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The Dead Husband Cookbook

Danielle Valentine · Mystery & Thriller

42 Pulse Score

Based on recommendations from independent creators

morally grey charactertwist ending
domestic thrillerpsychological thriller
🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit

#127 All Time

About this book

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 an

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