'An irresistibly delicious mix of cooking and murder' Tricia AshleyChef Charlie Hunter is just trying for mindfulness and a work/life balance, if such a thing is ever possible in the context of a busy professional kitchen.She's found herself a great podcast that's going to help her get there. Until she finds that her online self-help guru has feet of clay feet which are much closer to her restaurant than seems possible.Even more disruptive is the attack on a well known writer in Charlie's quiet Chilterns village of Hampden Green, and the arrest of the village's own celebrity shock jock.Charlie finds herself dealing with more than she can cope with, and never sure where the next attack will come from. Then mere backstabbing turns to murder

Alex Coombs was born in Lambeth in South London, studied Arabic at Oxford and Edinburgh Universities, and is a qualified chef. Alex lives in the Chilterns.