Book Description

Please note these books were first published under Faith Martin's pen name Joyce Cato.Welcome to the world of Jenny Starling — where the scones are flaky, the guests are under suspicion, and murder is always on the menu.She’s a passionate travelling cook turned reluctant sleuth, with a knack for stumbling over crime scenes. Wherever Jenny goes, someone inconveniently drops dead.MEET YOUR AMATEUR SLEUTHJenny Starling is a six-foot-one-inch force of nature on a one-woman mission to bring back ‘real’ food. Curvaceous and confident, she’s a modern single woman, living the lifestyle that suits her. Jenny drives a disreputable cherry-red van adorned with unicorns and a personalized “EAT ME1” number plate. She’s happy travelling the country catering events and cooking great food, but along with her palate for gourmet cuisine comes a nose for foul play. Snobs irk her, mysteries intrigue her, and when the soufflés rise and the bodies drop, Jenny serves up the truth — hot, satisfying, and with just a pinch of sass.THE SETTINGSet against the backdrop of idyllic English villages, imposing stately homes, riverboats, castles, and country fêtes, this delightful mystery series takes you deep into the quaint charm of rural Britain — and then promptly drags a corpse out of the ornamental pond. Every cozy setting hides a killer twist, and it’s just Jenny’s rotten luck that murder always follows wherever she goes. From the rolling Cotswolds hills to the dreaming spires of Oxford, each picture-perfect place turns deadly — especially when the knives come out (and not just in the kitchen).