A catered birthday party a mystery with recipes
(Large Type)

Originally published: New York : Kensington Books, ©2009.

A Little Taste of Heaven catering certainly knows how to feed people. Dogs, however.? Bernie and Libby will have their chance to impress guests of the four-legged variety when they lay out the spread for Trudy the Pug's birthday luncheon. But this isn't just any doggie 'do. Trudy's owner, Annabel Colbert, is one of the richest women in town and as mascot of the Colbert toy company, Trudy herself is a bona fide celebrity. When the big day arrives, Trudy and her canine cohorts are ready to dig in to the delicacies but the first to dip her fangs into the wine is Annabel. Mere moments later, the hostess is shrieking she's been poisoned and proving it by falling face first into her soup. After two days in a coma, Annabel is dead. It seems the woman who had everything was cheating, blackmailing, or backstabbing most of the people she knew, including her very own best friend, her very own husband, his personal assistant, and last but not least, Trudy's trainer and kennel owner.