Everything Bundt the Truth
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Getting accepted into the dinner club can be murder...
“Take one feisty widow and her appealing friends, add a gourmet dinner club, sprinkle with murder and you have a recipe for a delightful read!” ~Laura DiSilverio, author of the Readaholics Book Club mysteries
“EVERYTHING BUNDT THE TRUTH is a culinary cozy mystery that dishes up a serving of humor, wit, and a desire to keep turning the pages to find out whodunnit” ~ Rhonda Blackhurst, author of The Melanie Hogan Mysteries, Whispering Pines Romantic Suspense, and The Spirit Lake Mysteries
“Whalen will have you simultaneously cooking up recipes for your own dinner club and eyeing everyone suspiciously.” ~Rachel Weaver, author of Point of Direction
EVERYTHING BUNDT THE TRUTH tied for FIRST PLACE in the Suspense Novel category of the 2017 IDA Contest.
EVERYTHING BUNDT THE TRUTH was also part of Harlequin’s Worldwide Mystery May 2022 book club.
Jane Marsh, a recent widow with a fierce determination to reclaim her joie de vivre, embarks on some new adventures, from cycling through town in a suit and heels to smoking cigars to navigating the treacherous waters of modern dating. But her most burning ambition is to be accepted into an exclusive dinner club. Her plan is thwarted when a dead body turns up on the evening of her first dinner party and throws her carefully constructed event into chaos. Suddenly, she and her guest list become the suspect list, and a jailhouse gang may be the only club she’s accepted into.
She may have committed a culinary crime by passing off a store-bought Bundt cake as her own creation, but never murder. Will Jane solve the deadly mystery or will the murder prove to be an insurmountable obstacle on her path to belonging?
Included are ideas for readers to embark on their own gourmet adventures.
Originally released by The Wild Rose Press in 2016. Re-relased by KCW Books, LLC in 2025. Everything Bundt the Truth is also available in libraries (Hoopla) and in audio by the excellent narrator, Ann Simmons.