Streetcorner trumpeter Lippy Montgomery dies after eating at Murray’s Pastrami Swami—poisoned by the herring. Even more perplexing, his battered trumpet case is stolen from the crime scene. Is someone close to Gwen “Nashville” Katz responsible? Is it the professional treasure hunter who sat beside him at the counter? The record producer who has a secret he doesn’t want revealed? The sister who earns her living as a high priced escort? On top of that, a coven of Wiccans goes to war with an ambulance chasing attorney and an arrogant college professor over a Civil War burial ground…that just happens to lie under Gwen’s house?With both her deli and house on the line, Gwen also must catch a killer who wants to see her sleeping with the fishes!

Nashville Katz is about to be the main course of her own Early Bird Special!Has deli owner and former New Yorker Gwen "Nashville" Katz bitten off more than she can chew? The spunky owner of Murray's Pastrami Swami finds the McCoy's Bakery delivery guy dead right in front of her deli, and his employers want to settle someone's corned beef hash. With the pregnant wife of the expired driver due any minute and her policeman brother turning up the heat, Gwen's in quite a pickle—she's a prime suspect and is about to face a griddling hot enough to sizzle a Hebrew National Frankfurter.Clearing her name and finding the killer won't be easy. Is it a newspaper editor with an off-the-record grudge? A dirty cop? Maybe a vegan with a serious beef? Between juggling two romances and making salami sandwiches, Gwen barely has time to dig for clues. But when she uncovers an un-kosher Katz family secret, she knows it's now. . .or never! Because the ties that bind. . .can also...

"Delia Rosen provides an entertaining deli whodunit." —Mystery Gazette on One Foot in the GravyDeli owner Gwen "Nashville" Katz has certainly had some very un-Kosher experiences since her move from New York—dead customers, dead street musicians, dead deliverymen. Sometimes the country music capital of the world feels more like a cemetery. But Gwen is finally knocked flat on her tuchas when a van comes plunging through her roof, causing an explosion and barricading her inside with her employees and Nashville mayoral candidate Tootsie Pearl. Was this an attack on the mayoral hopeful, or a war against Gwen herself? With her deli in shambles, Katz is hot to grill the putz responsible for turning deli into a culinary nightmare."A really humorous cozy... Readers will thoroughly enjoy this deli tale." —Once Upon a Romance on One Foot in the Gravy"Full of intrigue and suspicious characters. . .great addition to a fun series."...