SIMMERING SECRETS

When celebrity chef Connie Langston announces she's moving her prestigious culinary academy from Connecticut to New York, she ignites a firestorm of controversy. Before the evening is over, she's dead.

Everyone assumes it was a tragic heart attack. But food columnist Quincy Lazzaro suspects it was murder.

By day, Quincy secretly writes the wildly popular Cooking with Betty food column with the help of his irrepressible octogenarian neighbor, Mary Ticarelli. With his loyal cocker mix, Dexter, never far from his side, Quincy wants more than recipes and restaurant reviews. Determined to reinvent himself as an investigative journalist, he starts asking questions that make powerful people increasingly uncomfortable.

His girlfriend, Detective Nina Esteves, wishes he'd leave murder investigations to the police. Quincy has no intention of listening.

As he digs deeper into Connie's death, Quincy uncovers simmering rivalries, hidden motives, and dangerous secrets surrounding the academy's future. When a second murder proves Connie's death was anything but natural, Quincy and Nina race to catch the killer, each following a very different path.

In the high stakes world of fine dining, where the rich and privileged guard their reputations as fiercely as their fortunes, some secrets are worth killing for.

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"Ang Pompano reinvents the amateur sleuth with Quincy Lazzaro, a food critic who doesn’t cook, a homicide investigator without a badge, and an investigative reporter wannabe who can’t keep his nose out of trouble. Quincy may not be his own worst enemy, but he’s working on it."

~ Tom Straw, New York Times bestselling author

"Perfect for fans of Ricard Osman, Simmering Secrets is a stew of quirky but lovable characters, delicious food, and twisty mystery."

~ Lucy Burdette, USA Today bestselling author of A Delicious Deception

"Ang Pompano serves up a delicious mystery with rich helpings of celebrity chefs, opulent galas, and deceptive food writers—with a dash of murder. You won’t want to put this one down until after the last course!"

~ Karen E. Olson, author of the Modern Tudor Mysteries