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The Cook and Inspector Mysteries, Book 9
Cozy Mystery, Culinary Cozy Mystery
Date Published: June 25, 2025
Buried secrets, a killer in disguise, and not even the truffles can be trusted...
When culinary dreamer Angie Amalfi sets her sights on chocolate stardom, her kitchen becomes a cocoa-covered lab of decadent disasters and divine delights. Her goal? To invent the perfect chocolate candy—“angelinas”—a melt-in-your-mouth masterpiece that could finally make her name in San Francisco’s cutthroat foodie scene.
But when Angie donates her “not-quite-there-yet” test batches to a local charity mission, she stumbles into more than gratitude. The mission’s minister seems to have secrets simmering beneath his saintly smile, and when Angie volunteers for their big fundraiser, she’s suddenly stirring up something far more sinister than ganache.
Her fiancé, Inspector Paavo Smith, warns her to stay away—especially with rumors swirling of police corruption and a killer on the loose. But when Paavo is framed and suspended, Angie ditches her spatula for sleuthing gear. Someone’s cooking up a setup—and she’s not about to let Paavo take the fall.
To help clear his name, Angie will need more than her confectionery skills… and the clock is ticking.
Sink your teeth into Truffles to Die For—a deliciously suspenseful cozy mystery. Indulge yourself in murder with a chocolate twist!
The Cook and Inspector Mysteries
Death on a Silver Platter, Book 1
A Quiche Before Dying, Book 2
The Marinara Murders, Book 3
Close Encounters of the Deadly Kind, Book 4
Death by Devil’s Food, Book 5
Blind Date’s Bitter End, Book 6
The Taverna Affair, Book 7
The Music Box Mystery, Book 8
Truffles to Die For, Book 9
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Joanne Pence is an award-winning, USA Today best-selling author of The Cook and Inspector Mysteries, the Inspector Rebecca Mayfield mysteries, the Ancient Secrets supernatural suspense novels (under JM Pence), as well as contemporary romance, historical fiction, romantic suspense, and a fantasy. Her novels present a variety of times, places, and reading experiences from mysterious to thrilling, emotional to lightly humorous, as well as powerful tales of times long past. Her books have won or been nominated for a number of high honors, including the Willa Cather Literary Award for Historical Fiction; North American Book Award for Mystery; Idaho Top Fiction Award; The Golden Quill, RWA's Rita and Golden Heart Awards, Daphne du Maurier Award, Independent Bookseller's Golden Scroll, and Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and Best Amateur Sleuth Award.
"Joanne Pence is a master of the mystery genre. She pulls the reader in and sets the roller coaster in motion."--Carolyn Haines, USA Today bestselling author
"Joanne Pence provides laughter, love, and cold chills." --Carolyn Hart, NY Times bestselling author
"Angie Amalfi is the Queen of the Culinary Sleuths" --RT Book Club
"Joanne Pence is a master chef"--Mystery Scene magazine
"Pence's tongue-in-cheek humor keeps us grinning." --San Francisco Chronicle
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