Review Recipe for Murder by Lisa Harris at The Christian Suspense Zone

Recipe For Muder
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By Lisa Harris / Heartsong Presents Mysteries

Reviewed by Laura Hilton

RECIPE FOR MURDER is really cute

Pricilla Crumb's retirement takes a new twist when she decides to cook for her son's hunting lodge's guests in the beautiful Colorado Rockies. A wonderful cook, Pricilla is horrified when one of the guests dies after eating some of her salmon tartlets.

The police discount the death as a heart-attack, but Pricilla is convinced she murdered the man and he died of food-poisoning. However, tests done on the deceased proves that he was indeed poisoned, and requests everyone stay at the hunting lodge until the murder is solved.

Not anxious to be left in a lodge with a potential killer, Pricilla quickly makes a suspect list. But who has motive? And how can she get a bunch of men to communicate in something other than grunts?

RECIPE FOR MURDER is really cute. Pricilla is a loveable heroine, kind and considerate, yet a busybody. At home in the kitchen, Pricilla hopes that cooking up delectable treats for the hunters will help solve the murder in a timely matter-never mind if it stirs up a romance or two.

The faith message is expertly woven in, and the setting is very much a part of the story. Most of the secondary characters are well-developed, but unfortunately, we never seemed to get to know most of the guests which made it difficult to guess who might have been the murderer. A yummy sounding recipe is included at the end of the book.

About Laura Hilton

Currently, Lisa and her husband, along with their three children, are preparing to work in Mozambique as church planters. She speaks French and is fervently working to improve her Portuguese while temporarily living in Brazil. Life is busy-and even a bit crazy at time--between ministry, language learning, home-schooling, and writing deadlines, but she loves her time to escape into another world and write, and sees this work as an extension of her ministry. Besides writing, Lisa loves to travel. She and her husband have visited over twenty countries throughout Europe, Africa, South America, and the Far East, and have lived in Togo, France, South Africa, Brazil, and soon Mozambique. One of her favorite pastimes is learning to cook different exotic dishes from around the world. Be sure and check out her website at or her blog at for a peek into her life in the heart of Africa.

About Your Host Susan Sleeman

Susan is passionate about Christian Suspense both as a reader and a writer. The first novel in her Garden Gate Mystery Series, Nipped in the Bud, will release in May of 2009 from Heartsong Presents: Mysteries, an imprint of Barbour Publishing. Read more about Susan's . . .
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