Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham?

Name: Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham?
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Phyllis Richman
ISBN: 9781481562010

Author: Phyllis Richman

Series: Chas Wheatley Series #1

Narrator: Susan O’Malley

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 10/20/2008

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Slick, slimy, and completely without conscience, Ringo Laurenge has the right stuff to be a great reporter—and the most hated man at the Washington Examiner. Even food editor Chas Wheatley wants to strangle him for trying to steal her story on America’s priciest restaurants. Other staffers have reasons to want to kill him too. Not surprisingly, someone does.Now, while Chas shares delicious tidbits about today’s trendiest eateries, she sifts through clues and sniffs out suspects—until the evidence cuts close to the bone and implicates a person Chas admires, or even loves.Food critic Richman serves up another culinary whodunit filled with lots of juicy insider information.

About Phyllis Richman

Phyllis Richman was the Washington Post food critic for more than twenty-three years. She is the author of the Agatha-nominated, bestselling Chas Wheatly books as well as The Washington Post Dining Guide. She’s been an award-winning syndicated columnist and food editor and serves on the executive committees of the James Beard Awards and the Julia Child Cookbook Awards. She lives in Washington, DC.

About Susan O’Malley

Susan O’Malley (a.k.a. Bernadette Dunne) is the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Audie Award. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and off Broadway. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeanne on December 13, 2022

A sweet cozy mystery, Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham? is the third in the series. It is a typical cozy, set in a Washington, DC newsroom. The heroine is the paper's restaurant critic and a new hire is creating havoc with her position, as well as the position of the heroine's best friend, the theater c......more

Goodreads review by John on June 24, 2019

Okay, with a superb ending.......more

Goodreads review by Ed on January 29, 2016

#3 in the Chas Wheatley series. Final entry in the short series. Wash. DC restaurant critic Chas Wheatley series - Food editor Chas Wheatley is fuming over the Washington Examiner's latest hire: slick, slimy Ringo Laurenge. He may have the stuff of great reporters, but he also has a knack for annoyin......more

Goodreads review by Debra on May 22, 2013

Food critic Chas has to deal with the slimy Ringo Laurenge trying to undercut her job. But, when he messes with the wrong person, Ringo ends up dead. Since everyone hated him, who is NOT a likely suspect?......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on August 10, 2016

Interesting ending.......more

Quotes

“Very nicely written, with plenty of attention to food, character, and motive; an excellent selection.” Library Journal

“Exquisite cuisine is the perfect backdrop for the superb plot…Phyllis Richman deserves thumbs up for her serving of an excellent whodunit.” AudioFile