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The Spice Box
Lou Jane Temple
First Time in Paperback
First in a fresh new series in which crimes are solved by
women chefs. Includes authentic recipes of 19th-century New
York City!
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, April 2006
320 pages ISBN: 0425206653
Paperback
$6.99
Also by Lou Jane Temple:
  Death du Jour, January 2007
Death Du Jour, March 2006
The Spice Box, May 2005
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