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Managing a fitness club café and collaborating on recipes with her grandfather are Val Deniston's usual specialties, only she's about to set sail into another murder case - this time at a mystery lovers convention!When the Deadly Desserts bake-off lives up to its name, Val and Granddad turn up the heat on a killer . . . The Maryland Mystery Fan Fest sounds like exactly the fun getaway cafe manager Val Deniston and her grandfather could use. Granddad will even compete in a dessert competition in which contestants assume the roles of cooks to famous fictional sleuths. Playing Nero Wolfe's gourmet cook Fritz is an exciting challenge for Granddad. A restaurant manager is playing Lord Peter Wimsey's valet and cook Bunter. But Granddad is steamed to learn who will be playing Sherlock Holmes's landlady, Mrs.
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 A winner of the 2015 New England Reader's Award and the 2013 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Unpublished Mystery / Suspense, she has published nonfiction and short stories under her full name of Mary Ann Corrigan.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.
