Just Desserts (1995)

by G. A. McKevett

Series: A Savannah Reid Mystery (1)

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML: First in the series: A full-figured Southern police detective transplanted to sunny California untangles the murder of a politician's husband. Detective Sergeant Savannah Reid is a long way from Georgia, but she'll go anywhere for good food and good friends. And policing the exclusive Southern California town of San Carmelita is as tasty as sausage-gravy-and-biscuits with super-spicy home fries. Until city councilwoman Beverly Winston's husband turns up dead�??and an unprecedented media frenzy sweeps the elite beach community like a tsunami. The good news�??Savannah is put in charge of the case. The bad�??she's pressured to investigate any person of interest except the main one: Beverly herself. And when Savannah refuses to play ball, she's summarily fired for "being overweight." But when another suspect hires her to find the truth, Savannah turns up the heat on an unsavory mess of triple-dealing, infidelity, and betrayal that will rock San Carmelita's sun-soaked elegance to its core�??and put a calculating murderer's target dead on Savannah's back. Starring a "warm, winsome, and weight-bedeviled" heroine whose down-home savvy can solve the most sophisticated crimes, this series is a delight for mystery fans (Publishers Weekl… (more)

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It was just okay. I neither liked nor disliked any of the characters and did not care about any of their deaths. The story line was okay but not enough drama or mystery. (

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weisser4 | May 3, 2016 |

First in a series I decided to check out after seeing McKevett's latest in a recent batch of ER book offerings. I was not disappointed and will continue on with the series. The characters were very likable, and a offers such an eclectic group that I look forward to getting to know better. The story moved along quickly and provided a quick escape. (

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Just Desserts

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1995

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Savannah Reid

Dirk Coulter

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San Carmelita, California, USA (fictional)

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

First in the series: A full-figured Southern police detective transplanted to sunny California untangles the murder of a politician's husband.

Detective Sergeant Savannah Reid is a long way from Georgia, but she'll go anywhere for good food and good friends. And policing the exclusive Southern California town of San Carmelita is as tasty as sausage-gravy-and-biscuits with super-spicy home fries. Until city councilwoman Beverly Winston's husband turns up dead�??and an unprecedented media frenzy sweeps the elite beach community like a tsunami.

The good news�??Savannah is put in charge of the case. The bad�??she's pressured to investigate any person of interest except the main one: Beverly herself. And when Savannah refuses to play ball, she's summarily fired for "being overweight." But when another suspect hires her to find the truth, Savannah turns up the heat on an unsavory mess of triple-dealing, infidelity, and betrayal that will rock San Carmelita's sun-soaked elegance to its core�??and put a calculating murderer's target dead on Savannah's back.

Starring a "warm, winsome, and weight-bedeviled" heroine whose down-home savvy can solve the most sophisticated crimes, this series is a delight for mystery fans (Publishers Weekl

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Memphis-born Detective Sergeant Savannah Reid (a big, sexy southern sleuth with a Dixie peach complexion and a black belt in karate) is in her element cruising for crime in one of Southern California's most exclusive enclaves ...until a shocking murder rouses San Carmelita from its star-studded stupor- and places Savannah in the center of a sensational case that soon erupts into a media feeding frenzy. With suspects abounding, and a cast of characters that includes an ex-CIA agent and a computer genius with the technology to take the case into the 21st century, Savannah finds herself sifting through a nasty mess of sex, adultery and down-and-dirty politics that could prove the creme de la creme of her detecting career.

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