Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes

A Mystery

By: Sandra Jackson-Opoku

Narrated by: Karen Chilton

“Listeners will be entertained by narrator Karen Chilton's performance of this deliciously devious novel set at Essie's Soul Food Cafe on the South Side of Chicago.”—AudioFile

A sparkling debut mystery set on the south side of Chicago, featuring the quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy Summers, proprietor of a soul food café.

When Savvy Summers first opened Essie's soul food café, she never expected her customer-favorite sweet potato pie to become the center of a murder investigation. But when Grandy Jaspers, the 75-year-old neighborhood womanizer, drops dead at table two, she suddenly has more to worry about than just maintaining Essie's reputation for the finest soul food in the Chicagoland area.

Even as the police deem Grandy’s death an accident, Savvy quickly finds herself—and her beloved café—in the middle of an entire city’s worth of bad press. Desperate to clear her name and keep her business afloat, Savvy and her snooping assistant manager, Penny Lopés, take it upon themselves to find who really killed Grandy.

But with a slimy investor harassing her to sell her name and business, customers avoiding her sweet potato pie like the plague, and her police sergeant ex-husband suddenly back in the picture, will Savvy be able to clear the café’s name and solve Grandy’s murder before it all falls apart?

After all, while Savvy always said her sweet potato pie was to die for, she never meant literally.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

Fantastic!

This was a fantastic listen. All the way around characters were well developed , very likable looking forward to more in the series with this particular cast of characters. The narration was absolutely perfect and the narrator really made the story come alive, and added something extra! I love the fact that the author also included. Recipes and the meaning of many of Aunt Esssie’s Epitaphs.

The characters and their development.

Throughly enjoyed this book. It was entertaining and funny. It keep me engaged. I would refer it to others to listen or read.

Great Book

I enjoyed this story that had the right amount of mystery, African-American Culture, and comedy

Starts slow, but it’s good!!

This was a very good story. I like the thoughts that it promotes. I wasn’t a high fan of the narrators. I thought her voice was too dry for a suspense story and all the characters sound the same.. BUT… it didn’t take away from me listening to the story because it had a good story line. I would recommend this story.

Difference between characters

I would of liked for the reader to sound a little more discreet between characters.