Together for the first time - the first three Culinary Mysteries.

Forty-something homemaker Carolyn Blue is through with cooking and cleaning. She's finally decided to throw in the dish-towel - and take on a dream job as a food writer. Now her plate is filled with exotic locales, delectable foods, and even a dash of crime - to taste. She could very well get used to this...

Crime Brûleé

Carolyn accompanies her husband to an academic conference in New Orleans and decides to use this opportunity to write a story about Cajun cuisine. But just as she gets a taste of Creole, an old friend disappears from a dinner party. Clues lead Carolyn right to an alligator swamp. She'd better act fast, because in these parts, it's eat or be eaten...

Truffled Feathers

Hoping to woo her husband into a consulting position, a large pharmaceutical company flies him and Carolyn to the Big Apple. From miso to matzo, they get serious wining and dining and a true taste of New York. Then the head of the company keels over after a helping hand of pastrami...

Death à l'Orange

It's a culinary tour de France for Carolyn Blue and her family as they travel through Normandy and the Loire Valley with a group of academics. But it seems like their bus took a wrong turn down Rue de Murder. As people start dropping, Carolyn is once again tracking down a killer with an insatiable appetite. C'est la vie...