Victory Garden

A Short Story

Rhys Bowen on G.M. Malliet's DEATH OF A COZY WRITER: "The traditional British cozy is alive and well. Delicious. I was hooked from the first paragraph."

Now from Agatha award-winning author G.M. Malliet comes a delicious tale of a woman who will do anything to win her own freedom.

It’s 1940s California, and the war has changed everything. It has also left Carol stuck in a crumbling marriage to Silas—an aging, bloated factory owner with a love for indulgence and a complete lack of self-control.

While the world fights for victory abroad, Carol fights a different battle at home. She knows her role is to play the perfect wife. Dressed to the nines beneath her kitchen apron, she prepares Silas’s favorite Texas chili just the way he likes it, crisping the garlic bread, and preparing a salad fresh from the wartime victory garden.

As the evening unfolds, the radio hums as the scent of chili and spices fills the air. And Carol watches, waiting . . . knowing every good recipe has a secret ingredient.

A deliciously wicked blend of noir and historical fiction, Victory Garden is a slow-burning thriller in which revenge is best served piping hot.