A Souffle of Suspicion Author:Daryl Wood Gerber A SERVING OF MURDER — Crush Week in Nouvelle Vie is chaotic, with tourists pouring into town for the pressing of the Napa Valley's world-renowned grapes. This year, Mimi Rousseau, owner of the Bistro Rousseau, is raising the ante with the Sweet Treats Festival, a wonderland of cakes, tarts and souffles crafted by the area's top talents. But the f... more »estival gets off to a sour start when Renee, the organizer, is found dead in the kitchen of Bistro Rousseau.
Renee has been upsetting everyone by managing the festival with a cast-iron fist--including her sister, Camille, Mimi's head chef. And somehow, despite a melange of menacing suspects, the sheriff thinks Camille is the killer! Mimi's first course of action is to whip up answers and catch the unsavory perpetrator before Camille takes a dusting and gets burned.« less