Cinco de mayhem: a Santa Fe cafe mystery

Margaritas, spicy guacamoleand murderare among this years preparations for Cinco de Mayo in the second Santa Fe Caf mystery novel.Tres Amigas Caf chef Rita Lafitte is busy baking her green chile souffls and chocolate flans for Cinco de Mayo.

If only her friend Linda, the daughter of Ritas octogenarian boss Flori, could get into the festive spirit.

Lindas cart, Tia Tamales, is losing business to Crepe Empire, the hottest food cart in Santa Fe.

Napoleon, Crepe Empires owner, is a pompous, celebrity chef who wants to squeeze out the competition.

But when Linda gets into a heated argument with Napoleon and his corpse is later found stabbed and pinned beneath the wheels of her tamale cart, she becomes the number one suspect.Determined to prove Lindas innocence, Rita investigates.

From Napoleons disgruntled former employees to a shady health inspector, the list of suspects is longer than Floris strings of dried chili peppers. And when another corpse surfaces, Rita must scramble to find an elusive killer with an appetite for murder