Al Dente's Inferno

Synopsis

American chef Nell Valenti will have to serve up more than good eats if shewants to establish a successful cooking school in this charming first installmentin a new cozy mystery series set in Italy.When Nell is offered a chance to move to Tuscany to help transform an aging villainto a farm-to-table culinary school, she eagerly accepts. After all, both her job and herlove life in America have been feeling stale. Plus, she’ll get the chance to work underthe acclaimed Italian chef Claudio Orlandini.But Nell gets more than she bargained for when she arrives. With only a day to gountil the launch dinner for the cooking school, the villa is in shambles, and Chef O isblissfully oblivious to the work that needs to be done before a group of local dignitariesarrives, along with a filmmaker sent to showcase and advertise the new school. Thesituation only sours when Nell discovers that the filmmaker is an ex-boyfriend—who’sthen found murdered later that night. Even worse, Chef O has disappeared, andaccusations of murder could shut the school down for good.As tensions reach a boiling point, Nell must throw her chef’s hat into the ring andinvestigate the murder herself. Because if she fails to solve the case, her career, or evenher life, could be next on the chopping block.