A fresh and funny romantic mystery series about a witty, down-to-earth heroine with a job you’ve never seen before…
“It isn’t physically possible for me to read this series without a constant smile on my face. My face hurts.”
— Megington, Top 1000 Reviewer ★★★★★
“One of my very favorite new duos.”
— Amanda Slade ★★★★★
“A fresh, fast paced, amusing read with likable and believable …
Isobel Avery is on her second assignment as an undercover poison taster for Los Angeles’s rich and famous. And she’s actually enjoying herself. Until her sweet, agoraphobic client mysteriously leaves the safety of his apartment and winds up dead.
When crucial evidence goes missing, investigator Connor Stiles will need Izzy’s inside knowledge to help track down the killer. But despite three months of absence to make Connor’s heart grow fonder, he doesn’t seem pleased to be working with her again. The LAPD commander is even less pleased to have Izzy on the case since he considers her a suspect and, even worse, a mere civilian. To top it all off, her least favorite relative in the whole wide world drops by for an unexpected visit.
Meanwhile, the killer is destroying anything that might link back to them. Including Izzy if she’s not careful.
In this fun-packed romantic sequel to Eat, Pray, Die, join Izzy as she learns where she stands with the enigmatic Connor and tries to put another bad guy behind bars.
The Hunger Pains is the second book in Chelsea Field’s Eat Pray Die Humorous Mystery series. Undercover poison taster Isobel ‘Izzy’ Avery is enjoying life until her current client, Earnest Dunst, ‘leaves’ his apartment and is found dead of a heroin overdose. Izzy gets involved in the investigation which complicates things since she is also a suspect. Just to make matters worse, her Aunt Alice suddenly shows up expecting to be entertained. Another very enjoyable Chelsea Field read.
The Hunger Pains
By: Chelsea Field
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Izzy is food taster for clients. She tastes good and drink for poisons. Her current client just up and walked out and got himself killed. Izzy is now a suspect too. She tries to solve the crime and someone tries killing her. Her and Connor are at least working together again!
This is a great book to relax, feel good, giggle occasionally, and live vicariously through Izzy’s romance!
Narrator performed very well!
I’m crazy about the “Eat, Pray, Die” series. I’ve never read books that involve “super-tasters.” Instead of chefs who can pick out tiny bits of ingredients in a dish, the main character is able to discern minute amounts of poisons. Her job is to rent herself out to celebrities to keep them from being poisoned. Izzy is a free-spirited Aussie with a very straight-laced boss. How the pair of them interact and solve mysteries is a literary delight. I can’t wait for the next book!
Another fun read about a poison taster and the man she tends to keep getting caught up in mystery cases with!
When Izzy’s client is found dead she’s thrown back into contact with Connor whom she hasn’t see for the past three months. As they try to find evidence where there isn’t any, Izzy is trying to avoid annoying family who have come to visit, and help Etta with her new dog who has a phobia of stairs. Along the way, she also makes an enemy of the detective in charge of the case and has a few run-ins with Mr. Black.
While this one wasn’t as much fun as the first book, it was still full of humor, good friends, annoying characters and Connor. We get a little bit more of his background and it’s become a tad easier to discern what he might be thinking…but just a tad. This is very light on the romance, but it is moving along…slowly. Izzy is still as fresh and crazy as before and the case is another mind boggler. Additional characters are introduced and as before, they are all well developed and add to the overall enjoyment of the story, even the bad guy(s).
Like book one, I was engaged in this story from the first page. I adore Izzy and all her weirdness, her innate kindness and her thought processes. She keeps me smiling, if not outright laughing. I think it’s safe to say I will be continuing the series. It’s just too good to ignore!
It’s almost 3 months after the events in book 1 and Isobel (‘Izzy’) is enjoying her second assignment as poison taster for the secret Taste Society. Her client is a very sweet man, Earnest Dunst, who hardly ever leaves his apartment and runs a website, Busileaks, which exposes companies. Izzy is shocked when she finds Earnest dead and is determined to find his killer.
Cue Connor, who investigates the case and whom she has not seen for 3 months. They have to cooperate with Commander Hunt of the LAPD. Besides Hunt threatening to throw her in jail for interfering, Izzy has to deal with her visiting aunt and cousin and the confusing signals Connor is giving her.
For me this is another winner. I love books like this, with a quirky heroine who is warm and loving and smart enough to puzzle a case and follow hunches. I hope the next one is published soon and there will be many more.
(2016)
Loving this series, enjoying the situations that Izzy and Connor gets in together.