense.
Forest review (I.e. see the forest by looking at trees)
This is the 5th of the Alice Greer books I’ve been binging on. I’ve enjoyed them all & I hope to get to book 8 within a few weeks. Just want my review to let other potential readers know that I think the protagonist is a feminine Spenser. Spenser has his Hawk & mysteries are told in dialogue with comments on the human condition. Spenser solves the mysteries with masculine violence & justice, but the fair Susan humanizes him.
Alice has her Red with mysteries being solved with feminine wiles & intuition, but the stories are well researched, clear & concise. Alice will never forget her hero husband killed in a helicopter crash, but Kinsear brings her back to basics.
Alice Greer is my Hera. She is spunky and almost fearless. The characters grow and we get to know the townspeople. I love this series and am anxiously waiting for the next book.
Plus as a north-easterner reading about the habits and language of Texans is enlightening. And the food is great too.
# 5 down and #6 already downloaded on my Kindle. Want to see what happens next in Alice's life. Want to know how the new residents and old friends are doing in this little Texas town.
Another amazing great read! Intriguing! Kept me glued. I can’t get enough of Alice’s adventures! Highly recommend the series of books by Helen Currie Foster!