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Death of a Bacon Heiress is the seventh installment in the Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails cozy mystery series. Hayley Powell is the office manager and food column critic for the Island Times newspaper on Mount Desert Island, Maine.
Hayley is the divorced, single mother of Gemma and Dustin and with both kids away at college she is experiencing a bad case of empty nest syndrome. She is pleasantly surprised and overjoyed when she is invited to New York to shoot a cooking segment for the wildly popular daytime show, The Chat. It seems that Rhonda Franklin, the loud and overbearing host of the show is one of Hayley's biggest fans.
Hayley travels to New York with best friends Liddy and Mona, and there meets Olivia Redmond, heiress to Redmond Meats, the largest meat supplier in the country. Olivia's family also happens to have a large estate on Mount Desert Island, and Hayley is both familiar with and intimidated by the imposing woman.
After returning home from her television debut, Hayley drops in on beau Aaron Palmer at his veterinarian practice. Things have been a little tense between Hayley and Aaron lately and she is anxious to catch him up on her life. Leaving the office Hayley bumps into Olivia who is on the island with her gorgeous Argentinian polo playing husband Nacho, and is bringing her pot bellied pig Pork Chop in for his yearly checkup. Olivia invites Hayley to dinner and hires her to write two blogs a week for Redmond Meats.
Several days later Hayley stumbles upon the body of the Bacon Heiress, and sets out to discover who would want to see the woman dead. Plenty of suspects include the jealous vice president of Redmond Meats, Thorsten Brandt who feels he should be running the company, and her estranged son Red and his money hungry girlfriend Peggy.
The main cast of characters in the series returns for this wild romp including Hayley's brother Randy and his hunky husband Sergio, the local police detective. A great edition to the series and one not to be missed by fans of Hayley.
I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley via Kensington Publishing. While not required to write a review I am more than happy of offer my honest opinion.
Hayley is the divorced, single mother of Gemma and Dustin and with both kids away at college she is experiencing a bad case of empty nest syndrome. She is pleasantly surprised and overjoyed when she is invited to New York to shoot a cooking segment for the wildly popular daytime show, The Chat. It seems that Rhonda Franklin, the loud and overbearing host of the show is one of Hayley's biggest fans.
Hayley travels to New York with best friends Liddy and Mona, and there meets Olivia Redmond, heiress to Redmond Meats, the largest meat supplier in the country. Olivia's family also happens to have a large estate on Mount Desert Island, and Hayley is both familiar with and intimidated by the imposing woman.
After returning home from her television debut, Hayley drops in on beau Aaron Palmer at his veterinarian practice. Things have been a little tense between Hayley and Aaron lately and she is anxious to catch him up on her life. Leaving the office Hayley bumps into Olivia who is on the island with her gorgeous Argentinian polo playing husband Nacho, and is bringing her pot bellied pig Pork Chop in for his yearly checkup. Olivia invites Hayley to dinner and hires her to write two blogs a week for Redmond Meats.
Several days later Hayley stumbles upon the body of the Bacon Heiress, and sets out to discover who would want to see the woman dead. Plenty of suspects include the jealous vice president of Redmond Meats, Thorsten Brandt who feels he should be running the company, and her estranged son Red and his money hungry girlfriend Peggy.
The main cast of characters in the series returns for this wild romp including Hayley's brother Randy and his hunky husband Sergio, the local police detective. A great edition to the series and one not to be missed by fans of Hayley.
I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley via Kensington Publishing. While not required to write a review I am more than happy of offer my honest opinion.
Kristina A. reviewed Death of a Bacon Heiress (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails, Bk 7) on + 1528 more book reviews
Death of a Bacon Heiress by Lee Hollis is the seventh book in the Hayley Powell Mystery series. Dr. Alvin Foley has been missing for a couple of weeks. It is the talk of the town until Hayley Powell, writer of Island Food and Spirits for The Island Times, is invited to do a cooking demonstration on The Chat where she meets Olivia Redmond. Olivia is the owner of Redmond Meats (a very powerful and rich woman). Olivia asks Hayley to write blog posts for the Redmond Meats website (and Hayley can really use the money). When Hayley stops by Olivia's house, she finds Olivia dead in her yard (with Olivia's pot-bellied pig, Pork Chop nearby). The suspect list is long and includes The Chat hostess, Rhonda Franklin. Hayley will have her work cut out for trying to find the culprit. In the meantime, Hayley has to provide a home for Pork Chop (and Hayley's other animals are not happy) and is dealing with her boyfriend, Dr. Aaron Palmer (local vet). Aaron has been distant lately and is not returning Hayley's phone calls (like he is avoiding her). Is he getting ready to propose? And what is going on with Rhonda Franklin and Hayley's friend, Mona (who has been married for twenty years and has a houseful of unruly children)? They are certainly seeing a lot of each other. Things are lively and about to get worse when the body of Dr. Alvin Foley turns up.
I found Death of a Bacon Heiress to be too ridiculous (silly). The mysteries were extremely easy to solve. The writer tries to lead the reader down the wrong path, but the killer is extremely obvious. Death of a Bacon Heiress can easily be read alone (you do not have to read the previous books in the series in order to know what it going on in the novel). There are some bacon recipes included in the back of the book (a bonus). Martha Stewart must be getting a royalty check from this book since she was mentioned four times. I was shocked that the main character thought three hundred thread count sheets were a luxury. I give Death of a Bacon Heiress 3 out of 5 stars. While Death of a Bacon Heiress is not for me, I am sure that many others will enjoy the humor in the novel.
I received a complimentary copy of Death of a Bacon Heiress from NetGalley (and Kensington Books) in exchange for an honest evaluation of the novel.
I found Death of a Bacon Heiress to be too ridiculous (silly). The mysteries were extremely easy to solve. The writer tries to lead the reader down the wrong path, but the killer is extremely obvious. Death of a Bacon Heiress can easily be read alone (you do not have to read the previous books in the series in order to know what it going on in the novel). There are some bacon recipes included in the back of the book (a bonus). Martha Stewart must be getting a royalty check from this book since she was mentioned four times. I was shocked that the main character thought three hundred thread count sheets were a luxury. I give Death of a Bacon Heiress 3 out of 5 stars. While Death of a Bacon Heiress is not for me, I am sure that many others will enjoy the humor in the novel.
I received a complimentary copy of Death of a Bacon Heiress from NetGalley (and Kensington Books) in exchange for an honest evaluation of the novel.
