I had the pleasure of meeting author Kim Kash at Deadly Ink 2015. At one panel, I enjoyed hearing her discuss how she conducts hands-on research for her Jamie August mystery series, set in Ocean City, Maryland. Today, Kash shares a little bit about OCEAN CITY COVER-UP (Capri House, June 2015) and also a recipe for crab cakes!
Who is your main character? Tell me about her.
Reporter Jamie August covers arts and entertainment for a free weekly paper, but she has a nose for crime stories and a talent for unearthing more than her editor wants. Firefighters, Bon Jovi, sparkly undies, and Kohr Brothers frozen yogurt on the Ocean City boardwalk are a few of Jamie’s favorite things.
What would Jamie choose for her last meal?
Easy: A slice of pepperoni from Piezano’s, a large tub of Thrasher’s Fries, some Dolle’s salt water taffy, and a giant waffle cone from Kohr Brothers—all from the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland. (If it’s her last meal she’s not going to be worrying about calories, is she?)
How about you? What would you choose for your last meal?
If I ate like Jamie I’d be big as a house, and have constant indigestion. However, I do love local Maryland foods. I’d probably want a grilled crabcake, a big salad full of fresh tomatoes, and slices of ripe cantaloupe for dessert. My last meal would have to be in August, in Maryland.
Why should someone bite into OCEAN CITY COVER-UP?
Reviewers keep comparing this book and its predecessor to Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, which is a-okay with me! Coastal Maryland locals may have recently caught the world premiere of my very first dinner theater script, called DEATH OF A DIVA. A local dinner theater group called Murder For Hire produced the play in the Ocean City area over the holiday season. OCEAN CITY COVER-UPdeals with a very different sort of a diva. Our hometown heroine, Jamie August, befriends a spoiled heiress who is being pursued by Russian mobsters—and a chart-topping rap star. Meanwhile, a raging crime spree is keeping Jamie busy—and so is a hot new boyfriend and a strict jogging and frozen custard fitness plan.
Do you have a recipe you’d like to share?
Southern Living includes a recipe on their web site for crab cakes from the inimitable, epically wonderful Faidley’s in Baltimore’s Lexington market:
http://www.southernliving.com/food/kitchen-assistant/crab-cakes-recipes
Gourmet enthuses, “The single greatest thing that must be eaten at the market – the most delicious dish in all of Baltimore, maybe the most beautiful hunk of seafood anywhere on the East Coast between Maine and Charleston Harbor – is a Faidley’s crab cake.” I can’t imagine you’ll be able to recreate their masterpiece at home, but it would be fun to try!
Thank you so much! I love crab cakes! And I think we discussed my Maryland connection at Deadly Ink…my dad lives in Maryland, so it is really about time I read a mystery set there. This series is sooooo on my To Read list! And I hope to see you at another mystery conference very soon.
You can connect with Kim Kash on her Website. And you can find Ocean City Cover up on Amazon, or ask for it at your favorite indie bookstore!
Gee, thanks. It’s at least two hours until lunch.
I’ll grab a crab cake and this book!