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Allen & Unwin, January 2006
Reviewed by Sally Roddom
Corinna Chapman gave up her stressful accounting lifestyle and power suits
for triple X tracksuits and a 4:30 A.M. start every morning in her bakery
Earthly Delights. When she is not cooking the most wonderful cakes,
breads, and pastries, she is solving neighbourhood mysteries. Her aging
parents, who live in a commune, disapprove of Corinna’s lifestyle, so
there is no love lost between them and contact is virtually non-existent.
Corinna’s peace is shattered when her mother, Starshine, turns up on the
doorstep screeching that Corinna’s father has run away to the city taking
all their money, and Corinna has to find him. Then there is a mysterious
herbal tea concoction which has killed two people, and a really creepy new
hooded cult that believes in denying the flesh, more than enough to keep
Corinna and her Israeli lover, Daniel, busy.
DEVIL’S FOOD is the third title in the series, and the books just keep on
getting better. The earlier titles are EARTHLY DELIGHTS and HEAVENLY
PLEASURES, and all are set in Melbourne, Australia. Corinna is a larger
than life character, who loves her food, her man and life. She hates
watching the news as there is too much evil in the world, but is hooked on
reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This book is unashamedly cosy – it is
light, chatty, funny and easy to read. There are afternoon teas, cats and
romance – in fact there are a lot of cats as just about everyone in the
apartment block has one. Underneath all the banter and light heartedness
Kerry Greenwood cleverly manages to make a lot of political statements on
the state of the world today. I really enjoyed this laugh out loud book
and recommend all three in the series.
May 2006 review originally published on Murder and Mayhem
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