Bittersweet Secrets

Before Pine Grove.
Before The Good Chef Restaurant.
Before Lily Good put down her badge…

Lily Jane Good was an NYPD homicide detective—and the wife of a CIA operative living a life defined by secrecy and sacrifice.

She understood danger.

She did not expect it to take him.

When her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, the official explanation leaves too many unanswered questions. The investigation is sealed. The details are classified. And Lily is told to let it go.

She can’t.
Grief collides with instinct as Lily begins asking questions no one wants answered. But pushing for the truth comes at a cost—one that threatens her career, her family, and everything she thought she understood about loyalty.

Set in New York City, Bittersweet Secrets is the powerful prequel to The Good Chef Mysteries, revealing the tragedy that forces Lily to walk away from the NYPD and reshapes the course of her life.

This is where her story truly begins.