A Recipe Room for Murder: Maeve Laurent Cozy Mystery

In New Orleans, every family recipe has a story. Some are worth killing for.Maeve Laurent has a talent for uncovering the secrets hidden in old recipe boxes. At The Recipe Room, she restores faded cards, reconstructs forgotten dishes, and makes sure the people behind them get the credit they deserve.Then someone rewrites the past.When a treasured oyster-dressing recipe is deliberately altered and passed off as a Bellanger family tradition, Maeve refuses to let the lie stand. Hours later, amid the fragrant kitchens and bustling crowds of a New Orleans food festival, Charles Bellanger is found murdered-with Maeve's working copy of the recipe near his body.Now Maeve's reputation is at risk, a chef she knows is under suspicion, and everyone connected to the recipe remembers its history differently.To find the killer, Maeve must sift through handwritten clues, family secrets, conflicting memories, and culinary evidence-where an ingredient substitution matters and even a cooking time can expose a lie.Someone changed the recipe. But which lie led to murder?Perfect for readers who savor clever culinary clues, New Orleans charm, loyal friendships, family secrets, and mysteries where the smallest detail can crack the case.