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  • Published: 25 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9780593097793
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $19.99
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Al Dente's Inferno





An American chef will have to serve up more than good eats to earn her place at a farm-to-table cooking school in Tuscany, in this charming first installment in a new cozy mystery series set in Italy.

An American chef will have to serve up more than good eats if she wants to establish a successful farm-to-table cooking school in Tuscany, in this charming first installment in a new cozy mystery series set in Italy. 
 
When Nell Valenti is offered a chance to move to Tuscany to help transform an aging villa into a farm-to-table cooking school, she eagerly accepts. After all, both her job and her love life in America have been feeling stale. Plus, she'll get the chance to work under the acclaimed Italian Chef Claudio Orlandini.
 
But Nell gets more than she bargained for when she arrives. With only a day to go until the launch dinner for the cooking school, the villa is in shambles, and Chef O is blissfully oblivious of the work that needs to be done before a group of local dignitaries arrive, along with a filmmaker sent to showcase and advertise the new school. The situation only worsens when Nell discovers that the filmmaker is an ex-boyfriend, and he’s found murdered later that night. Even worse, Chef O has disappeared, and accusations of murder could shut the school down for good.
 
As tensions reach a boiling point at the villa, Nell must throw her chef's hat into the ring, and investigate the murder herself. Because if she fails to solve the case, her career, or even her life, could be next on the chopping block.

  • Published: 25 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9780593097793
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $19.99
Categories:

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Praise for Al Dente's Inferno

Praise for Stephanie Cole writing as Shelley Costa

"An engaging, deftly-plotted mystery with a smart, tough-minded heroine."--Daniel Stashower, New York Times bestselling author

"Costa hits all the right notes--vulnerable but likable characters, a compelling plot, a clearly drawn setting, and a tangled web of past and present events." --Sheila Connolly, New York Times bestselling author of the County Cork Mysteries

"Taut, well written and suspenseful . . . draws readers into a community where the past haunts the present and residents' motives are buried deep . . . just like the truth." --Kylie Logan, national bestselling author of the Ethnic Eats Mysteries

"A strong plot and engaging characters make for a well-crafted mystery."--Publishers Weekly

"Costa brings a secret cooking society to light in this fascinating outing in her food-centric cozy mystery series."--RT Book Reviews