The Dead Husband Cookbook

Synopsis

She has the recipe for the perfect murder...Maria Capello is a celebrity chef like no other. A household name, an inspiration, an icon. Her dozens of cookbooks and weekly television show, broadcast from her beautiful Italian-style kitchen, not to mention her line of bestselling supermarket sauces. And of course there's her history. Once just the timid wife of famous chef Damien Capello, she stepped into the spotlight after Damien's mysterious disappearance twenty years before. An event she's never spoken about publicly until now, when she decides it's time to publish her memoirs.Why is Maria willing to finally break her silence? And why does she do so on the condition that it is edited by Thea Woods? Thea is a lifelong fan but has never met Maria and can't figure it out, plus a recent scandal has left her reputation tarnished and job on the line. So when she is invited to Maria's remote farm to work on the manuscript, Thea spots an opportunity to clear her name. After all, she could be the one to finally learn whether the rumours are true: that Maria killed Damien for his recipes, and the legendary 'secret ingredient'...A deliciously rich thriller, perfect for readers of Bella Mackie's How To Kill Your Family and Alexia Casale's The Best Way to Bury Your Husband.