Mean Cuisine By Wendy W. Webb ~ Peek Inside And Giveaway

Posted: March 17, 2025 in Excerpt, giveaways, Mystery, Supernatural
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Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for Mean Cuisine organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.

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Mean Cuisine

by Wendy W. Webb

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Genre: Supernatural Murder Mystery

Synopsis

Beluga Stein is taking a cooking class and it’s a real killer. This time she’s traded her signature loud muumuus for ill-fitting chef attire, including a toque the size of her ego.

A well-liked chef is found dead and it’s up to Beluga and her feline familiar, Planchette, to investigate. There’s no recipe to follow, only the hope that her erratic psychic ability will hit the spot. Is a supernatural entity stirring up trouble, or something far more dangerous?

Beluga and Planchette can’t stand the heat, but there’s no way out of this kitchen while murder is the main dish.

 

Enjoy this peek inside:

Beluga Stein’s Diary

Such a day.

And while Chef Pernod tried mightily to restore order with an impromptu lecture on the differences between Grande, Classic and Nouvelle cuisines, I’m afraid the distinctions were lost when the frozen body was wheeled past us to the waiting ambulance.

The sight of such a spectacle took a toll on the chef as well, I should add. Fortunately for me there was no mention of Planchette in the kitchen, but for the rest of us the chef’s well-practiced lecture took a sudden nosedive into a stream-of-consciousness series of French words. I think I heard her say that a traditional kitchen brigade had positions with names sounding something like “poisoner,” which is rather ominous if you ask me, and “chefs who party,” which might warrant further investigation if things start to get dull. Or one finds herself in immediate need of hors d’oeuvres and a tropical cocktail.

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About Author Wendy W. Webb:

Wendy W Webb (aka one of the many Wendy Webbs) has published dark fantasy short stories and novels, co-edited anthologies, and has had productions of stage and radio plays. After a hiatus as a doctoral student of emergency management and as a disaster responder, she welcomed the return to fiction with The Wild Rose Press writing the gothic Widow’s Walk, and two updated books in the Beluga Stein supernatural-humor-murder mystery series, Bee Movie and Mean Cuisine. Sunbury Press under the Milford House imprint published the paranormal, travel, “memoir,” Eye of the Gargoyle. She adores her husband; two dogs, one of which turns on iTunes whenever Wendy leaves her office; dry red wine; theatre; and travel as long as she doesn’t see anymore ghosts!

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Comments
  1. Thank you so much for featuring MEAN CUISINE today.

  2. Jeanna Massman says:

    This is an interesting combination of genres. I like the cover!

    • Wendy W Webb says:

      That’s Planchette on the cover. He’s got green eyes, a handsome face, and highly evolved intuition! But sometimes even he can get rattled!—–Wendy

  3. marcymeyer says:

    I like the cover. Looks great. Sounds like a good mystery story.

  4. saubleb says:

    Intriguing, fascinating and unique. Very creative.

  5. Audrey Stewart says:

    I cannot believe all the great books Wendy W. Webb has on Goodreads. I will have a great summer reading them.

    • Wendy W Webb says:

      I hope you’ll find this supernatural humor murder mystery book fun, and that you’ll love Planchette, the handsome black cat with green eyes, as much as I do. But please keep an eye out for my books compared to those of the other Wendy Webb. Planchette and I hope you’ll enjoy the different kind of books all the Wendy Webbs write!——Wendy

  6. Rita Wray says:

    Sounds great, thank you.

  7. Melissa Cushing says:

    I love the sound of this one and a good murder mystery is always the perfect fit for me and my reading needs 😉 Love it!

  8. wendy hutton says:

    love the cover, this sounds like a wonderful book

  9. Mary Preston says:

    That cat means business.

    • Wendy W Webb says:

      Planchette is one sharp cookie, and doesn’t miss a thing. But something in that kitchen has him worried!——-Wendy

  10. David Hollingsworth says:

    I love a good cat mystery.

  11. Hope its a great read!

  12. Wendy W Webb says:

    Thanks so much for hosting my book! The main character in my book, Beluga Stein, considers herself a P.I. (Psychic Investigator), but her cat, Planchette, is a lot more psychic than she. Beluga’s best friend, Tanya, thinks Spandex, talon-like fingernails, and a new language, is all she needs to get that next husband. She’s wrong! Maybe, like you, I want to disappear into a fun book just to get away for awhile. I hope “Mean Cuisine” will do that for you.————– Wendy

  13. Cynthia Conley says:

    I like reading mysteries.

  14. Debbi Wellenstein says:

    I like the premise. Thank you for the giveaway!

  15. allibrarycefdb51301 says:

    I love to discover authors who are new to me!

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

  16. paige chandler says:

    I enjoyed the synopsis. Good work.

  17. wendy hutton says:

    how do you choose the title

  18. PIroska says:

    I love a good murder mystery! This sounds intriguing.

  19. Kim says:

    Sounds interesting.

  20. Ann Fantom says:

    This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.

  21. susan12151962 says:

    This sounds like a great supernatural murder mystery. I like the cover.

  22. David Hollingsworth says:

    Congratulations on your book.

  23. Donna says:

    Sounds like a fun mystery to unravel!

  24. Nancy P says:

    Looks like a clever read.

  25. Debbi Wellenstein says:

    Do you write every day?

  26. wendy hutton says:

    how long have you been writing

  27. allibrarycefdb51301 says:

    This book will be a great addition to my TBR stack.

    Nancy
    allibrary (at) aol (dot) com

  28. David Hollingsworth says:

    I like the title of the book.

  29. wendy hutton says:

    I love a good mystery

  30. Daniel M says:

    looks like a fun one

  31. Debbi Wellenstein says:

    I like the cat on the cover.

  32. David Hollingsworth says:

    Congratulations on your book!

  33. Barbara Montag says:

    What a great read!

  34. Debbi Wellenstein says:

    Thank you again for the giveaway!

  35. lightnorthwinds says:

    this book looks fascinating

  36. wendy hutton says:

    thanks again for the giveaway

  37. Nancy P says:

    Looks like a tremendously fun read.

  38. Jennifer R says:

    The Supernatural Murder Mystery sounds fun to read.

  39. David Hollingsworth says:

    It sounds like you are very talented as a writer.

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