A Killer's Cookbook
(2026)(The fourth book in the Chapel Books Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Madison Curtis
When family recipes hide deadly secrets, one bookstore owner must uncover the truth before she becomes the next victim.
Clara Winslow thought running Chapel Books would bring peace after her husband's suspicious death. Instead, she inherits a collection of antique cookbooks from sweet-natured Harriet Voss—along with cryptic margin notes beside recipes for digestive cordials.
When Harriet collapses at the Autumn Harvest Festival twenty minutes after sampling the preserves competition, those handwritten warnings suddenly feel urgent.
With her spiritually sensitive rescue dog Poe, quirky best friend Daisy, and hardware store owner Jack Faulkner at her side, Clara uncovers the Harrow Society—a shadow organization hiding behind Chapel Hill's founding families.
Bernard Whitfield shows up demanding the family cookbook back. His uncle Clement speaks in careful warnings about family documents. And gracious Sylvia Whitfield brings preserves to Harriet's memorial—the same preserves she's been making from her grandmother's recipes for years.
As Clara pieces together hidden documents and psychic visions, she discovers a deadly tradition passed through generations—and she's gotten too close to secrets worth killing for.
The recipes aren't just family heirlooms. They're a two-hundred-year blueprint for murder, and Clara's name might be added next.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Clara Winslow thought running Chapel Books would bring peace after her husband's suspicious death. Instead, she inherits a collection of antique cookbooks from sweet-natured Harriet Voss—along with cryptic margin notes beside recipes for digestive cordials.
When Harriet collapses at the Autumn Harvest Festival twenty minutes after sampling the preserves competition, those handwritten warnings suddenly feel urgent.
With her spiritually sensitive rescue dog Poe, quirky best friend Daisy, and hardware store owner Jack Faulkner at her side, Clara uncovers the Harrow Society—a shadow organization hiding behind Chapel Hill's founding families.
Bernard Whitfield shows up demanding the family cookbook back. His uncle Clement speaks in careful warnings about family documents. And gracious Sylvia Whitfield brings preserves to Harriet's memorial—the same preserves she's been making from her grandmother's recipes for years.
As Clara pieces together hidden documents and psychic visions, she discovers a deadly tradition passed through generations—and she's gotten too close to secrets worth killing for.
The recipes aren't just family heirlooms. They're a two-hundred-year blueprint for murder, and Clara's name might be added next.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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