The Road Ahead by Nathan Myhrvold

The Road Ahead by Nathan Myhrvold

Corpse magnet Odelia Grey is at it again--stumbling across a dead body at a wedding reception while Achy Breaky Heart plays in the background. Bodies are turning up so fast that Odelia enlists the help of her family and friends--Greg, Seth, Zee, Detective Frye, her half brother Clark, even her pompous boss Michael Steele. But solving a mystery is twice as hard when the victims have more secrets than the killer.

Praise:
A priceless series.a real treat for chick-lit fans who like feisty women.--Library Journal (starred review)

Plenty of humor, the charms of the feisty main character, and a great supporting cast add to the amusement.--Booklist

Jaffarian outdoes herself this time with an exceedingly clever plot.--Mystery Scene

Wild, wacky, and wonderful.--Carolyn Hart, New York Times bestselling author

Nathan Myhrvold is the creator of The Cooking Lab and the primary author of Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, Modernist Cuisine at Home, The Photography of Modernist Cuisine, and the soon-to-be-released Modernist Bread: The Art and Science of Baking. As a chef, scientist, photographer, and writer, he is constantly pushing the boundaries of culinary science. Since he was a child, he has had a fascination for food and photography. Even while performing postdoctoral cosmology work with Stephen Hawking, he consumed food books and invested in new cameras and lenses at a young age. He took a leave of absence from his job as Microsoft's chief technical officer to pursue his culinary diploma at the Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne in France.

Nathan left Microsoft in 1999 to start Intellectual Ventures and explore a variety of interests, including photography, cooking, and food science, which he had a longtime interest in. Myhrvold created the Modernist Cuisine team to share the art and science of cooking with others, inspired by a gap in the literature about culinary science and the cutting-edge techniques utilized in the world's greatest restaurants.