Kerry Greenwood was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray and after wandering far and wide, she returned to live there. She has degrees in English and Law from Melbourne University and was admitted to the legal profession on the 1st April 1982, a day which she finds both soothing and significant. Kerry has written three series, a number of plays, including The Troubadours with Stephen D'Arcy, is an award-winning children's writer and has edited and contributed to several anthologies. The Phryne Fisher series (pronounced Fry-knee, to rhyme with briny) began in 1989 with Cocaine Blues which was a great success. Kerry has written twenty books in this series with no sign yet of Miss Fisher hanging up her pearl-handled pistol. Kerry says that as long as people want to read them, she can keep writing them. In 2003 Kerry won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian Association.
A talented baker and her circle of unusual friends find themselves
with a puzzle to solve that echoes many of the features of a much
earlier Christmas story....Like Corinna's earlier adventures (Trick
or Treat, 2009, etc.), this episode is cleverly written and chock
full of charming characters, interesting puzzles and luscious
descriptions of food with appended recipes.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Lose all thought of New Year's diets, you who enter...Greenwood's
delectable second Corinna Chapman cozy....[Her] yeasty souffl� of
unlikely but satisfying elements quickly thickens over the top, but
who cares - it all just leads to Corinna's recipe for Chocolate
Orgasm Muffins.-- "Publishers Weekly starred review of Heavenly
Pleasures"
Put on the coffee pot, whip up a batch of muffins (yes, two recipes
are included), and enjoy this thoroughly original tale. Strongly
recommended for fans of offbeat mysteries. (starred review)--
"Library Journal starred review of Earthly Delight"
Those who care more for food than crime-solving will best appreciate Australian author Greenwood's fifth comic mystery featuring Melbourne baker Corinna Chapman (after 2009's Trick or Treat). Corinna remains ecstatically involved with her lover, PI Daniel Cohen, who winds up on the trail of two 16-year-old runaways, Brigid O'Ryan and Manny Lake, though Brigid and Manny's respective parents disagree whether the pair went off together. Greenwood throws some militant vegans and freegans as well as a donkey with a taste for rosewater-infused muffins into the plot, but the pieces fail to coalesce as they do in her superior Phryne Fisher series (Cocaine Blues, etc.), in which she deftly balances humor and suspense. In this series, setups are more farcical than funny, and some may grow weary of Corinna's frequent editorializing about one food item or another she's just eaten. (June) Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
A talented baker and her circle of unusual friends find themselves with a puzzle to solve that echoes many of the features of a much earlier Christmas story....Like Corinna's earlier adventures (Trick or Treat, 2009, etc.), this episode is cleverly written and chock full of charming characters, interesting puzzles and luscious descriptions of food with appended recipes.
-- "Kirkus Reviews"Lose all thought of New Year's diets, you who enter...Greenwood's delectable second Corinna Chapman cozy....[Her] yeasty souffle of unlikely but satisfying elements quickly thickens over the top, but who cares - it all just leads to Corinna's recipe for Chocolate Orgasm Muffins.
-- "Publishers Weekly starred review of Heavenly Pleasures"Put on the coffee pot, whip up a batch of muffins (yes, two recipes are included), and enjoy this thoroughly original tale. Strongly recommended for fans of offbeat mysteries. (starred review)-- "Library Journal starred review of Earthly Delight"
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