The Spice Box
Lou Jane Temple

A new historical mystery—with authentic recipes of nineteenth-century New York

A delicious new mystery series that takes readers on a cook's tour of kitchens through history.

A fresh new series begins—one which will follow a spice box—and the cooks who use it—through different historical periods, each with a mystery to solve and a handful of precious recipes.

Bridget Heaney escaped from Ireland's Great Famine to New York City, where she spent her childhood as a pickpocket, supporting herself and her younger sister. But ever since she made her first pot of soup at the orphanage, she knew she wanted to be a cook. Now, in the home of wealthy and powerful department store owner Isaac Gold, her dream is about to come true.

But on Bridget's first day of work, amidst gleaming copper pots and mighty woodstoves, she finds a body hidden inside the dough box. It is Gold's youngest son, whose whereabouts have been a mystery for several days. Bridget's courage and street sense take her from cook to crime-solver as she helps the heartbroken Gold family unravel the story of their son's fate. Justice will be served-along with a home-cooked meal.

Berkley (Prime Crime), May 2005
320 pages ISBN: 0425200434
Hardcover
$21.95

Also by Lou Jane Temple:
Death du Jour, January 2007
The Spice Box, April 2006
Death Du Jour, March 2006

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