From Publishers Weekly
Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth, compiled by the Sisters Wells (aka Patricia Wells Lunneborg and Roberta Wells Ryan), offers a feast of food scenes culled from the work of women mystery writers. Chapters include "Coffee and Donuts," "Crime Scenes Mingled with Meals" and "The Last Bite: Food As Motive and Weapon." Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Jane Dentinger, Senior Editor, Mystery Guild
"No one understands better...that the two most tantalizing mysteries in life are "Who-dunnit?" and "What's for dinner?"

Book Description
"Mystery readers who love to eat will devour Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth, a clever survey of women detectives and their passion for food." - Carolyn Hart, creator of Henrie O and Death on Demand series.

"Great food for thought—a delicious menu of choice mystery vignettes and what they reveal about their characters and creators. Seconds, please!" - Rochelle Krich, award-winning author of the Jessie Drake series.

"Put this one at the top of your list! A great way to meet new authors, their Twinkies, peanut butter and pickle sandwiches and all." - Sinclair Browning, author of the Trade Ellis series.

"Whoever would have thought food and murder could make such a facinating combination? This book is a banquet for the senses—including the sense of humor." - Margaret (Meg) Chittenden, author of the Charlie Plato mystery series.

"What could be more delicious than classic crime and mouth-watering food? The combination is sublime...and completely non-fattening. Savor this book!" - Linda Fairstein, author of the Alexandra Cooper series.

"Reading the book is like sitting down to a huge meal. Taken a little at a time, it's great fun! I don't know which whets my appetite more—the food discussed or the books sampled. I now have a new list of books to read and I only regret I hadn't met them before. So thanks for the double treat." - Corrine Holt Sawyer, creator of the Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate series.

"Finally the truth comes out. Lusciously described food and drink are almost as essential to the mystery novel as the murder itself. So fix yourself a bowl of pasta primavera, pour a glass of aged Bordeaux, and enjoy this book. The Sister Wells have served up a tasty treat." - Janet L. Smith, author of the Annie MacPherson series.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

From the author of books about women police officers and a retired editor who’s now a volunteer cop in small town America, Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth gathers together the best food scenes in mainstream detective fiction. Over 140 flavorful contributors, over 250 slurpy excerpts, 23 rich chapters with titles like “Undercover Grub and Stakeout Takeout,” “Junk Food on the Run,” “A Dozen Ways to Feed Your Lover,” “Bribing with Food,” and “The Last Bite.” Like us, PIs, cops, and amateur sleuths ARE what they eat. Also they are known by how they eat, where they eat, why they eat, and by who does the cooking. What better way to flesh out a sleuth’s work partner than “Let’s Have A Drink,” or spell out social class with humor in “Upper and Lower Crusts”? What better way to get a plot underway than breakfast? Or stir in suspense and foreshadow events in “Let’s Do Lunch”? This book is for anyone whose shelves are stacked with really good detective novels and really good food. Face it, if you like to eat, put Food, Drink on your table.

SYNOPSIS

"No one understands better than the Sisters Wells that the two most tantalizing mysteries in life are "Who-dunnit?" and "What's for dinner?" - Jane Dentinger, Senior Editor, Mystery Guild.

FROM THE CRITICS

Jane Dentinger

No one understands better...that the two most tantalizing mysteries in life are "Who-dunnit?" and "What's for dinner? —Mystery Guild

Print on Demand at Barnes & Noble.com - Jane Dentinger - Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth, 12/30/1899

"No one understands better than the Sister Wells that the two most tantalizing mysteries in life are ‘Who-dunnit?’ and ‘What's for dinner?’"

Print on Demand at Barnes & Noble.com - Carolyn Hart - Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth, 12/30/1899

"Mystery readers who love to eat will devour Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth, a clever survey of women detectives and their passion for food.” Carolyn Hart, creator of the Henrie O and Death on Demand series."

Print on Demand at Barnes & Noble.com - Rochelle Krich (www.rochellekrich.com), - Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth, 12/30/1899

"Great food for thought—a delicious menu of choice mystery vignettes and what they reveal about their characters and creators. Seconds, please!"

Print on Demand at Barnes & Noble.com - Sinclair Browning, author - Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth, 12/30/1899