Fat Tuesday Fricassee is the third book in the A Biscuit Bowl Mystery series.

It's Mardi Gras time in Mobile and Zoe Chase has been chosen to have her food truck, The Biscuit Bowl, selected to be one to provide authentic local foods for the tourist. For Zoe, there aren't just enough hours in the day, as her father, Ted has been chosen by the secret organization Mistics of Time to be King Felix and is his dance partner at the various balls going on during the festivities. At one of these balls, as Zoe is catching a breath of fresh air, she finds the body of Jordan Phillips, an investigative reporter for The Times, a paper owned by his father and grandfather. The police commissioner, Chadwick Sloane, is one of the first policemen to arrive. The first thing Zoe thought, was he must be a member of the secret society. But when the incident is reported by the media, the body has been moved, in an apparent police cover-up. Zoe's father wants her to leave town for a while and ask no question about the society or what had happened at the ball. Of course, this isn't in Zoe's make-up and besides she needs to stay and keep her food truck serving the people enjoying the revelry. When her father is stabbed, things are hitting to close too home and Zoe knows she has to stay around until the murderer if found.

Ollie and Miguel, Zoe's boyfriend, and Delia pitch in to cover at the food truck for Zoe. Even Uncle Saul leaves his cabin in the country to lend his culinary skills at the food truck.

Another exciting and suspenseful story in this culinary thriller. Most all of the engaging and believable characters from the previous books are back to once again to lend Zoe a hand.
Definitely will be watching for the next book in this series. ( )