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Val Deniston certainly has her plate full running a cafe, dabbling with recipes, and helping her grandfather prepare for the town's upcoming tri-centennial celebration, but she's grown fond of her new life in the Chesapeake Bay town of Bayport. . . So when Val is asked to reclaim her old position as a cookbook publicist in New York City, she puts off her decision in order to help her grandfather perfect his chocolate fondue for the weekend festivity's dessert cook-off. But after the opening ceremonies, Val finds a houseguest strangled to death in her grandfather's backyard. She suspects a classic case of mistaken identity, especially when another guest nearly bids her life a fondue farewell. Now it's up to Val to keep the killer from making another stab at murder .
About the Author
Maya Corrigan blends her love of food and detective stories in her Five-Ingredient Mystery series set in a fictional historic town on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Before taking up a life of crime (on the page) , she taught university courses in writing, detective fiction, American literature, and drama. A winner of the 2015 New England Reader's Award and the 2013 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Unpublished Mystery / Suspense, she has published nonfiction and short stories under her full name of Mary Ann Corrigan. Her website includes trivia about classic mysteries. Visit her at mayacorrigan.com.
