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- Review: “To Kill a Cook,” by W.M. Akers
by Chapter16.org on April 29, 2026 at 2:21 PMHell’s Kitchen: W.M. Akers’ To Kill a Cook serves up a mystery set in the restaurants of 1972 New York. by Sean Kinch & Chapter16.org To Kill a Cook By W.M. Akers. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 353 pages. $30. The pleasures of reading W.M. Akers’ new mystery To Kill a Cook are similar to the joys of fine dining, an experience that occupies the heart of this novel. Akers prepares each chapter with subtle flavors and surprising spices, the episodes sequenced to
- Review: “The Ritz of the Bayou,” by Nancy Lemannby Chapter16.org on April 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Nancy Lemann’s The Ritz of the Bayou finds the heart of a 1980s political scandal. by Maria Browning & Chapter16.org The Ritz of the Bayou By Nancy Lemann. Hub City Press. 184 pages. $24. “There is a lot of human frailty floating around,� observes Nancy Lemann in The Ritz of the Bayou, her account of the 1985 racketeering trial of Edwin Edwards, Louisiana’s colorful, crooked governor, then in his third term. Lemann’s sharp eye for the human frailty at work within
- Review: “Ruby Falls,” by Gin Phillipsby Chapter16.org on April 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Murder overshadows a caving expedition at a unique tourist attraction in the 1930s. by Tina Chambers & Chapter16.org Ruby Falls By Gin Phillips. Atlantic Crime. 368 pages. $28.00. The latest novel by Gin Phillips, Ruby Falls, opens with a brief scene of a corpse in a cavern deep underground in Chattanooga. “He is not alone. … He is a banquet,� the author writes, “and, if he were alive, he would be equally disturbed and pleased. He dislikes — disliked — wastefulness,