The Gourmet Detective - La morte è servita

I thought this installment was a bit better than the first one. However, and I meant to put this in the review for the first movie and forgot, Maggie is shockingly inadequate at wisely going into situations and protecting herself. She doesn't watch her surroundings or seem to have ANY fighting skills. SMH.

I like the chemistry between the two leads. They're fun to watch. And the mystery wasn't lacking in suspects.

During the climactic scene, the music sounds like a track in Bourne Supremacy.

When Henry (Dylan Neal) is invited as a guest speaker at a luxury resort spa, he quickly finds himself at the center of another murder. With Maggie (Brooke Burns) at his side, our favorite duo must not only find the killer but be careful they don't become his latest victim.

Entertaining cosy mystery featuring two bantering leads they spar with each other and that's the enjoyable part, though Brooke Burns can be a bit too edgy. It's a decent mystery with a good hook - Henry sees the body in the pool briefly before it disappears but the duo investigate still. Didn't guess who the murderer was. It came as a surprise.

Our gourmet cook detective Dylan Neal has been invited to go to a posh health spa where some of San Francisco's best appetites are hanging out to give a lecture and a cooking demonstration. At the same time his favorite homicide detective Brooke Burns has been ordered on vacation as she is accumulating way too many vacation days. We civil servants know what that is like to be in a use or lose situation.

But it turns into a working vacation as bottom feeding investigative reporter Lisa Marie Giaquinto goes missing and about halfway through the film is found by our vacationing sleuths.

Of course there's a lot of suspects that come with a lot of enemies, a few who are staying at the spa.

This was an enjoyable story, did not guess the perpetrator at all.

Detective Maggie and consulting chef/gourmand Henry go away on a weekend retreat of chefs at a resort/spa in the woods. Maggie who is not a very relaxed person is off-duty and ready to relax...at least prepared to show everyone that she can. Henry gives Maggie his "presidential suite" which is to die for.

In attendance at the chef's retreat is a famous actress who is studying to be a chef for her next role, a reporter, a food critic, and a murderer.

The reporter, Kathleen, goes missing...Henry and Maggie start investigating. This was a fun out of the city excursion for the two...but their humor, attraction, and powers of observation are spot on.

I like this more mature relationship, with two professionals meeting each other on equal ground. They work together well, putting together observations and discussing possible theories until they figure who did it in this whodunnit.

It is pretty amazing that Henry could taste eye drops in a drink...as a chemist myself, I am really impressed. Tetrahydrozoline.

Let's go back to basics...Murder always comes down to two things: Love or Money.

"You know what this means?" "That we're a good team?"

This was both fun and funny. You should watch it.