Melinda Wells

For the dirt on daytime drama, you can't beat Palmer's behind- the-scenes dish. Her second novel featuring soap writer Morgan Tyler is a fun, fast-paced dash through Manhattan and Hollywood.

Intriguing, erudite Morgan is a celebrity insider who befriends doormen and treats stunt doubles like stars. She's recently been promoted to co-producer of Love of My Life when someone inexplicably mails her a live rattlesnake. Then a mysterious stranger comes to town, threatening Morgan's heart and quite show more possibly the life of her show's most beloved character. When a member of the cast is murdered, Morgan is determined to see justice done.

Full of sharp details, quirky characters and juicy gossip, Palmer's latest not only promises the goods, it delivers them in high style. show less

This is a great "first in a series" book, we have a new TV cook, an adorable standard Poodle, a complicated set of relationships and, oh, a murder or two.

Della has just been hired to replace Mimi as a TV host for a cooking show. Mimi shows up drunk for the first taping and manages to get herself killed, while on air! And the tension and complications continue from there, getting more convoluted and more dangerous as the story unfolds.

I like Della, not too sure I like her new "significant show more other" but will reserve judgement for another book or two.

I'll be reading more in this series. show less

To help boost ratings for her show, Della Carmichael agrees to enter a televised cake competition sponsored by Reggi-Mixx, even though the company's owner, Regina Davis, is an old college nemesis. When she finds someone drowned in a mixing bowl of batter, Della realizes solving this murder will be no cakewalk. Della Cooks #2

A great new mystery! I hope Melinda Wells writes more. Della , our herone, is a middle-aged widow expanding her cooking school to a TV show. We have the obligatory recipies, blessedly in the back of the book, bu they are actually practical and sound good. Della is a believable and likable character. The mystery is not rocket science, but keeps the attention and is a fun read. Good light mystery reading.