Description: San Francisco pastry chef Mary Ryan is back at her old alma mater. Initially ecstatic to be teaching, Mary finds herself trying to straddle both worlds. But when faculty and staff begin dying, Mary must uncover the truth before another chef bakes his last pie.
Brief description:
Claire M. Johnson completed the California Culinary Academy's program for professional chefs in 1983 and worked as a pastry chef in San Francisco and Oakland for eight years. Set in the restaurant world, Roux Morgue is second in the Mary Ryan series. Her first novel, Beat Until Stiff, won the 1999 Malice Domestic Writer's Grant. Ms. Johnson lives in California. www.rouxmorgue.com
Review Quotes: Food Channel addicts will enjoy the inside details on cooking school politics, while fans of quirky mysteries will like the outrageous adult behavior on display.-- "Library Journal"