Earthly Delights: Corinna Chapman Mystery: 1 - Softcover

Greenwood, Kerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590583949 ISBN 13: 9781590583944

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2010

Synopsis

Corinna Chapman was once a high profile accountant and banker. One day she walked out on the money market and her unpleasant husband James, threw aside her briefcase, and doffed her kitten heels forever. Now she is a baker working in her own business, Earthly Delights, in Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Australia. Corinna is living in an eccentric building on the Roman model called Insula, with a lot of strange and interesting people. These include a retired professor of classics, Dionysius Monk; a Dutch gardener named Trudi; Mr. and Mrs. Pemberthy and their rotten dog, Traddles; a pair of disgustingly thin, would-be soapie stars Goss and Kylie; and a jobbing witch, Meroe of The Sibyl's Cave. When a junkie falls half dead on Corinna's grate, a gorgeous sabra stalks along her alley telling her that she is beautiful, and she starts receiving threatening letters accusing her of being a scarlet woman, life for Corinna is suddenly livelier.... Kerry Greenwood is the author of more than 40 novels and six non-fiction books. Among her many honors, Ms. Greenwood has received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award from the Crime Writers' Association of Australia.

About this title

Review:

Greenwood's light touch is perfect, and fans of the [Phryne] Fisher novels will eat this one up.

--Booklist

A buxom baker and a handsome man of mystery solve a series of crimes....Poles apart from Greenwood's popular heroine Phryne Fisher (The Green Mill Murder, 2007, etc.), but equally delightful.

--Kirkus Reviews

Put on the coffee pot, whip up a batch of muffins (yes, two recipes are included), and enjoy this thoroughly original tale. Strongly recommended for fans of offbeat mysteries. (starred review)

--Library Journal

Book Description:

From the author of the Phryne Fisher mysteries comes a saucy new sleuth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1590583949
• ISBN 13: 9781590583944
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408