Johanna’s
Fruit Mousse
1
cup crushed strawberries or peaches (if using peaches, remove peel)
3/4
cup sugar (if canned or frozen fruits are used decrease sugar to at least 1/2
cup)
dash
of salt
1
cup heavy cream, whipped
2
egg whites, stiffly beaten
Mix
fruit, 1/2 cup sugar and salt and chill thoroughly. Fold in whipped cream. Beat
egg whites until stiff, then beat in gradually remaining 1/4 cup of sugar. Told
into fruit cream mixture. Pour into
large bowl and place in freezer. Takes about 4 hours to get firm. Makes about one quart.
Murder in the Air - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish
Lydia
Krause is present when the discovery of a body puts a stop to all work on the
Twin Lakes' newest addition that includes a miniature golf course and putting
green. The body is removed and sent to the lab, which estimates it was in the
cellar between fifty and seventy-five years. There is no ID, but they determine
that the remains are that of a male between thirteen and seventeen years of
age. As to what happened to him, why and how he ended up in the cellar is
anyone's guess.
Lydia’s
boyfriend Detective Sol Molina, who referred to her as "Miss Marple after
her help in solving murders that took place in Twin Lakes a few months earlier,
warns her to stay out of this investigation. And stay out is exactly what she
plans to do. She has more important things to occupy her time, such as her job
and attending the eighty-fifth birthday party for a friend and neighbor Daniel
Korman. But that changes when Daniel visits her, hinting that he might know
something about the body though apparently he isn't ready to share his
suspicions. At his birthday party, Daniel announces his engagement to his
beloved Evelyn, upsetting many members of his family. Daniel is a very wealthy
man, and they see Evelyn as someone out for his money. Then the unexpected
happens. The day after Daniel's party he is rushed to the hospital writhing in
pain. Hours later he is dead.
Does
someone want Daniel dead before he marries Evelyn? It appears that two of his
three children are up to their ears in debt and could use his money. But
they don't know he has already changed his will leaving most of his money to
Evelyn, to go into trust for his kids after she passes. That could prove to be
a danger to her life.
With
all that is going on around Lydia, there is no way she will let her friends
down and not try to get to the bottom of this situation, even though Sol doing
his best to keep her from investigating. She is one spunky 59-year-old
lady. This is the second book I’ve read in this series. My first was A Murderer
Among Us, which hooked me on the characters of Lydia and Sol. These books are
light reading mysteries that are hard to put down. And despite the many books I
read, I still had a hard time coming up with the truly bad guy until the end.