The Wedding Soup Murder (The Italian Kitchen Mysteries, #2)

New Jersey Monthly calls The Wedding Soup Murder "a tightly-plotted whodunit"!
A wedding with all the trimmings—and death as an unexpected guest...
Victoria Rienzi came home to the Jersey shore to perfect her cooking skills at her family's seaside restaurant, the Casa Lido. But when Vic's exacting nonna puts her in charge of catering the soup course for a wedding at the exclusive Belmont Country Club, trouble is soon simmering in the kitchen. Three temperamental chefs butt heads, their sous chefs are throwing punches, and the formidable club president, Elizabeth Merriman, antagonizes everyone around her.
Elizabeth, aka "The Iron Lady," has made some enemies, including the father of the bride, who was caught embezzling from the country club. She threatens to fire the famous pastry chef in charge of the wedding cake, who doesn't bother to hide her hatred of Elizabeth. And who is the mystery man in dark glasses, who never leaves the older woman's side?
Though the wedding goes off without a hitch, by the time the guests depart, Elizabeth Merriman is missing. When her body is found on the beach the next morning, it appears that the country club president slipped from the top of the seawall, but Vic isn't convinced. Did The Iron Lady finally push someone too far? And did that someone push her back—into the arms of death?
"The book blends mystery with comedy, romance, family drama, a vivid and affectionate portrayal of the Jersey shore and... oh yes, cooking." -Helen Beglin, New Jersey Monthly
"The Wedding Soup Murder is the second in Rosie Genova's delightful Italian Kitchen Mystery series. I love the characters and the atmosphere, and the plot has more twists in it than a bowl of rotini!" -Susan Santangelo, Suspense Magazine