Chill Before Serving Author:Cynthia Lawrence Los Angeles caterer Cat Deean is more than a little nervous when her boss and partner at swanky Dellacasa's hires a new chef. The talented and notorious Hippolytus "Polley" Arbusto recently owned an upscale San Francisco eatery that closed after poisoned quail was served at a dinner honoring a patron who, unfortunately, did not live to see dess... more »ert.
Soon after Polley starts cooking, Cat receives a package containing decapitated fowl and an ominous warning. When Cat is given a near-fatal dose of tainted porcini mushroom oil, she begins to wonder if someone is really out to destroy Polley, or if the chef himself is a recipe for murder? The answers lead Cat back to San Francisco...and a killer with an appetite for murder.« less