Cinco de Mayhem: A Sante Fe Cafe Mystery

Margaritas, spicy guacamoleamp;#8212;and murderamp;#8212;are among this yearamp;#8217;s preparations for Cinco de Mayo in the second Santa Fe Cafamp;#233; mystery novel

Tres Amigas Cafamp;#233; chef Rita Lafitte is busy baking her green chile soufflamp;#233;s and chocolate flans for Cinco de Mayo. If only her friend Linda, the daughter of Ritaamp;#8217;s octogenarian boss Flori, could get into the festive spirit. Lindaamp;#8217;s cart,Tamp;#237;a Tamales, is losing business to Crepe Empire, the hottest food cart in Santa Fe. Napoleon, Crepe Empireamp;#8217;s owner, is a pompous celebrity chef who wants to squeeze out the competition. But when Linda gets into a heated argument with Napoleon and his corpse is later found stabbed and pinned beneath the wheels of her tamale cart, she becomes the number-one suspect.

Determined to prove Lindaamp;#8217;s innocence, Rita investigates. From Napoleonamp;#8217;s disgruntled former employees to a shady health inspector, the list of suspects is longer than Floriamp;#8217;s strings of dried chili peppers. And when another corpse surfaces, Rita must scramble to find an elusive killer with an appetite for murder. . .