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Zusatztext Praise for Al Dente's Inferno "Tuscan charm! humor! and fantastic food! Stephanie Cole paints Tuscany vividly from the olive groves to the vineyards. Breakfasts of Bavarian-filled pastry and elegant dinners with white truffle pappardelle blend with clever sleuthing and hysterical mishaps. A delightful mystery! both comforting and exotic! peppered with unexpected characters."- - Krista Davis! New York Times bestselling author of The Dog Who Knew Too Much "An intriguing mystery and an intelligent heroine make for the perfect combination. Pull up a chair! pass the parmesan! mangia!"—Kylie Logan! national bestselling author of Italian Iced “This book made me want to travel to Tuscany! live in a centuries-old convent in Cortona…and follow the engaging Nell Valenti on every adventure.”—Julia Buckley! bestselling author of the Writer's Apprentice novels Informationen zum Autor Stephanie Cole is an active member of the mystery writing community. Writing as Shelley Costa, she was nominated for both an Edgar and an Agatha award, and she cofounded the Northeast Ohio chapter of Sisters in Crime. She teaches creative writing workshops and lectures on American literature in the greater Cleveland area. For fun she takes violin lessons, studies Art History—and eyes them both for murder plots. Klappentext An American chef will have to serve up more than good eats if she wants to establish a successful farm-to-table cooking school in Tuscany, in this charming first installment in a new cozy mystery series set in Italy. When Nell Valenti is offered a chance to move to Tuscany to help transform an aging villa into a farm-to-table cooking school, she eagerly accepts. After all, both her job and her love life in America have been feeling stale. Plus, she'll get the chance to work under the acclaimed Italian Chef Claudio Orlandini. But Nell gets more than she bargained for when she arrives. With only a day to go until the launch dinner for the cooking school, the villa is in shambles, and Chef O is blissfully oblivious of the work that needs to be done before a group of local dignitaries arrive, along with a filmmaker sent to showcase and advertise the new school. The situation only worsens when Nell discovers that the filmmaker is an ex-boyfriend, and he's found murdered later that night. Even worse, Chef O has disappeared, and accusations of murder could shut the school down for good. As tensions reach a boiling point at the villa, Nell must throw her chef's hat into the ring, and investigate the murder herself. Because if she fails to solve the case, her career, or even her life, could be next on the chopping block. 1 Twenty minutes after the train deposited me on a warm, deserted platform in Camucia-Cortona, Italy, I was still waiting for my ride. The small station building was made out of brick that looked like it had been swiped from a time when Elvis was still alive and, better yet, sexy. Overhead a plexiglass awning was cloudy with age, and the clock mounted high on the brick wall, which was missing its minute hand, said it was noon. Maybe the guidebooks were right: In beautiful Tuscany, time stops. Here in this corner of Italy, where bestsellers would lead you to believe that the sun always shone on colorful lizards and clever you, why did I feel like I was back in Weehawken, New Jersey, where I'd lived for a year after college just to get away from my parents for a while? Seven years later, not much had changed. I was still living, on and off, in Weehawken. And I was still trying to get away from my parents. Maybe, I thought as my eyes swept this place, I had finally managed it. For one quick moment I caught sight of a slim man dressed in jeans, wraparound sunglasses, and a black T...
