Savvy Summers and the Po’boy Perils: A Mystery

The next delicious mystery featuring the quick-witted Savvy Summers, owner of Chicago’s beloved soul food café, Essie’s.

When an old friend asks Savvy to cater a corporate luncheon at a South Side office building, she happily steps beyond her soul food specialties to create a Creole-inspired menu featuring mini po’boys, sunburst salad, and bread pudding made with Great Aunt Essie’s famous buttermilk biscuits.

But the event takes a deadly turn when an employee is found murdered in the company’s conference room. Instead of earning rave reviews for her inventive cooking, Savvy once again finds her café at the center of a murder investigation.

As gossip spreads and tensions among coworkers come to light, Savvy and her resourceful assistant manager, Penny Lopés, set out to uncover the truth. With hidden motives, tangled relationships, and plenty of suspects, they’ll have to separate fact from fiction before another reputation—or another life—is ruined.

With Essie’s future hanging in the balance, can Savvy expose the killer before her café’s good name is permanently tarnished?