Food Cozy Mysteries: The Books Serving Up Recipes With A Side Of Murder

It’s our special August edition of “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club” and we’re talking with authors who leave the spicy and sweet, the baked and fried, on the page in a mystery sub-genre known as food cozies. On the plate -- author Joanne Fluke’s Coconut Layer Cake Murders, Maddie Day’s Nacho Average Murder, and V.M. Burns’ “Motherless Child.” These mavens of full stomach fiction join us for an hour-long conversation about this popular genre, perfect for a summer read.

Guests:

Joanne Fluke is the author of “Coconut Layer Cake Murder: a Hannah Swensen Mystery,” the 26th novel in the series.

Maddie Day is the author of “Nacho Average Murder: a Country Store Mystery,” the 7th in the series.

V.M. Burns is the author of “Motherless Child: an RJ Franklin Mystery, “ the second in a series.

SHOW OUTRO:

Under the Radar with Callie Crossley is a production of WGBH, produced by Hannah Uebele and engineered by Dave Goodman. Rebecca Tauber is our intern.

Our theme music is ‘Fish & Chips’ by #weare2saxys’, Grace Kelly and Leo P.