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The Dead Husband Cookbook


A Mystery Novel


Subgenres:

  • Thriller,
  • Gothic
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Sinister culinary worlds with secrets buried under the surface
  • Memoir projects that spiral into claustrophobic, isolated danger
  • Families whose dark pasts are almost too twisted to believe

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I think it’s really hard for authors to write something truly unique these days, but this was unique. I was hooked from the start and I genuinely couldn’t stop reading! 

When Thea is given the task of editing the memoir of her culinary idol, Maria Capello, we’re plunged into the life of this world-renowned chef, the mystery of her husband’s death, and the theories that surround it. And it’s Thea’s job to find out the truth about the scandal that shook the world. Mysterious, horrifying and impossible to put down.

Publisher Description

A deliciously wicked new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Danielle Valentine.

One husband, well done. When infamous chef, restaurateur, and television personality Maria Capello's husband died, the media circus was intense…and quick to cast the blame. Whispers claimed Maria murdered her husband to build her culinary empire on his bones, and that there was an all-too-grisly reason his body was never recovered. Yet for the past few decades, the Capello family maintained their stoney silence—until now.

Thea Woods has no idea why she was chosen to work with Maria on her sure-to-be-infamous memoir, but she doesn't question her luck. Spirited away to the Capello's rustic upstate farm, she's soon embroiled in the mystery—and cut off from the rest of the world. It should be the job of a lifetime, but something's not quite right with the close-knit clan, and Damien Capello isn't the only one to go mysteriously missing over the years.

As the true story of Maria's past unfolds and the stench of rot hidden behind the kind coastal grandmother veneer rises, Thea finds herself trapped...and desperately afraid. Because there are reasons why Damien's body was never found...and why, in over thirty years, Maria Capello has never revealed the secret ingredient in her most famous recipe.

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