I’m happy to share with you the cover reveal for the next book in the “Five-Ingredient” mystery series, coming November 2022 and now up for preorder.
Book Synopsis
Managing a fitness club café and collaborating on recipes with her grandfather are Val Deniston’s usual specialties, only she’s about to set sail into another murder case—this time at a mystery lovers convention!
When the Deadly Desserts bake-off lives up to its name, Val and Granddad turn up the heat on a killer . . .
The Maryland Mystery Fan Fest sounds like exactly the fun getaway cafe manager Val Deniston and her grandfather could use. Granddad will even compete in a dessert competition in which contestants assume the roles of cooks to famous fictional sleuths. Playing Nero Wolfe’s gourmet cook Fritz is an exciting challenge for Granddad. A restaurant manager is playing Lord Peter Wimsey’s valet and cook Bunter. But Granddad is steamed to learn who will be playing Sherlock Holmes’s landlady, Mrs. Hudson—his nemesis Cynthia Sweet, who he believes ripped off his five-ingredient theme from his column “Codger Cook” to use in her own recipe column.
Apparently, he isn’t the only one who has a beef with his not-so-sweet competitor. When she’s found dead in her room with the teakettle whistling, it’s up to Val and her grandfather to sort through the festival goers to find out who was most definitely not a fan of Cynthia Sweet . . .
Includes delicious five-ingredient recipes!
Publication Date: November 29, 2022
Publisher: Kensington Books
Format: Print and digital
Name of Series: Five-Ingredient
Number in Series: #8
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Author Website: mayacorrigan.com
About the author
Maya (Mary Ann) Corrigan writes the Five-Ingredient Mysteries featuring a café manager solving murders in a Chesapeake Bay town with her live-wire grandfather, the Codger Cook. Each book has five suspects, five clues, and Granddad’s five-ingredient recipes. Maya’s 7th book, Gingerdead Man, is set during a Dickens festival, and her upcoming book, Bake Offed, takes place at a mystery fan festival. A Virginia resident, she has taught college courses in writing, literature, and detective fiction. When not reading and writing, Maya enjoys theater, travel, trivia, cooking, and crosswords. Visit her website, mayacorrigan.com, for recipes, fun food facts, and mystery history and trivia.
All comments are welcomed.
It’s exciting for me to see the new cover on your great blog, Dru.. Thank you for showing it to your readers!
Great cover! Maya~I love the theme of your books! This looks like a fun read!
Thank you, Carole! It’s my favorite cover, but I think that each time I see the latest one.
Such a beautiful and yummy cover, Maya! I can’t wait to read it!
Thank you, Kim. I feel like having tea when I look at the cover.
Cute cover! Congratulations!
Thanks, Sherry.
I love the little murdery touches on the cake and cookie decorations. Can’t wait to read it.
Thank you, Brenda. I asked for those icing decorations and was thrilled with how the cover artist did it.
Great cover, Maya! Congratulations!
Thank you! It’s my favorite cover.
Beautiful cover!
Thank you, Christie.
I love it, Maya! Congratulations!