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Cooking the Books

Kerry Greenwood

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English
Allen & Unwin
01 October 2011
Series: Corinna Chapman
Corinna Chapman, talented baker and reluctant investigator, is trying very hard to do nothing at all on her holidays. Her gorgeous Daniel is only intermittently at her side (he's roaming the streets tracking down a multi-thousand dollar corporate theft). Jason, her baking offsider, has gone off to learn how to surf. And Kylie and Goss are fulfilling their lives' ambition auditioning for a soapie. It should be a time of quiet reflection for Corinna but quiet reflection doesn't seem to suit her - she's bored.

Scenting a whiff of danger, Corinna accepts an offer from a caterer friend to do the baking for the film set of a new soap called 'Kiss the Bride'. The soapie in which Kylie and Goss have parts. Twists and turns and complications that could only happen to Corinna ensue involving, bizarrely, nursery rhymes and a tiger called Tabitha.

While on the other side of town, a young woman is being unmercifully bullied by her corporate employers - employers who spend a lot of time cooking the books.

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Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   285g
ISBN:   9781742370217
ISBN 10:   1742370217
Series:   Corinna Chapman
Pages:   312
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kerry Greenwood is the author of many bestselling novels and the editor of two collections. The first five books in the Corinna series are Earthly Delights (2004), Heavenly Pleasures (2005), Devil's Food (2006), Trick or Treat (2008) and Forbidden Fruit (2010). Previous novels in the Phryne Fisher series are Cocaine Blues, Flying too High, Murder on the Ballarat Train, Death at Victoria Dock, Blood and Circuses, The Green Mill Murder, Ruddy Gore, Urn Burial, Raisins and Almonds, Death Before Wicket, Away with the Fairies, Murder in Montparnasse, The Castlemaine Murders, Queen of the Flowers, Death by Water, Murder in the Dark, Murder on a Midsummer Night and Dead Man's Chest. She is also the author of several books for young adults and the Delphic Women series.

Reviews for Cooking the Books

Corinna Chapman is on a break and she's bored. Daniel is off tracking down corporate fraud, Jason is on a surfing holiday, Goss and Kylie are working on a soapie. So Corinna helps a friend with her catering business on the soapie's film set and her holiday starts to look like hard work indeed! The perfect summer read, this is deliciously entertaining - I think the best so far in the series. Lindy





This quirky crime series may be an acquired taste but, once hooked, it's a feast of psychological drama and culinary delights. Courier Mail What a delightful character the unflappable baker and reluctant investigator Corinna Chapman is Sydney Morning Herald


  • Long-listed for Davitt Awards for Australian Women's Crime Writing 2012 (Australia)
  • Long-listed for Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award 2003 (Australia)
  • Long-listed for Sisters in Crime Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 (Australia)
  • Long-listed for Sisters in Crime's Davitt Awards: Best Adult Novel 2012.

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