The second book in the Tannie Maria Mysteries series follows the Afrikaner detective into the crux of another caper, against the wishes of her new lawman boyfriend.

When Slimkat the Bushman's life is threatened by an unknown adversary, recipe writer-turned-crime fighter Tannie Maria becomes embroiled in a nature-reserve land dispute among Bushmen descendants, diamond miners, and cattle companies.

Tannie Maria writes the love advice and recipe column for the Klein Karoo Gazette: words of wisdom for the lovelorn, along with a recipe for something helpful and delicious. Her own relationship with detective Henk Kannemeyer is still haunted by the memory of her abusive late husband, so she decides to check out a counseling group run by a man they call the Satanic Mechanic. When a local land-rights activist is poisoned before her eyes, Tannie Maria's quest for healing takes a more investigative turn.