The Proof of the Pudding

by Rhys Bowen

Book 17 in the Her Royal Spyness series.

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While awaiting the birth of her child, Georgie hosts a house party at Eynsleigh to welcome Sir Hubert home and introduce her new French chef. A visiting Gothic novelist later borrows the chef for a banquet at his nearby manor, whose grounds include a carefully maintained poison garden.

Several guests fall ill after the meal and one dies, apparently poisoned by berries from the garden. Georgie must determine how only selected diners were affected and clear her chef before the scandal ruins his career and her reputation as hostess.