When her boyfriend's TV cooking show is ruined by the poisoning death of a woman, Chloe Carter (Turn Up the Heat) finds trouble everywhere. Included are lots of mouth-watering recipes. [See Prepub Mystery, LJ 10/1/08.] (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

In Conant-Park and Conant's cute fourth Gourmet Girl mystery to feature Chloe Carter (after 2008's Turn Up the Heat), Josh Driscoll, Chloe's chef boyfriend, unwittingly serves up some poisoned lamb on a Boston cable reality TV show, Chefly Yours. Both Josh and Chloe fall ill, but it's Francie, a randomly chosen shopper at the gourmet store Natural High, who eats too much of the digitalis-laced dish and doesn't recover. Was Francie the intended victim or just unlucky? Suspects range from Josh's fellow contestants competing for a new eight-part cooking show to some pranksters who may have taken a joke too far. Preparations for the wedding of Chloe's very pregnant best friend distract "social work's answer to Nancy Drew" from her sleuthing, but not for long. Recipes, some by pro chefs, round out this delectable chick lit cozy, which ends on an emotional cliffhanger for Chloe. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Every chef's worst nightmare is to have a diner drop dead after consuming his cuisine it's the ultimate negative review. In the latest mystery-with-recipes from the Conants, the authors find inspiration from popular television cooking shows. Chloe's friend Josh competes on cable television in a series where a chef descends on some unsuspecting grocery shopper and accompanies the shopper home to surprise a significant other with a gourmet dinner. Voyeuristic thrills come from the stunned and startled eater's reaction, and foodies get to watch professional chefs adapt to unfamiliar kitchens and improvised menus. To chef Josh's chagrin, the unsuspecting shopper's wife reacts to his fancy dinner with a speedy, televised demise. Chloe must find out just what killed the poor woman and who devised the foul deed. Recipes appended to this whodunit come from restaurants and stretch from simple salad to butter-poached lobster.--Knoblauch, Mark Copyright 2009 Booklist

A graduate student based in Boston unmasks a killer. No doubt about it: Chloe Carter's life is hectic. She's planning her very pregnant friend Adrianna's wedding, working at her parents' landscape business and longing for more time with her chef boyfriend Josh Driscoll (Turn Up the Heat, 2008, etc.), who's competing with two other chefs in a local TV series. The chefs, director and cameraman go to a market, choose someone and offer to cook the lucky winner a marvelous meal that evening. Chloe is along for the latest taping. Though it takes longer than usual, a man is chosen, a perfect dinner is prepared and his wife dies in agony after complaining about the food. Luckily for Josh, she's been killed by digitalis, not food poisoning. Chloe can't help playing sleuth even though she's bogged down with last-minute wedding problems. Adrianna's mother is a witch; the bridegroom's family goes in for annoying practical jokes; and Josh, unbeknownst to Chloe, is looking for a new job even as he's catering the event. The dead woman was the mystery critic who had published nasty reviews of all the chefs present at her death; the cameraman who's filming the wedding seems uncommonly interested in the unpleasant aspects of his job; and the director may have known the husband supposedly chosen at random. The climactic wedding is spectacular in more ways than one. A pleasant cozy so packed with food tips and appended recipes that it could cause a food frenzy. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.