Earthly Delights
A Corinna Chapman Mystery
by Kerry Greenwood
Divorcee Corinna Chapman traded in her accountant’s suit for a baker’s whites when she opened Earthly Delights, a
gourmet bakery in downtown Melbourne. She loves her work, and living (and working) in Roman-style apartment block
Insula with her cats. But somebody in the city is killing junkies, and one almost expires on her doorstep one
early morning. As if this wasn’t bad enough, somebody is also sending poison pen letters and spray painting
slogans of the "Whore of Babylon" variety. Can handsome and mysterious soup kitchen volunteer, Daniel, help out, or
has he something to do with it all?
Fans of her Phryne Fisher series will be glad that she is doing something new, although I personally hope she
continues with the series which made her famous as well. There is a lot packed into this slim volume as you would
expect, but whereas Phryne is a woman who solves crimes (so this is always going to be the focus of the stories)
the focus of this book is less clear-cut. Essentially, I would say that this is as much about the entertaining
characters that inhabit Insula as it is about murders, so it will be interesting to see how the series progresses
as to focus. It does need patting together a bit more, as pages go by with information about bread making,
Melbourne’s seedier side by night and other matters before any crime is committed. This aside, anybody who can
write a cozy about hard drugs and S&M is clearly a writer to be reckoned with, as if us Phryne Fisher fans didn’t
already know that. |
The Book |
Poisoned Pen Press |
June 2007 |
Hardback |
1590583930
9781590583937 |
Mystery / Contemporary - Melbourne, Australia |
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The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2007 |
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