Murder on the Menu
(2026)A collection of stories by Judee Fong, Debra Henry, Winona Kent, C J Papoutsis, Merrilee Robson and Joanna Vandervlugt
The Murder on the Menu mysteries, written and produced by the Second-Act Sleuth's, span the globe, from Victoria, BC to London, England.
Step back into the 1980s and the life of Nick Dimakis, the Bookie. Can he finally break free from the Greek curse he was born under, or will the discovery of a body signal the end to his bookie business.
London, 1973. Seventeen-year-old Lucy is a naive young writer desperately in need of real-life experiences. One late night, aboard a suburban train, she witnesses something terrible. Fifty years later, she's back in London on a publicity tour — and a cold case unlocks a memory she didn't know she'd buried.
Will the elderly lady in pink reveal to an ambitious podcaster the secret of one treacherous summer day, when three young women with Joan Jett in their hearts defended themselves against a politician’s lecherous son, only to come face-to-face with a stranger on the road?
Cranky, chocolate-loving Detective Figby Newton is counting the hours until retirement when he finds himself investigating a possible serial killer with a passion for leafy poisons. Will Detective Figby’s last case prove to be unsolvable?
Genre: Mystery
Step back into the 1980s and the life of Nick Dimakis, the Bookie. Can he finally break free from the Greek curse he was born under, or will the discovery of a body signal the end to his bookie business.
London, 1973. Seventeen-year-old Lucy is a naive young writer desperately in need of real-life experiences. One late night, aboard a suburban train, she witnesses something terrible. Fifty years later, she's back in London on a publicity tour — and a cold case unlocks a memory she didn't know she'd buried.
Will the elderly lady in pink reveal to an ambitious podcaster the secret of one treacherous summer day, when three young women with Joan Jett in their hearts defended themselves against a politician’s lecherous son, only to come face-to-face with a stranger on the road?
Cranky, chocolate-loving Detective Figby Newton is counting the hours until retirement when he finds himself investigating a possible serial killer with a passion for leafy poisons. Will Detective Figby’s last case prove to be unsolvable?
Genre: Mystery