The Dead Husband Cookbook
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- USD 11.99
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- USD 11.99
Publisher Description
** A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR **
'A terrific read'- DAILY MAIL
'Dazzlingly original' - SUNDAY TIMES
'Atmospheric and suspenseful' - GUARDIAN
She has the recipe for the perfect murder...
Maria Capello is a celebrity chef like no other. A household name with dozens of cookbooks and a weekly television show, not to mention her line of bestselling supermarket sauces. Once just the timid wife of famous chef Damien Capello, she stepped into the spotlight after his mysterious disappearance, an event she's never spoken about publicly... until now.
Why is Maria willing to break her silence? When editor Thea Woods is invited to Maria's remote farmhouse to work on the manuscript of her tell-all memoir, Thea spots an opportunity. She could be the one to finally learn whether the rumours are true. Did Maria kill Damien for his recipes and the legendary 'secret ingredient'? Or is the truth even darker?
A deliciously rich thriller, perfect for readers of Bella Mackie's How To Kill Your Family and Alexia Casale's The Best Way to Bury Your Husband.
'A sizzling read sauced with scares galore' - ORLANDO MURRIN
'A deliciously dark tale with a mouth-watering mystery at its heart' - T.M. LOGAN
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A book editor reboots her career while uncovering secrets from a renowned chef's past in Valentine's deliciously dark latest (after Delicate Condition). On the outs with her boss for a significant mistake involving a former client, Thea Woods thinks her career is over. Then she learns that celebrity chef Maria Capello, whom she's never met, has offered Thea's publishing house her memoir—but only if Thea edits it. Baffled and intrigued, Thea agrees to stay at Maria's rural farm in Upstate New York while she works on the manuscript. Almost immediately, she senses something's not right in the Capello household, which includes Maria and her two adult children. Meanwhile, Thea hopes the manuscript will straighten out details about the disappearance of Maria's husband three decades earlier. Rumors have long swirled that Maria killed him and used his remains as a secret ingredient in her popular meatballs. As Thea edits Maria's bombshell-packed memoir, Valentine ratchets up the suspense, deploying all manner of horror tropes—including animals screaming in the woods and rustling footsteps in the house—to build a sense of dread. Then one of Maria's houseguests goes missing, bringing the tension to a fever pitch. Suspense fans won't be able to put this down.
