Knife Skills (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781448312597)

"Dizzying . . . Audiences who wished the TV series The Bear had made room for Russian mobsters are in for a treat" Kirkus Reviews Starred Review

Sagarine Pfister is a great cook but has been blacklisted by almost every restaurant in Chicago. She gets her chance at Louie's, a below-average restaurant, the only place that will give her a job.

Things change when she finds head chef Louie Ferrar dead in the walk-in freezer of his restaurant. But instead of closing the place down, the owner, Russian gang boss Anatoly Morzov, not only offers her Louie's job, but also the position as his personal chef. Sagarine agrees, and while she knows she's playing with fire, the chance to turn out extraordinary food at both the restaurant and for Morzov's extravagant private parties is just too tempting.

While the Chicago P.D. searches for Louie's killer, the FBI pressures Sagarine to inform on the gang. She has no choice, but things take another dangerous turn when she falls for one of Morzov's lieutenants. As Sagarine becomes more deeply involved with the gang and with her lover, the FBI's demands put her at increased risk of discovery. She has to make a decision about where her loyalties lie as she finds herself running for her life.

Author: Wendy Church
ISBN-10: 1448312590
ISBN-13: 9781448312597
Publisher: Severn House
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2024
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 01/08/2024
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 26