Cook and Inspector Mysteries

A celebrity chef, a spoiled soufflé, and a side of sabotage-welcome to the most dangerous kitchen in San Francisco.When gourmet enthusiast and high-society dreamer Angelina Amalfi lands a behind-the-scenes job with a popular cooking show, she thinks it's the perfect entrée into the culinary world. But when the show's star drops dead after a suspiciously decadent dinner-and a ticking package arrives addressed to Angie-her new gig becomes more life-threatening than life-changing.Enter Inspector Paavo Smith: all business, no patience, and definitely not charmed by Angie's fashionable flair or her family's political connections. But as the murder investigation heats up and danger simmers on every burner, the two must navigate a kitchen full of secrets, egos, and deadly appetites.Sassy and stuffed with suspense,Death on a Silver Platter is a delectable mystery that will keep you guessing-and craving more.Start the Cook and Inspector Mystery Series today… but don't read on an empty stomach.NOTE: The main characters in this story appeared in an early mystery series by the author which is now reimagined and updated.

Murder, marinara, and marriage dreams collide in this suspense-laden culinary thriller… Gourmet cook Angie Amalfi is on a mission: to find a hidden gem of a restaurant to review for a top culinary magazine. At the same time, handsome Homicide Inspector Paavo Smith is working to solve the sexually-tinged murders of two women. The two goals converge when Angie's world takes a sinister turn.Angie discovers three grumpy old men who make a mean marinara, but seem to know nothing about how to run a business-at least not a restaurant business. And since she's growing closer to Paavo, she's bursting with questions about married life. But at the same time, the eerie feeling that someone is stalking her becomes increasingly unnerving. The feeling isn't helped when, the more Paavo learns about the killings, he fears Angie may be next on the psychopathic killer's menu.Will Angie find the perfect restaurant and what marriage really means, and will she and Paavo find and stop the mysterious killer before he makes Angie his victim? The answers simmer in this culinary escapade where every question leads to another layer of suspense and mystery.The kitchen is hot and the murder is served in this latest installment of the popular Cook and Inspector Mysteries.

"Comical cakes," a satanic after-hours club, and a chilling serial killer...Gourmet cook Angie Amalfi's newest culinary business, "Comical Cakes," is a roaring success, bringing joy to all with her whimsical, laugh-inducing confections. But there's nothing funny about the chilling case her homicide inspector boyfriend, Paavo Smith, is grappling with-a series of baffling murders seemingly rooted in satanic ritual.When Angie is called upon to deliver a humorous cake to the enigmatic owner of a decadent after-hours Goth club, her gourmet curiosity plunges her into a world of dark intrigue.At the same time, Paavo has a serious question on his mind-one that he hopes to ask Angie, if only she can find a moment in her chaotic cake-baking schedule to listen to him. As Paavo races against time to unmask a killer, Angie must use all her culinary wit to help solve the mystery before she becomes devil's food of a different kind.With their lives and their future together on the line, Angie and Paavo must navigate a perilous path to uncover the truth. Will they catch the killer, or will Angie find herself iced... for good?Note: This is a fully rewritten and reimagined rendering of an earlier mystery, Bell, Cook, and Candle.

A dead body washes up on the shore, a mysterious woman hides too many secrets, and whispers of an international criminal ring fill the night…While would-be chef Angie Amalfi nervously awaits her engagement party with her swoon-worthy fiancé, Homicide Inspector Paavo Smith, her clueless neighbor Stan finds himself swept into a whirlwind romance with a mysterious woman. Before he knows it, his quiet life is in a complete upheaval.As if that weren't enough, Angie's fiance and her father are forced to work together to solve a mystery on their own--one they fear Angie or her mother learning about. But then, as murders happen around the Greek Taverna where Stan met his lady-friend, and as the murders shift closer to home, Angie's got to solve a crime messier than her mother's famous spaghetti sauce-and somehow still get through her engagement party without a full-blown family meltdown. Will she save Stan's love life, her parents' marriage, maintain her sanity, and still pull off the engagement party of the year?Don't miss the next mouthwatering chapter in Angie's deliciously dangerous life!