Recipes for love and murder
Subtitle: a Tannie Maria mystery
By: Sally Andrew
Edition: First Canadian edition.
Series: Tannie Maria mystery
Publisher: Harper Avenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9781443443029
Subjects: Fiction; Murder; Investigation; Women journalists
Description: "A bright new talent makes her fiction debut with this first novel in a delicious crime series set in rural South Africa: a flavorful blend of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Goldy Schulz, full of humor, romance, and recipes, and featuring a charming cast of characters. Tannie Maria ("tannie" meaning auntie, the respectful Afrikaans address for a woman older than you) is a middle-aged widow who likes to cook and eat. She shares her culinary love through her work as a recipe columnist for the local paper, until the Gazette decides its readers are hungrier for advice on matters of the heart than for lunch and dinner ideas. Tannie Maria doesn't like the change but soon discovers she has a knack and a passion for helping people. Of course, a recipe is always part of the remedy she offers. Assisting other people with their problems, Tannie Maria is eventually forced to face her own issues, especially when the troubles of those she helps touch on the pain of her own past like a woman who contacts her desperate to escape her abusive husband. When the woman is murdered, Tannie Maria becomes dangerously entwined in the investigation, despite the best efforts of a handsome detective named Kannemeyer, who is determined to keep her safe. Suddenly, this practical, down-to-earth woman is involved in something much more sinister than perfecting her chocolate cake recipe . . ." -- ONIX annotation.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain by Canongate Books Ltd. in 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes recipes.