{"product_id":"savvy-summers-and-the-sweet-potato-crimes-a-mystery-hardcover","title":"Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes: A Mystery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandra Jackson-Opoku\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sparkling debut mystery set on the South Side of Chicago, featuring the quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy Summers, proprietor of a soul food café.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter all, while Savvy always said her sweet potato pie was to die for, she never meant literally.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSANDRA JACKSON-OPOKU is the author of the award-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe River Where Blood is Born\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Hot Johnny and the Women Who Loved Him\u003c\/i\u003e, an Essence Magazine Bestseller in Hardcover Fiction. She also coedited the anthology \u003ci\u003eRevise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks.\u003c\/i\u003e Her fiction, nonfiction, and dramatic works are widely published and produced in Adi Magazine, Midnight \u0026amp; Indigo, Aunt Chloe, Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, New Daughters of Africa, Obsidian, Another Chicago Magazine, storySouth, Lifeline Theatre, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 8.4 x 5.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379208319078,"sku":"9781250351906","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/uV3t4rq_kc9781250351906.webp?v=1768918077","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/savvy-summers-and-the-sweet-potato-crimes-a-mystery-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}