My first time reading Kylie, who has an impressive amount of mystery books out there.

The main character of this book, Laurel, has left her high paying personal chef job in Hollywood, to help run a restaurant in the small town of Hubbard, Ohio, for the owner, who is a friend and out on sick leave. Laurel immediately gets entangled with the tight knit community there and a murder that has occured, gathering a lot of press. She finds herself getting more involved,both in the managing of the restaurant and in solving the murder. The humor is sarcastic and dry and it wasn't too predictable of a story. The romantic interest for Laurel has an odd and unique quality, giving a particular tension to the plot. This book came with a recipe for beef stew at the end, which is a feature in the story. I made this stew and can testify it is delicious and worth the time. The sequel to this book has a chapter featured at the end. The next title is called "French Fried" and is due out in 2017. ( )

A few chapters into this book, I almost gave up on it, but I'm glad I didn't. It turned out to be a really good read. In a nutshell, the main character comes in to take over a diner for a good friend who has to have surgery. A local news personality is murdered in the diner and there are a lot of suspects and questions. On top of that, the diner's business is in a slump and the main character needs to change things up. That's where the Ethnic Eats part comes in. As to the mystery, the motive and the villain weren't a total surprise, but I hadn't worked out all the details either. I look forward to reading French Fried, the next book in this series. ( )

Irish Stewed is the first book in the An Ethnic Eats Mystery series.

For me, this was an enjoyable new series.

Laurel Inwood has moved to Hubbard, Ohio to help her aunt at her, as Aunt Sophie described it, quaint little restaurant. What Laurel finds is diner housed in the former train station and in need of a makeover.

The evening she arrives and as her aunt is giving the grand tour, they find the dead body of Jack Lancer, an investigative reporter for a local TV station. He had been stabbed in the neck with the diners receipt spindle. It is thought that Lancer might have been working on another investigative story, but no one is sure if he was or what it might have been about.

This is a fun new series set in a small town where just about everyone knows everybody else business. Laurel tries some new items on menu to renew interest in the restaurant, but health type foods are not a big hit. Declan, who has The Irish Store across the way from The Terminal at the Tracks and who just might be a romantic interest of Laurel invites her to his parents for Irish Stew. When Laurel adds he stew to the menu, it is a big hit and begins to feel much better about helping out.

The recipe for Irish Stew is included with the book, along with a teaser for the next book, French Fried.

Anxiously awaiting the next book to see what additional changes will be made at The Terminal and to visit with the interesting folks of Hubbard, Ohio. ( )

Kylie Logan's new "Ethnic Eats" series has a delicious first course in "Irish Stewed". Her lead character Laurel is intelligent and quick witted. The setting of a railroad terminal restaurant was appealing to me especially since there are plenty of railroads in my area. And oh yeah, the "love interest"...who doesn't love a hunky Irishman! Yum! As with all of this author's cozy mysteries, the characters are interesting and in this particular book, as fleshed out as you can be for a "first in a new series". The actual mystery had me guessing till the end, which is always a fun thing for me! I also think that the concept for this series is extremely smart since everybody loves comfort food, and even more so if it is something from their own childhood. Then, to utilize the fact that America is still very much a melting pot, coming up with different international (but still comfort food) dishes for each new book speaks to this author's ingenuity and amazing talent. I'm German and Italian so even though my heritage says I can't win a war, my ancestors definitely knew how to make some incredible comfort food and I can't wait to see what this author cooks up for her next book!

*Please note: I recieved a copy of this book from a Facebook group called "The Cozy Mystery Review Crew" in exchange for an honest review. ( )