When Dani Sloan inherits an old house, it offers her the perfect opportunity to open her dream catering company, Chef-To-Go. But the first time Dani caters a large party, a spoiled rich girl dumps a tray of drinks over her head. When the young woman is found dead the next day, an obviously unhinged police detective targets Dani. She teams up with the attractive head of security at the local university to learn who had the opportunity to kill the woman. It seems quite a few people had reasons to want her dead. Readers familiar with Swanson's "Scumble River" series (Dead in the Water) will recognize a few related names and threads in this series launch, which incorporates the typical cozy mystery tropes. There's a little more emphasis on the romantic attraction than readers will see in many first cozies, and for a change, there's a sympathetic killer. VERDICT The catering business offers plenty of opportunities for an amateur sleuth in a pleasant, if ordinary, series opener that will interest fans of the author's other works.—Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN