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cooking up a mystery by Gail Pallotta

 



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Blurb: 

Laney Eskridge worked to put her husband through dental school. Then he left with another woman. She's on edge from the emotional scars and her parents' deaths. Then she hears unexplained noises in her new tea house, and her anxiety is tripled. Add a budding romance with Eric—a guy with a fear of commitment—and it's all too much to handle. She cuts ties with Eric and plunges into making her business pay off.

When Eric discovers that Laney's in danger, he vows to protect her. But can he make a lasting promise? Will she trust him? . . .and when they overhear a threat that could cause national turmoil, will anyone believe them? There's more brewing than herbal tea in Cooking up a Mystery.

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This is the character interview for Laney Eskridge in Cooking up a Mystery.

 

1 What is the last gift you gave someone? [Food for the homeless shelter]

 

2 If a film were made about you, who would you want to play you? [Audrey Hepburn]

 

3 What would you chose as your last meal and why [Pot roast. The recipe comes from my mother and it’s delicious.]

 

4 Cats or dogs [Dogs, but not in my kitchen in my tea house]

 

5 What one thing would you remove from your daily routine and why [Having to clean the bakery case in the dining area late at night after I close. While I’m doing it I hear someone banging around in my kitchen, but when I go in there, no one’s there and nothing’s disturbed. It’s scary.]

 

6 Tea or coffee [Oh, that’s hard. I like both, but it depends on the time of day]

 

7 Describe yourself in one word [Determined]

 

8 If you could change one thing about your personality what would it be [I’d stop hating the husband I put through dental school only to have him leave me for another woman]

 

9 What is your favourite colour [Blue, because that’s what my mom and I picked out for the tea house before she died]

 

10 What car do you drive [SUV for catering food]

 

And now the author interview. You are marooned on a desert island with unlimited food and drink. You have a copy of the Bible and the full works of Shakespeare.

You can also take 8 pieces of music, one other book and a luxury item which isn’t a person, a way of escaping the island or a way of communication.

 

Gail Pallotta for the author interview

Unlimited food and drink

 

To eat I’d like unlimited amounts of fish, pot roast, steak, sweet potatoes, mac and cheese, broccoli, cabbage and other veggies. I’m a big fan of fresh vegetables. I even like rhubarb. Is that a vegetable? I think it is. Then I would want yogurt, including chocolate, of course, and smoothies. Lots of dessert, anything chocolate, fruit pies and pecan pie.

 

To drink I would want an endless supply of high grade filtered water, tea of all kinds and herbal coffee.

 

Music

 

I love music, any kind as long as it’s well done, so it’s hard to choose, but here goes. “How Great Thou Art,” sung by Elvis Pressley; “Ebb Tide,” because it’s relaxing; Tchaikovsky Concerto #1, because it’s amazing; “Make the World Go Away,” by Eddie Arnold; “Crazy” by Patsy Cline; “God, We Believe For It” by Cece Winans; “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston. Oh, that’s nine already, and there are more.

 

A book besides the Bible and Shakespeare

 

One other book? Really? Oh my, An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser. (Being a U.S. Southerner, I have to say I’d also like Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.)


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