Simmer Down - Susan Conant and Jessica Conant-Park

This is a light, fun read.

Chloe Carter has a great new boyfriend, Josh. Josh is a chef who recently took a job with a new restaurant. “new” as in, hasn’t opened yet. He’s busily preparing menus, hiring and training staff while preparing for the Grand Opening. The owner of the restaurant arranged for Josh to be the caterer at a gallery opening - where a competitor was murdered using one of Josh’s pieces of equipment. Luckily, Josh isn’t a suspect but then … who did it? While dodging her sister’s attempts to reunite her with an old boyfriend and working at her social work field placement, Chloe manages to find time to investigate the murder.

Simmer Down isn’t destined to be A Classic, but it is an entertaining book and the authors avoided most of the cliches that go along with the genre. If you’re a fan of “chick lit” and/or mysteries, you’ll probably enjoy this.