E M Kaplan

When snarky food critic, Josie Tucker, heads to Austin, Texas, to wax philosophical about the local barbecue joints, she stumbles on to a decades' old missing person case. With the help of a local reporter, a Goth ghost hunter, and a bunco-playing transvestite, she tries to unravel the heart-tugging, hidden history before the whole place goes up in smoke.

Snarky food critic Josie Tucker is facing the ultimate career hiccup. With her testy stomach betraying her, she can barely hold on to her lunch, never mind her job. The last thing she needs is having to be a replacement bridesmaid at a society wedding...But an uncomfortable dress and awkward small talk turn out to be the least of Josie's worries when the demure bride fails to survive the honeymoon. Now entangled in the groom's sordid family, Josie finds herself the target of the rich and dangerous.A tragic death. A desperate mother. A predatory ex. All the ingredients for an unsavory mystery...