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Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham
Author: Phyllis C. Richman
ISBN-13: 9780060183899
ISBN-10: 0060183896
Publication Date: 4/2001
Pages: 243
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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3.1 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
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Bernie avatar reviewed Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham? on
#3 in the Chas Wheatly series: The indomitable Chas Wheatley is back, in a tale of restaurants, rivalry, and murder most-hoped-for.

Ringo Laurenge is the new hire at the Washington Examiner, an ambitious young reporter with the looks and the brains to become a star. The trouble is, a few staffers at the Examiner would characterize him as an arrogant and sadistic back-stabbing blowhard who deserves to die. And Chas Wheatley is obsessively, shamefully among them. Her worries over Ringo have even begun to cut into her love life. Not only does this guy steal other reporters' stories, he also has a fascination with power, and is determined to destroy a restaurant that has become the focus of Chas's latest research.

While Ringo runs rampant at the Examiner, plots to crush Chas's friends, and cooks up ways to horn in on her territory, the question becomes not whether he will be taken out, but when and who will finally be driven to do it? For Ringo has made more than one enemy since arriving in town, and in a case like this, Chas isn't even sure she wants to find out which one of them has finally had enough.
aardvark avatar reviewed Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham? on + 157 more book reviews
If you love food, you should enjoy this mystery related by the restaurant editor of the Washington D.C. Examiner. Much talk of famous eateries and gourmet meals. The bad guy is a superstar reporter with the paper and a super cad. The requisite murder is almost an afterthought.