The Society of Historical Gastronomes is gathering for a weekend symposium on food from the past. Darina Lisle has been asked to cater the occasion and has prepared a multitude of exquisite dishes - from salmagundis to a deepe coffyn - culled from ancient recipe books. But when the chairman is found stabbed to death with a boning knife, the professional pique of the attendant foodies takes on a more sinister meaning. Discarded lovers, jealous colleagues, and a plagiarized author have good reason to resent the victim's success. Darina, too, is under suspicion and determines to clear her name by revealing the murderer's true identity.

When Darina Lisle agrees to help out in her old schoolfriend's rapidly expanding catering company, The Wooden Spoon, she expects to be kept frantically busy, with cookery demonstrations, cocktail parties and elaborate private dinners. But she doesn't expect to be involved in death ... Even a simple case of food poisoning would be bad for business and once the story leaks to the press The Wooden Spoon sees bookings fall. But when insinuations of murder begin to surface, Darina is drawn further into the web of intrigue. Natural curiosity leads to her own investigations, and when Detective Sergeant William Pigram ridicules her amateur sleuthing, Darina is more determined than ever to solve the mystery herself.

Professional caterer, cook, and sometime amateur detective, Darina Lisle finds herself in a pickle when she sets out to try her hand at being a hotelier. Detective William Pigram soon realizes that by introducing Darina to the seedy Hotel Morgan, he may have cooked his own goose. The statuesque and self-reliant Ms. Lisle has once again found a passionate interest other than his handsome self. Determined to save this West Country inn, Darina finds herself embroiled in the turbulent relations of the establishment's troubled owners, a bewildered blond widow and her grown stepson, whose icy blue eyes hold a compelling appeal. And while Darina grows increasingly more intrigued with this enigmatic pair, William is busy investigating the murder of a beautiful employee of another, far more elegant local hotel, piecing together the dead woman's scandalous affairs with the help of his able assistant, Pat James, a pert young female detective constable. Darina and William are being pulled apart by their divergent interests until a shocking second murder brings the culinary artiste and the courtly cop into dramatic proximity. As death stalks the "Hotel Morgue," Darina's sleuthing skills bubble to the surface, and she puts aside her hotel duties just long enough to help Pigram apprehend a double killer.

Asked to judge a prestigious cooking competition in London, professional caterer Darina Lisle befriends the winner, Verity Fry, and senses unexplained hostility beteen Verity and her fiancé

When Darina Lisle is asked to write a cookery book sponsored by Finer Foods, a firm that imports exotic gourmet delicacies, she sees it as an exciting challenge. But Darina soon discovers that Finer Foods' profits are plummeting and the finances are in a shambles. To add to all of this, she notices a deep-seated antagonism between the new managing director, Joel Madoc, and the other directors, and the tension is only heightened when Joel announces his engagement to the owner of a local delicatessen. Soon tragedy strikes in Finer Foods' demonstration kitchen - was it accident or murder? When a second death is only narrowly averted, Darina becomes convinced that the police are on the wrong track. Darina soon finds herself doing some tricky international investigating on her own. As she becomes more deeply involved in the mysteries surrounding Finer Foods, will she be able to solve this difficult recipe for murder?

Television viewers are invited to delight in Darina Lisle's next episode of her top-rated food series Table for Four. Death isn't on the menu until Darina's charming costar Bruce Bennet drops dead on camera. With equal flair for detection as for cooking Darina finds two more murders adding spice to the crime. And unless she unmasks a killer before the plot thickens, she may become the final ingredient in a recipe for how to create the perfect murder.

Tod in der Meisterköchin Darina Lisle und Inspector William Pigram ermitteln Der spannende Cosy Crime von Janet Laurence Kochexpertin Darina Lisle und ihr frischgebackener Ehemann, Detective Inspector William Pigram, genießen ihre Flitterwochen im Süden Frankreichs. Dort lernen sie die britische Auswanderin und Kochguru Helen Mansard kennen, die darauf besteht, Darina und William zum Mittagessen einzuladen. Beim Besuch zeigt Helens Partner, Bernard Barrington Smythe, ehemaliger Havariekommissar der Londoner Versicherungsbörse, ihnen seine neuste Eine Ölmühle, mit der er ein Vermögen machen will. Ein perfekter Plan, um den Ruhestand zu genießen – würde es nicht plötzlich zu einem Todesfall in der Ölmühle kommen. Darina und William suchen gemeinsam nach dem Täter&nbsp Dies ist die Neuauflage des beliebten Darina Lisle-Krimis Mord à la provençale . Erste Leserstimmen „ein spannender Krimi mit französischem Flair“ „Bitte mehr von Darina Lisle! Ich kann gar nicht genug bekommen ...“ „man würde so gern mit Darina und William am Tisch sitzen“ „Janet Laurence schafft es immer wieder, mich mit ihren Cosy Crimes in ihren Bann zuziehen – klare Leseempfehlung!“ „feinster Kochkrimi für alle, die gerne miträtseln, kochen und auf britischen Humor stehen“ Über den Autor/die Autorin Janet Laurence begann ihre berufliche Laufbahn in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Sie leitete Kochkurse, schrieb nebenbei regelmäßig für den Daily Telegraph und verfasste eine wöchentliche Kolumne zum Thema Kochen. Heute schreibt sie sowohl Kochbücher als auch Kriminalromane und lebt mit ihrem Mann in England und in der Bretagne.

Darina Lisle is accompanying her recently widowed mother for a reviving stay at the Conifers Spa health farm, hoping it will enable her to lose some of the weight gained since her honeymoon in the south of France. Weight is not the only challenge being faced by an entertaining and varied collection of what is healthy eating? Is being overweight something to worry about? The spa itself, run by a friend of Darina’s, is in a severe financial crisis, and there are staff troubles. Darina’s husband, William, is part of the investigating team called in when death is discovered. Possible motives multiply. Darina herself is faced by personal and career challenges that force her to reassess some long held preconceptions as she tries to sort out the puzzles surrounding the murder, then finds that she is confronting an unexpectedly strong and violent killer.

Juggling a successful cookery writing career with a knack for solving mysteries, Darina Lisle agrees to find a little boy's father. If only she'd realized the trouble it would cause her, especially in her private life.

What could possibly spoil a cruise around Scandinavia? Darina Lisle is about to find out when the ship's purser disappears over board - and rumours abound that he was murdered... When Darina Lisle was offered a free cruise on the Empress of India it was hard to decide what was the most exciting. The two weeks on a luxury liner? The opportunity to advise the cruise company on their menus? Or the promise of the uninterrupted company of her husband Detective William Pigram? Once on board Darina becomes acquainted with her fellow passengers, including cruise veteran Enid Carter, and lottery winner Shona Mallory and her family. Unfortunately her plans of a relaxing break in such varied company are shattered the moment Purser Phil Burrell disappears - and William is called upon to help. At first it is assumed the Assistant Purser is lying low after an all too public altercation over a woman. But it quickly becomes clear he is not on board. And if he's not on board...did the heartbroken man take his own life by leaping into the sea? Or did someone give him a helping hand...?