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She has the recipe for the perfect murder...Maria Capello is a celebrity chef like no other. A household name, an inspiration, an icon. Her dozens of cookbooks and weekly television show, broadcast from her beautiful Italian-style kitchen, not to mention her line of bestselling supermarket sauces. And of course there's her history. Once just the timid wife of famous chef Damien Capello, she stepped into the spotlight after Damien's mysterious disappearance twenty years before. An event she's never spoken about publicly until now, when it is announced that she is looking for a publisher for her memoirs.Why is Maria willing to finally break her silence? Why does she turn down seven-figure offers from large publishing houses and sign up with a small press? And why does she do so on the condition that it is edited by Thea Woods? Thea is a lifelong fan but has never met Maria and can't figure it out, plus she had been planning to hand in her notice that very day. But when she is invited to Maria's remote farm to work on the manuscript, she can't resist. After all, she may finally learn whether the rumours are that Maria killed Damien for his recipes and the legendary 'secret ingredient'...A deliciously rich thriller, perfect for readers of Bella Mackie's How To Kill Your Family and Alexia Casale's The Best Way to Bury Your Husband
Publication Year: 2025
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Dinner is ready on August 5th, 2025. Thea is an editor who is trying to redeem her career after some information was leaked about one of her authors. Just when she is about to get handed a pink slip, a miracle happens. Mysteriously, she got the chance of a lifetime to edit Maria Capello’s “tell all” memoir. Maria Capello is a famous chef with a controversial past. There is much speculation to what the secret ingredient to her meatballs might be. She invites Thea to stay with her, signing an NDA & disconnecting her from her cell phones and the outside world. Maria breadcrumbs chapters to Thea, trying to keep her close. Unexpected and unsettling connections keep popping up. Why did Maria want to work with her while her career was spiraling? Why do people keep disappearing? What is Maria’s motive? Will Thea ever see her family again? The Dead Husband Cookbook has twists & turns, tying things together in the end in ways I would never expect. Just when you think it’s predictable, the author tricks you & you’re second guessing your thoughts… maybe you’re right in the end, maybe not. The book is brilliant on its own, but it also has recipes! Are they any good? No idea, I hate cooking.