Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Cooks Overboard
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
JoAnne Pence
Class/Genre: Mystery Amateur Sleuth Culinary
Series: Angelina Amalfi # 6
Harper, Dec 1998, $5.99, 288 pp.
Angelina Amalfi has convinced Homicide Inspector Paavo Smith to sail to Acapulco together for a much needed romantic vacation. Because Paavo refused to set foot on a cruise liner, Angie arranged for them to travel aboard a Norwegian freighter, The Valhalla, that takes on some passengers. However, the trip starts off poorly before they even begin sailing when an officer becomes very ill.
The romance on the high seas that Angie covets is interrupted by strange doings. Their own cabin is searched and the cook tries to desert. Apparently, the duo has booked the wrong passage because this ship contains a microfilm with Professor Von Mueller's successful research into an alternate form of energy. Everyone wants the results and killing Angie and Paavo is perfectly acceptable if they get in the way.
The sixth novel in the "Amalfi" mysteries is an appetizing entry to what is one of the better culinary who-done-it series on the market today. Angie and Paavo remain a fresh couple and the secondary players add much intensity and humor to the tale. Joanne Pence continues to climb the ladder to the top rung as her story line's turn more delicious with each new outing. COOKS OVERBOARD is Ms. Pence's best plot due to the various twists and turns that keep reader's attention throughout the book. An already fabulous series has turned into a gourmet's delight.
Harriet Klausner
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