Cooks Overboard: An Angie Amalfi Mystery
By Joanne Pence
3.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
In this 6th delightful culinary mystery from Joanne Pence, dilettante chef Angie Amalfi plans a romantic cruise with her hunky boyfriend, but hits rough water when murder becomes part of the itinerary.
Food writer and culinary entrepreneur Angie Amalfi imagined a high seas cruise aboard a ship bound for Acapulco with her homicide detective boyfriend Paavo Smith would be heaven. With no crowds or pending police business, it might even provide Paavo the perfect opportunity to propose.
But Angie's "Love Boat" fantasy starts springing leaks almost immediately, beginning with the cook's bizarre attempt to jump ship...in the middle of the ocean! Add an oddball collection of fellow passengers, yawningly unimaginative onboard meals, Paavo's increasingly bizarre behavior, and the fact that someone's been rifling through her luggage, and Angie's soon ready to leap overboard herself. But it's not until she offers to help out in the galley and murder is abruptly added to the menu that Angie finds herself heading into very dangerous waters indeed.
Joanne Pence
Joanne Pence was born and raised in San Francisco. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley with a master's degree in journalism, Joanne has taught school in Japan, written for magazines, and worked for the federal government. She now lives in Idaho with her family, which includes a multitude of pets.
Read more from Joanne Pence
Something's Cooking: An Angie Amalfi Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cooking Up Trouble: An Angie Amalfi Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Da Vinci Cook: An Angie Amalfi Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cook's Night Out: An Angie Amalfi Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5To Catch a Cook: An Angie Amalfi Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cook's Dessert Cookbook (An Angie Amalfi Mysteries Cookbook) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Art of Dessert Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Cooks Overboard
Related ebooks
Cook's Curious Christmas - A Fantasy: The Angie & Friends Food & Spirits Mysteries, #0 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVanished into Plein Air: A Fine Art Mystery, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDead Winter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trouble with Horses: A Seafood Caper Mystery, #0 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMuffins Masks Murder Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Killing Time Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFirewall: An Emma Streat Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Say No to Murder Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Innkeeping with Murder: The Lighthouse Inn Mysteries, #1 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Berry the Evidence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini: Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery Series, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath Comes eCalling: Molly Masters Mysteries, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Knockout (A Holly Hands Cozy Mystery—Book 1) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat Are You Wearing to Die? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heaven's Fire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Barking with the Stars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath of a Gardener: Molly Masters Mysteries, #3 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Death Rides Again: A Jocelyn Shore Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Moriarty Lifts the Veil: A Professor & Mrs. Moriarty Mystery, #4 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fur Boys: Lia Anderson Dog Park Mysteries, #6 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWildfire!: Kristi Lundrigan Mysteries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Phantom Friend Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFresh Slices: A Mystery Anthology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhost Dust: Ben Pecos Mysteries, Book 7 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dead Guy's Stuff: A Jane Wheel Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Die Under the Apple Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death al Dente Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Murder by Request: Agnes Merryweather Mysteries, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study in Chocolate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Mystery For You
None of This Is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stories of Ray Bradbury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Short Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pretty Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hallowe'en Party: Inspiration for the 20th Century Studios Major Motion Picture A Haunting in Venice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Flight: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pharmacist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Big Sleep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Under a Red Moon: A 1920s Bangalore Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pieces of Her: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5False Witness: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hidden Staircase: Nancy Drew #2 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hunting Party: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Life We Bury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Woman in the Library: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dean Koontz: Series Reading Order - with Summaries & Checklist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summit Lake Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Murdery Mystery Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The People Next Door Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finlay Donovan Is Killing It: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Cooks Overboard
17 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Culinary expert Angie Amalfi has persuaded her boyfriend, San Francisco homicide cop Paavo Smith, to join her on a cruise to Acapulco – but only by booking passage on a freighter rather than on a cruise ship. Working freighters like the Valhalla carry a maximum of a dozen passengers. Before the end of the first day, Angie notices that everyone on the ship is acting strangely. Including Paavo, who doesn't seem like himself at all. Angie has somehow become mixed up in international intrigue. Is Mexico the final destination for Angie and Paavo?This turned out to be a funny adventure and perfect escape reading for a holiday weekend. The action and adventure make it more like Dorothy Gilman's Mrs. Pollifax series than like a typical cozy mystery series. This is the first book I've read in this series so I don't know if this is characteristic of the series as a whole. I didn't have to make a mental effort to notice and remember clues. I just relaxed and enjoyed the armchair adventure.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In this cross between a cozy mystery and a spy thriller, Angie Amalfi and her boyfriend, who is a police detective, take a cruise on a freighter. from their home in San Francisco with an intended destination of Acapulco. From the moment they set foot on the ship, things don't seem right when a cook attempts to throw himself overboard. Soon she meets other passengers and crew members who are a bit strange. Then to top things off, her boyfriend is not acting like his normal self. She feels someone has been searching their room, but she cannot imagine what she would have that anyone would want. This one was slow to start, but when the action picked up, it held my attention in spite of a tragedy in my church family that was distracting me.