Accidental food poisoning? Or murder?D’Arcy W. Carter has had fourteen jobs in six years, and has hated every one of them. The worst job, by far, was the last one, at a delicatessen. Now she thinks she has finally discovered the perfect career for herself. But as she prepares for the all-important interview with a private investigations firm, she receives a surprise visitor: Sid Field, manager of Nouveau Deli, the restaurant where she used to work.D’Arcy quit the deli a month ago, and has no desire to return. Sid has another idea, though. The deli has a massive food loss problem. He thinks it’s sabotage. He wants her to work as an inside investigator.Reluctantly, she accepts the job, and finds herself in the middle of a complex case. The first day back on the job, her least favorite manager dies, a victim of apparent food poisoning. Everyone is the perfect suspect. Worse yet, everyone thinks d’Arcy did it. She has to prove otherwise, or lose her apprenticeship, and face the fact that she’s not suited to this career, either.
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