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'Lucy Muir is leaving her husband. It's complicated. They're joint owners and chefs at one of the best restaurants in town, so making a clean break is tough. But, let's face it, a woman can only take so much cheating, recipe stealing and lack of good grace.
'Despondently driving around the back streets of Woolloomooloo one night, Lucy happens upon an old, empty terrace that was once the city's hottest restaurant: Fortune. One minute she's peering through grimy windows into an abandoned space, the next she's planning a pop-up bistro.
'When Lucy fires up Fortune's old kitchen she discovers a little red recipe book that belonged to the former chef, the infamous Frankie Summers. As she cries over the ingredients for Frankie's French Onion Soup, she imagines what Fortune was like in its heyday. It's strange, Lucy can sense Frankie beside her, almost see him there ...
'This fiery chef, who lived with a passion for food and women in almost equal measure, just might help Lucy cook herself up a better life. But is she brave enough to believe?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: For Charles and Eve Hughes in honour of the meals we shared.
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Other Formats
- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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The Secret Recipe for Second Chances : Review
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 May 2016; (p. 37)
— Review of The Secret Recipe for Second Chances 2016 single work novel 'The Secret Recipe for Second Chances is also a recipe for success in women’s fiction. Sydney chef Lucy has left her lying, cheating husband Leith, who has undermined her for years, the last straw being her loss of the restaurant they created together. ...' -
[Review] The Secret Recipe for Second Chances
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 May 2016; (p. 36)
— Review of The Secret Recipe for Second Chances 2016 single work novel -
Ghostly Recipe Set for Success
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 April 2016; (p. 6)
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[Review] The Secret Recipe for Second Chances
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 May 2016; (p. 36)
— Review of The Secret Recipe for Second Chances 2016 single work novel -
The Secret Recipe for Second Chances : Review
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 May 2016; (p. 37)
— Review of The Secret Recipe for Second Chances 2016 single work novel 'The Secret Recipe for Second Chances is also a recipe for success in women’s fiction. Sydney chef Lucy has left her lying, cheating husband Leith, who has undermined her for years, the last straw being her loss of the restaurant they created together. ...' -
Ghostly Recipe Set for Success
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 April 2016; (p. 6)
Awards
- 2017 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- Woolloomooloo, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,