Let’s read the first book in the Catering Hall Mystery series.
To find us: see comments and the light-up M on the table.
We will meet for breakfast at the only Italian cafe in town that’s open early, Florentine Cafe. It’s the kind of place Mia Carina would dine at. Florentine Cafe is located on Blue Diamond and South Rainbow. It’s in the Diamond Plaza shopping center and inside the Sgrizzi by Chef Marc restaurant.
I’ll be there at 9:00am in case there’s a wait to get seated. I’ll have a large letter M that lights up on the table. Looking forward to meeting everyone and chatting about the book.
Fun Fact: DiRico is the pen name for Ellen Byron who writes the Vintage Cookbook Mystery series and Cajun Country Mystery series.
About the Book:
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 the woman inside fails to jump out . . . because she’s dead.
Since some of her family’s associates are on the shady side, the NYPD wastes no time in casting suspicion on Mia’s father—especially considering that he and the victim had a previous encounter. Now, Mia’s going to have to use all her street smarts to keep him out of Rikers Island . . .
Italian recipes included!
