A good book. Well written with great characters and a good plot. The storyline flows and the mystery is enjoyable. I highly recommend.,

The restaurant is up and running and doing very well. In the middle of their busy season, Estebe needs to take a week off for a family celebration. Just before this celebration, Estebe's cousin is accused of murder. Due to Angie's success at solving the goat milk murder, his family thinks she can solve this one as well. The deeper into it she gets the more evidence mounts against Javier.

Killer Green Tomatoes is the second book I have read by this author. The plot was well written and entertaining. The characters were ones I would like to visit with again and again.

Lynn Cahoon is a great mystery writer who brings forth both character and story with warmth and humor. I always enjoy the latest installments in her series.

This is the second book in the Farm-to-Fork Mystery series. Angie Turner has opened a restaurant in her hometown and it's becoming a big success. Unfortunately one of her chefs is the main suspect in his girlfriend's murder. Angie and her partner want to clear his name.

I liked this book and this series but not as much as Ms. Cahoon's other series set in South Cove CA. It was an enjoyable read.

Thanks to Lyrical Underground and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is book 2 in the Farm-to-Fork series and it is easily read as a stand alone. A great insight into the kitchen service in a upscale restaurant. Angie finds a great produce supplier for County Seat who is a cousin to one of her chefs. When he becomes the prime suspect in his girlfriends murder she works to clear him. Lots of interesting people in this town and the food sounds so yummy. Good mystery with great characters. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The twists and turns in this book kept me on the edge of my seat. This is the perfect cozy mystery to get lost in and root for the characters as they search for a killer.

Killer Green Tomatoes is book 2 in Lynn Cahoon’s Farm to Fork Mystery Series. Angie Turner, and her business partner Felicia, are experiencing success on the opening of their restaurant the County Seat. Angie’s team of chef’s have come together in a tight-knit crew, as well as Felicia’s front room staff. When her main chef, Estebe, suddenly has family problems, Angie and the team must work together to keep the kitchen running smoothly. Estebe’s cousin, Javier Easterly, becomes Angie’s main produce supplier. When Javier is charged with his girlfriend’s murder, Estebe asks for Angie’s help to find the real murderer!

Great characters in a setting that invokes a sense of family and community. Lynn has a way with words as she describes the food featured at her restaurant that makes me want to visit. Angie also shares the antics of her sweet St. Bernard puppy Dom, as well as Precious her goat, and Mabel her hen. You really feel like you are getting the farming experience as well as following Angie as she solves the clues to catch a murderer. I am enjoying getting to know all the characters and am looking forward to the next book in the series.

Title: Killer Green Tomatoes

Author: Lynn Cahoon

Series: Farm to Fork Book 2

Genre: cozy mystery

Rating: 4 stats

In Killer Green Tomatoes the second Farm to Fork Mystery by Lynn Cahoon Angie just wants to focus on getting her resturant fully open she doesn't want to get drawn into another murder investigation. But that becomes wishful thinking when the cousin of her sous chef becomes the main murder suspect. Now in order to get her sous chef back without any family drama she will have to solve a murder and fast.

I loved this one more than the first book in the series. It moved faster than the first book I am guessing because the main characters were established in first book. I do suggest that you do indeed start with the first book in the series first, Who Moved my Goat Cheese? This book is great for fans of cozy mysteries with animals, food, cooking and restaurants.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

Angie's farm to fork restaurant is a huge success. As she is seeking out a new supplier for produce, she is caught up in a mystery- murder, kidnapping, and is her farmer the killer? Since he is her sous chef's family member, Angie is ready to ask questions. All while taking care of her neighbor's elderly mother.

Lots of twists, turns, and a fantastic read! The mystery was well done and each character was created wonderfully and I can imagine being friends with Angie. I honestly want to eat her fried green tomatoes ASAP!

Honestly, this might be my new favorite series!

I highly recommend adding this series to your TBR ASAP!

I received this ARC via NetGalley.

I really liked Kilker Green Tomatoes.
This is a fast paced fun read. The book was enjoyable and easily kept me entertained till the end. I look forward to the third installment of the series.

This one was slightly better than the first one. Slightly.

What drives me crazy is that most of the characters are really good. Angie is a very good MC and the side characters [with the exception of her best friend Felicia, who for some reason, bugs the heck out of me] are also good. I love Mrs. Potter and her interaction with Angie and the week that they spent together is hilarious. And Mrs. Potter's granddaughter is also a lovely treat. The kitchen staff is also well written and I like the interaction between them and Angie.
Felicia, the Sheriff [who is written as a bumbling small town man who barely can do his job] and unfortunately Ian [who wasn't that bad in the first book, but has become kind of obsessive and controlling and rushing the relationship] are the parts of the book that make it drag and also make me roll my eyes and need to be written better or rewritten all-together; that would make the stories both better and more cohesive. They are weak characters and they drag the story down.

This story is...average. By the middle of the book I had part of it figured out and by the reveal I knew who and why. And by the end, I really felt the story had taken way to long to get to the end and was glad that it was over.

I do think with some character development and a stronger story, these could be really good stories that people could really enjoy. Let's hope for the next one!

ngie's new restaurant project is going well. With her friend Felicia, they have staffed it with people who work well together. Estebe is the chef and part of the local Basque community. I thought that brought an interesting side to the story. When his womanizing cousin is accused of murder, Angie steps up when information becomes available to her. I also liked Angie's continued efforts to use nearby ingredients for her restaurant and her blossoming relationship with her grandmother (Nona's) old neighbor, Mrs. Potter. Hope I get to spend more time with them, and that little goat Precious in the next book.

Angie Turner finally finds a local supplier for fresh grown tomatoes. She's ecstatic because local produce is vital to her Farm-To-Fork restaurant, County Seat. Her happiness is a bit short-lived however, when Javier is arrested for murder. His girlfriend has been murdered and local law enforcement think he did it. Not only is Javier her new produce supplier, but also the cousin of Estebe, one of her kitchen staff. Angie loves her staff like family, so she agrees to help clear Javier's name.

Killer Green Tomatoes is the second book in the Farm-To-Fork cozy mystery series. I love the concept of a restaurant that serves only locally sourced produce and meats, so this is an enjoyable new cozy series for me. I like Angie as a main character. She is intelligent and a bit feisty, but a kind boss. The side characters all blend well to make the background theme of small-town Idaho and a farm-to-plate restaurant work well. The background theme doesn't over power the mystery, but helps build the plot. I like Lynn Cahoon's other cozies -- The Tourist Trap and Cat Latimer series -- and this newest series does not disappoint.

The mystery is nicely paced and interesting, with plenty of sleuthing required and a few twists. I'm definitely going to read more of this series. It provided me with a nice, relaxing evening of reading.
Plus the recipe for Fried Zucchini at the end of the book sounds amazing! There is no recipe for fried green tomatoes, but the traditional southern dish is mentioned several times during the story. I'm now motivated to try my hand at cooking some up before the end of the summer season. I've lived in the south for 15 years and have never tried the dish before. It will be an adventure!

**I voluntarily read an advance readers copy of this book from Kensington via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**

I had the opportunity to read Killer Green Tomatoes, the second in the Farm to Fork mystery series. Lynn is a great author and I loved this complex mystery. Main Character Angie, has a huge heart and a community minded business. Not only is she running a successful new restaurant, she is navigating small town life, new relationships and creating a family from those who she spends the most time with. I love her fury sidekicks and curious mind. Great story from start to finish. Loved it.

In Lynn Cahoon’s second book of the Farm-to-Fork series, titled Killer Green Tomatoes, Angie and Felicia are beginning to hit their groove with the rest of the restaurant staff. The County Seat is a popular place to eat, with reservations needing to be secured well in advance.

Angie soon finds she has more than she can chew, though, when she has her elderly neighbor for a house guest and Estebe, her sous chef, has family involved in a murder and disappearance.

I really enjoyed the difficulties between Angie and Mrs. Potter. (Sorry, Angie!) They made for very realistic, yet hilarious times.

The portrayal of the Basque people was very tasteful and sensitive to a group very proud of their heritage.

In this book, we start to see the inner connectivity of people in the town. Several attitudes and actions are based upon someone’s protectiveness or love for another. This is actually true for multiple characters. Small town living, as Angie rediscovers, has both its joys and its jinxes.

Things one may not like: some may figure out the murderer, but there were enough twists that I was ultimately surprised. Sex was mentioned quite a bit. However, true to cozy form, there were no bedroom scenes.

Bottom line, I enjoyed this book, as Angie and Felicia and their crew really start to become their own “work family.”

I gratefully received a copy of this book from the author and NetGalley. This in no way affected my opinions, for which I am responsible. I was not required to leave a positive review.

Killer Green Tomatoes

by Lynn Cahoon

Are the people biologically related to you your only family or can the people you choose to surround yourself with be another type of family? Angie, head chef and owner of the County Seat, tries to answer that question for herself and the reader in Killer Green Tomatoes. Lynn Cahoon’s latest work addresses this question along with several others.

Angie, somewhat of an introvert, finds herself surrounded with issues stemming from various relationships in her small community. The kitchen and wait staff of County Seat are rocked by a death. The Basque community is selecting a new leader. A murder suspect disappears. Numerous women have conflicts with Angie because of small town gossip and jealousies. The sheriff doesn’t trust her. Even Mrs. Potter from across the street is ready to shake her walker at Angie. Felicia, Angie’s best friend, and Ian, her boyfriend, are the two people she can count on.

Killer Green Tomatoes is a really good cozy mystery, and I highly recommend the series. I do have one issue with the book and that concern diminishes as the story progresses. Mrs. Potter comes to stay with Angie for a week, and Angie immediately finds excuses to leave the house because Mrs. Potter annoys her. Initially Mrs. Potter does nothing to cause that behavior on Angie’s part. Later there are some eyebrow raising incidents, but overall nothing to engender Angie’s behavior. It’s a week, for heaven’s sake, and the woman is physically independent! With Angie reconciling herself to the situation, the plot takes center stage and the reader is treated to a fun mystery.

I would like to extend my thanks to netgalley.com and to Lyrical Underground (Kensington Press) for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Rating: 5/5

Category: Mystery

Notes: #2 in the Farm-to-Fork Mystery Series, but works well as a standalone

Publication: July 3, 2018—Lyrical Underground (Kensington Press)

Memorable Lines:

Family ties. They wrapped you up in emotions you didn’t even know were there.

Angie was an introvert, and having someone in her house all the time, well, it had been harder than she’d expected.

“There’s enough evil in the world that I can see and understand. I don’t have to go all underworld to be scared.”

Dollycas’s Thoughts

I have never been a fan of fried green tomatoes but I am a fan of this story.

Angie Turner’s farm to fork restaurant is becoming a big success. She wants to add her Nona’s fried green tomatoes to her menu and sous chef, Estebe Blackstone, tells her he has the perfect supplier, his cousin, Javier. Estebe takes her to his farm to check things out. Javier is not what she suspected, he’s a bit of a “player”, a flirt, thinks he God’s gift to women, but his produce is fantastic so she places her first order. Shortly thereafter, Javier’s current girlfriend is dead and he is the police’s #1 suspect. He begs Angie to help him clear his name. She doesn’t want to get involved but again she ends up right in the middle of the investigation.

We meet more of Estebe and Javier’s family and Angie’s steps up to take care of her elderly neighbor while her granddaughter takes a vacation. Mrs. Potter is not a very happy houseguest and adds more stress to Angie’s life. I applaud Angie, she kept her wits about her and her sense of humor. I don’t think I would have handled things half as well. As for the Blackstone family, they are planning for the Basque Festival in Boise. It is a very important event for the family. Estebe has taken the week off from the restaurant and has invited all the staff to come for a special breakfast.

I don’t know how Ms. Cahoon packs so much into these pages. The characters are well defined including Dom, Angie’s growing St. Bernard puppy, Mabel, a black and white chicken and Precious, the goat. The mystery is well plotted out and the setting is wonderfully described. The romance between Ian and Angie is comfortable and doesn’t overtake the mystery. The pace is quick too. I was unable to set the book down, I read it all in one sitting.

I am really enjoying this new series from Lynn Cahoon. I am excited for One Potato, Two Potato, Dead coming March 19, 2019.

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The second book in this series did not disappoint. It's a fun read as Angie deals with a new sous chef at her farm-to-table Idaho restaurant. Not only a new chef, but Angie is dealing with the care of her neighbor's grandmother, and also a new supplier for the restaurant. Plus, she's experimenting with duplicating the perfect fried green tomato recipe her grandmother was known for. To complicate matters the new supplier's girlfriend is murdered. The supplier, a relative of her sous chef, finds Angie drawn into helping solve the murder. The pace picks up with laughs along the way. A very good story with a satisfying ending.

When I read this first in the series, I thought that this would be a series that I'd enjoy. Although I did enjoy this read, the story line didn't appeal to me as much as her other books.

The characters are continuing to develop just like people in our life, we learn a little more about them with each book. I like the location of the book as I'm not sure that I've traveled to Idaho while solving a mystery. While I enjoyed the mystery and love the restaurant, it's a good thing that she's only open on weekends as she spends a lot of time away investigating. :)

I'm looking forward to the next one.