Chapter One Melody Schacht bounced into the kitchen, her springy blond curls accentuated by an enormous reindeer antler headband. The perennially cheery hostess at Delilah & Son, my upscale pizzeria, straightened her headgear as she deposited an armload of used plates into a waiting bus tub. “Everybody loves the food,” she said. The plates she’d…
This fourth installment of the Deep Dish Mystery series is my favorite yet–and likely my favorite culinary cozy of the year so far! Delilah O’Leary has come a long way since first opening her gourmet pizza restaurant in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin. Once an uptight control freak hanging onto a relationship with a great guy she…
Delilah O’Leary is busy thinking up the perfect bratwurst deep-dish pizza to enter in her town’s 25th Annual Taste of Wisconsin Cook-Off competition. The winning entry will receive a hefty cash prize—an injection of funds Delilah’s elevated pizza restaurant desperately needs in order to stay afloat during the winter offseason. Her wealthy ex-fiancé, Sam VanMeter,…
It could be the stress of opening up her dream restaurant, but chef Delilah O’Leary is having a hard time keeping her fiery temper in check as opening night draws near. When her laidback fiancé and primary investor, Sam Van Meter, is nonchalant about a mistake that renders their restaurant signage unusable, Delilah flips out…
A Note from Author Mindy Quigley I am not known for my cooking. Or maybe I am, but not in a good way. When my girlfriends and I used to have regular potlucks, I got put in charge of bringing the salad. Then I was demoted to buying the bread. Finally, I was told that…
