Six Feet Deep Dish
by
Mindy Quigley
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St. Martin's, 2022 (2022)
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Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
H
ere's the first in a new cozy mystery series, Mindy Quigley's
Six Feet Deep Dish
, starring chef Delilah O'Leary. She's about to open a gourmet deep-dish pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin, largely funded by her wealthy trust fund fiancé (and business partner) Sam Van Meter. Together they share tubby rescue cat Butterball.
H
elped by sous-chef Sonya, bartender Daniel, and hostess Melody, she's ready for a perfect opening night. Then she and Sam break up - he leaves her Butterball. The opening goes on of course, attended by Delilah's Auntie Biz in her wheelchair, whose memory is failing but whose '
voice had more decibel power than a trumpeting rhino's.
' Biz is attended by her caregiver Jeremy.
T
he celebration ends with Delilah finding a corpse and Biz nearby holding the murder weapon! The investigation is led by handsome detective Calvin Capone (great-grandson of the legendary gangster), but of course Delilah is determined to find the killer herself and clear her Auntie's name.
S
ix Feet Deep Dish
is totally over the top but its lively set of leads make for an entertaining cozy read.
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