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Is part of Corinna Chapman Kerry Greenwood , 2004 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Earthly Delights
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'Baking is an alchemical process for Corinna Chapman. At four am she starts work at Earthly Delights, her bakery in Calico Alley.

'But one morning Corinna receives a threatening note saying 'The wages of sin is death' and finds a syringe in her cat's paw. A blue-faced junkie has collapsed in the dark alley and a mysterious man with beautiful eyes appears with a plan for Corinna and her bread. Then it is Goths, dead drug addicts, witchcraft, a homeless boy and a missing girl and it seems she will never get those muffins cooked in time.

'With flair, chutzpah and a talent for kneading, Corinna Chapman will find out who exactly is threatening her life and bake some beautiful bread.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is for the remarkable Sarah-Jane Reeh

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2004 .
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      Extent: 277p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes recipes
      ISBN: 1741142369
    • Scottsdale, Arizona,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Poisoned Pen Press ,
      2008 .
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      Extent: 239p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 January 2004
      ISBN: 9781590585146
    • Scottsdale, Arizona,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Poisoned Pen Press ,
      2012 .
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      Extent: 250 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 May 2012
      ISBN: 1464200084, 9781464200083

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Braille.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today Rachel Franks , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111)
In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii)
Australian Crime Fiction Jeff Popple , 2004-2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 3-5)
Hint of a Muffin-Mixing Sleuth's Delight Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 February 2004; (p. 7)

— Review of Earthly Delights Kerry Greenwood , 2004 single work novel
In the Calaboose Rick Thompson , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 261 2004; (p. 47-48)

— Review of Blindside J. R. Carroll , 2004 single work novel ; Degrees of Connection Jon Cleary , 2003 single work novel ; Earthly Delights Kerry Greenwood , 2004 single work novel
Baked to Perfection Ron Serdiuk , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Limelight , April 2004; (p. 47)

— Review of Earthly Delights Kerry Greenwood , 2004 single work novel
Crime Fiction Jeff Popple , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 18 January 2004; (p. 18)

— Review of Earthly Delights Kerry Greenwood , 2004 single work novel
Street-Smart Sleuth Katharine England , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 January 2004; (p. 11)

— Review of Earthly Delights Kerry Greenwood , 2004 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 January 2004; (p. 5)

— Review of Grim Tuesday Garth Nix , 2004 single work children's fiction ; Earthly Delights Kerry Greenwood , 2004 single work novel
A Very Peculiar Underworld Stephen Dedman , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 January 2004; (p. 8)

— Review of Earthly Delights Kerry Greenwood , 2004 single work novel
Let This Be a Warning Sue Turnbull , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 15 February 2004; (p. 24-25)

— Review of Blindside J. R. Carroll , 2004 single work novel ; Earthly Delights Kerry Greenwood , 2004 single work novel
Australian Crime Fiction Jeff Popple , 2004-2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Mystery Readers Journal , Winter vol. 20 no. 4 2004-2005; (p. 3-5)
Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today Rachel Franks , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111)
In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii)
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