It’s a recipe for disaster when bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright is asked to restore an antique cookbook….
Brooklyn has always been a little obsessed with food, but it was her
sister Savannah who became a chef, graduating from the prestigious
Cordon Bleu school in Paris. She and her classmates all went on to
successful careers, but none of them achieved culinary superstardom like
Savannah’s ex-boyfriend Baxter Cromwell.
When Baxter invites
the old gang to participate in his new restaurant’s gala opening in San
Francisco, Savannah looks forward to seeing her friends, and even asks
Brooklyn to restore a tattered cookbook—an old gift from Baxter—as a
present for him. But Brooklyn immediately recognizes that the book,
which has strange notes and symbols scrawled in the margins, is at least
two hundred years old. She thinks that it probably belongs in a museum,
but Savannah insists on returning it to Baxter.
Shortly after
receiving the gift, Baxter is found dead, with Savannah kneeling over
him, bloody knife in hand, and the rare cookbook has disappeared.
Brooklyn knows her sister didn’t kill him, and she suspects the missing
cookbook might lead to the real villain. Now Brooklyn will have to turn
up the heat on the investigation before Chef Savannah finds herself
slinging hash in a prison cafeteria.
Ms. Carlisle has done it again. Her books keep getting better and better. This is, I believe, the best book in this series to date. The mystery was fantastic and I love that villain is someone that you would least suspect. Great job. I look forward to your next adventure.
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