Murder on the Rocks * Shawn Reilly Simmons * Red Carpet Catering #5

Hoping to recover from a frightening attack at a neighborhood café, movie-set caterer Penelope Sutherland heads to the quiet mountains of Vermont for her next film shoot, only to find a string of suspicious accidents threatening the cast and crew.

The Story. Written by Agatha Award-winning mystery author Shawn Reilly Simmons, this serves up the fifth installment in the beloved Red Carpet Catering Mystery series. Drawing on the author's real-life experience cooking for cast and crew on movie sets, the story blends behind-the-scenes filmmaking fun with comforting culinary charm.

When Penelope Sutherland and her catering crew set up their mobile kitchen on location in rural Vermont, they expect crisp mountain air and a peaceful production schedule. Instead, tensions rise quickly when a celebrity tennis pro consulting on the movie suffers a series of alarming mishaps. Surrounded by a demanding director, an isolated mountain setting, and eccentric locals harboring quiet secrets, Penelope begins to suspect that the troubles on set are tied to the earlier café attack back home.

Perfect For. Cozy mystery readers and food-loving sleuth fans who enjoy light-hearted whodunits with a culinary twist alongside Joanne Fluke's Hannah Swensen mysteries, Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy Schulz catering series, Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mysteries, or Ellery Adams's Secret, Book & Scone Society.

Published 2018 by Henery Press.

Cozy Mysteries / Culinary & Catering Whodunits / Film & Entertainment Industry Mysteries / Small-Town Vermont Sleuths / Amateur Sleuth Series