I’m delighted to be helping to reveal the first book in the The Old Forge Cafe series, A Taste of Death by H.V.Coombs.

A Taste of Death will be published by Maze, a Harper Collins imprint, on 24th July 2017 and is available for pre-order here.

A Taste of Death

Midsomer Murders meets The Great British Bake-Off in this foodie delight with murder at its heart.

The first murder happened while I was making meringues…

When Ben Hunter moves to become head chef at the Old Forge Café in the quiet village of Hampden Green, a tricky recipe for egg-based desserts isn’t the only thing he gets embroiled in. As he struggles with a whisk in his first week , he gets an unexpected visit from DI Slattery – there’s been a murder and he’s a suspect. Ben resolves to get to the bottom of the mystery, and he soon discovers that this sleepy Chilterns village is covering up a whole lot more than an appetite for sweet treats…