2004 Allen Unwin trade paperback, 3rd printing.Kerry Greenwood (Murder on the Ballarat Train). One day, Corinna Chapman, high profile accountant and banker, walked out on the money market and her dismissive and unpleasant husband James, threw aside her briefcase, and doffed her kitten heels forever. Now she is a baker with her own business, Earthly Delights, in Melbourne, Australia, living in an eccentric building on the Roman model called Insula with a lot of similarly eccentric people.- Amazon Introducing baker and amateur sleuth Corinna Chapman ... mysteries filled with gastronomical delights, humour and unexpected twists from the bestselling author of the Phyrne Fisher mysteries.Baking is an alchemical process for Corinna Chapman. At four am she starts work at Earthly Delights, her bakery in Calico Alley.But one morning Corinna receives a threatening note saying 'The wages of sin is death' and finds a syringe in her cat's paw. A blue-faced junkie has collapsed in the dark alley and a mysterious man with beautiful eyes appears with a plan for Corinna and her bread. Then it is Goths, dead drug addicts, witchcraft, a homeless boy and a missing girl and it seems she will never get those muffins cooked in time.With flair, chutzpah and a talent for kneading, Corinna Chapman will find out who exactly is threatening her life and bake some beautiful bread.'Greenwood provides us with lavish helpings of the ingredients essential to good popular fiction: food, frocks, furnishings and some essential frolicks beneath the sheets' - Sydney Morning Herald on Murder in Montparnasse Baking Is An Alchemical Process For Corinna Chapman. At Four Am She Starts Work At Earthly Delights, Her Bakery In Calico Alley. But One Morning Corinna Receives A Threatening Note Saying 'the Wages Of Sin Is Death' And Finds A Syringe In Her Cat's Paw. A Blue-faced Junkie Has Collapsed In The Dark Alley And A Mysterious Man With Beautiful Eyes Appears With A Plan For Corinna And Her Bread. Then It Is Goths, Dead Drug Addicts, Witchcraft, A Homeless Boy And A Missing Girl And It Seems She Will Never Get Those Muffins Cooked In Time. With Flair, Chutzpah And A Talent For Kneading, Corinna Chapman Will Find Out Who Exactly Is Threatening Her Life And Bake Some Beautiful Bread. -- Back Cover. One Morning, Baker Corinna Chapman Receives A Note Saying 'the Wages Of Sin Is Death', And Finds A Syringe In Her Cats' Paw. Dead Drug Addicts, Goths, Witchcraft, A Homeless Boy And A Missing Girl -- It Seems She Will Never Get Her Muffins Cooked In Time. Kerry Greenwood. Baking is an alchemical process for Corinna. Each day, at 4am, she starts work at Earthly Delights, her bakery in Calico Alley. But one morning Corinna receives a note saying "The wages of sin is death": with flair, chutzpah and a talent for kneading, she'll discover who's threatening her.
