From Ladle to Grave

A darkly entertaining culinary cozy simmering with sharp twists set in Virginia.

As literary caterer Tish Tarragon goes lock up at St. Jude's Episcopal Church hall after a fundraising dinner, she takes a tumble in the graveyard . . . over a dead body. Retired Sheriff Gadsden Carney has been murdered - and his murder looks suspiciously similar to a case that rocked Hobson Glen twenty-five years ago.

Could a body found in a graveyard be linked to a tragic murder twenty-five years ago? Tish Tarragon is plunged into a new case when a fundraising dinner in the local church hall leads to a dark discovery.

Literary caterer Tish Tarragon's 'heroines of literature' fundraising dinner at St Jude's Episcopal Church is a resounding success. But as Tish walks through the graveyard to lock up the church hall, she takes a tumble . . . over a dead body.

Retired Sheriff Gadsden Carney has been murdered. Not only that, he's lying upon the Honeycutt family plot. Six-year-old Daisy Honeycutt was killed twenty-five years ago in a case that rocked Hobson Glen. Sheriff Carney was in charge of the investigation - and his murder looks suspiciously similar to young Daisy's.

Tish and Sheriff Reade discover that Gadsden was looking into the Honeycutt case again. Could his death be linked to Daisy's murder all those years ago? Her killer died behind bars. Or so everyone thought . . .