{"id":5246,"date":"2026-04-30T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=5246"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:25:33","slug":"savvy-summers-and-the-poboy-perils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=5246","title":{"rendered":"Savvy Summers and the Po\u2019Boy Perils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot going on in Jackson-Opoku\u2019s latest book, the successor to her debut, Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes. But one topic is totally overwhelming, and that\u2019s food. A longtime chef, Savvy owns a cafe in Chicago that draws plenty of patrons seeking her delectable, comfortable soul food. But Savvy is a bit restless, and when a long-term friend hires her to cater a company luncheon featuring Creole classics (po\u2019boys, bread pudding\u2026I just can\u2019t stop) at a nearby office, the chef takes the job, only to find someone dead in the company\u2019s conference room. Once again, Savvy has to manage her role as murder investigator while still keeping her cafe afloat. <strong>What\u2019s really fun about Jackson-Opoku\u2019s books is the richness of detail\u2014with references to poetry, fiction, and song scattered throughout the text\u2014as well as reports from friends and family. We\u2019re fortunate to have a great new series to enjoy.<\/strong><em>\u2014Brian Kenney<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot going on in Jackson-Opoku\u2019s latest book, the successor to her debut, Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes. But one topic is totally overwhelming, and that\u2019s food.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[104,76,77,55,56],"class_list":["post-5246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-african-american-black","tag-cozy","tag-culinary","tag-mystery-detective","tag-women-sleuths"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/formidable\/4\/Po-Boys-400x400.jpeg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/formidable\/4\/Po-Boys-400x600.jpeg","author_info":{"display_name":"Brian Kenney","author_link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}