EXCERPTS FROM the SILVER SISTERS MYSTERY "A CORPSE IN THE SOUP" A CORPSE IN THE SOUP - BOOK 1 | Page 15

He’s even better looking than Juan Carlo.
Chili tugged at her aunt’s sleeve and Godiva snapped back to
the present. Chili whispered in her ear, “Candy’s not here. The
rumors must be true.”
“Who’s Candy?”
“His assistant.”
Then Godiva remembered seeing something in last week’s
gossip columns saying that Candy Vanderloop, the air-headed
blonde who normally handed him spoons and ladles, had walked
out on him without notice. Word was out that she had signed on
with Romano’s rival, Biff Wellington.
On cue, the room filled with applause as Chef Romano rolled
up his sleeves. He romanced every woman in the audience as he
simmered his sauce and sautéed his shrimp, constantly looking
to his right or left as if expecting an assistant to hand him
something.
“He needs a sous chef,” said Chili. “See how he keeps looking
for Candy?”
After presenting his savory Scampi àl Fungi de Bosco,
Romano picked out a lanky, bald fellow sporting an African tunic
to join him in the kitchen and sample the succulent shrimp with
forest mushrooms. Next he brought up a chubby woman in a
Hawaiian muumuu. Godiva leaned toward her niece and
whispered, “Oh my God, look at the outlandish red and green
parrots on that woman’s dress.”
“I don’t know, Auntie. I kind of like them. Grandma Belle,
back in Juneau, has a dress just like that.”
Before Godiva could answer, she heard Romano say, “And
the lovely lady in the emerald green dress, won’t you join us in
the kitchen?” She turned from Chili, and saw that he was
pointing at her.
As Godiva stood and smoothed her skirt, she heard whispers
behind her.
“Look, Hazel. That lady in the green dress is G.O.D. You
know, Ask G.O.D., the new column in the Times.”
The camera zoomed in on the man in the African tunic
smacking his lips with delight. The lady in the colorful muumuu