A Fatal Ingredient
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After losing her tech job and her live-in boyfriend in the same week, Nina Parrish leaves San Francisco for Milwaukee, determined to build a new life in the city’s booming restaurant scene. Her latest challenge is helping launch Forge, an ambitious pop-up in Walker’s Point where one flawless night could secure the future of a permanent restaurant.
Then the big night gets even more complicated: Nina’s parents arrive unannounced from California, eager to support the daughter whose sudden career change they still don’t quite understand. Before Nina can survive dinner service—and her family—Forge’s biggest guest collapses and dies during the meal, throwing the restaurant into chaos.
With suspicion falling on the staff and the future of Forge hanging by a thread, Nina starts asking questions the police haven’t answered. As she digs into grudges, hidden loyalties, and the damage Pike left behind across the Midwest food world, Nina realizes someone had every reason to want him dead—and may not be finished yet.
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About the author
Paul Austin Ardoin is the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries, The Woodhead & Becker Mysteries, and The Time Loop Detective series, and is a contributing writer to Indie Author Magazine. Born and raised in Northern California, Paul holds a B.A. in creative writing from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of Phoenix. He lives in the Milwaukee area, where he enjoys Milwaukee’s surprisingly excellent symphony orchestra and unsurprisingly excellent fried cheese curds.
