In the beautiful mountain community of Asheville, North Carolina, caterer and personal chef Allie Catt serves up mouthwatering, literary-themed dinner parties inspired by her clients favorite books. Her next event is sure to be a roaring successif a murderer isnt a killjoy . . .
If it were true that the best thing a girl can be in this world is a fool, then Allie Catt would be out of luck. Fortunately, Allies business is a smashing success. And following her Pride and Prejudice event, grander plans await . . .
Feast for the Eyes bookstore manager and Allies best friend, Tegan, is hosting a book club soiree and wants it to be a glittering affair based on F. Scott Fitzgeralds iconic Jazz Age-set novel, The Great Gatsby. Soon, Art Deco table settings and visions of flappers are dancing the Charleston in their heads. Even Tegans prickly sister, Vanna, is on board. And surely, Allies tuxedo cat, Darcy, thinks its the cats meow.
Amid the planning, charismatic developer Jason Gardner arrives in town to buy some historic buildings on Main Street. He, too, has plans: to create a modern mall. Allie is more than concerned. She even wants to protest. But when Jason invites her to cater a lavish party, she finds him surprisingly likable. Then shes summoned to his estate for a meetingand finds him dead.
Once again Allies landed in the middle of a crime scene.