If you'd asked me during the first 50 pages, I would have told you this would be the last book of this series that I'd read-one and done. The mystery is decent and the solution makes good sense.
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But Sylvia has business skills and knows how to look professional, things that Maxie needs to learn. Maxie doesn't help things any by shirking work and making it obvious that she considers herself the more attractive of the two. Her half-sister Sylvia is stuck up in much the way I was at the beginning of the book. Mind you, she's still impulsive and tempermental, prone to doing boneheaded things without considering how things might end. She has never applied herself to anything and has a lot of catching up to do. So she has a reputation to work against when a murder is committed in a nearby trailer. Maxie is more a drinking, smoking, and partying kind of girl. They know how the story is supposed to go. Most cozy protagonists are written as mystery readers. How do you learn life skills if no one is role modeling for you? And it turns out that Maxie is smart, but no one has taught her how to focus.
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Needless to say, her parents are divorced and her mother hasn't had much good influence on Maxie either. Even though she loves him, he is a charming philanderer at the very least. Maxie had a father who was always on the make. By halfway through the novel, I realized that I was being prejudiced. She annoyed me, because, you know, women main characters ought to be smart. Then I was confronted with the main character, Maxie Pierce, who appears to be dumb as a post. By halfway through the novel, I realiz I picked up this book for two reasons: first, I read The Big Chili earlier this year and enjoyed it so much that I thought another chili book was a great idea second, I've read the first book of another series by Kylie Logan ( Mayhem at the Orient Express) which I also found very enjoyable.
I picked up this book for two reasons: first, I read The Big Chili earlier this year and enjoyed it so much that I thought another chili book was a great idea second, I've read the first book of another series by Kylie Logan ( Mayhem at the Orient Express) which I also found very enjoyable. Now this Chili Chick needs to kick up the search to catch the real killer and get back to finding her father. In his place, she must team up with her irritating half sister, Sylvia, to promote the family business at the Taos Chili Showdown, to be judged by celebrity chef Carter Donnelly.īut when Maxie discovers Roberto’s body in the chef’s trailer-only hours after publicly breaking up with him while wearing a giant red chili pepper costume-she suddenly finds she’s the one in the spotlight as the police pepper her with questions. Her daddy, Texas Jack Pierce, king of the chili cook-off circuit, has been missing for nearly six weeks now.
Besides, she has more important things to worry about. She just has to get rid of the latest loser, Roberto. But Maxie Pierce is so done with bad relationships-well, almost. Romance is supposed to be the spice of life. Her daddy, Texas Jack Pierce, king of the chi Get a taste of justice in the first mystery in national bestselling author Kylie Logan’s Chili Cook-Off series! Get a taste of justice in the first mystery in national bestselling author Kylie Logan’s Chili Cook-Off series! Romance is supposed to be the spice of life.
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