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'Corinna Chapman, talented baker and reluctant investigator, is trying very hard to do nothing at all on her holidays. Her gorgeous Daniel is only intermittently at her side (he's roaming the streets tracking down a multi-thousand dollar corporate theft). Jason, her baking offsider, has gone off to learn how to surf. And Kylie and Goss are fulfilling their lives' ambition auditioning for a soapie. It should be a time of quiet reflection for Corinna but quiet reflection doesn't seem to suit her - she's bored.
'Scenting a whiff of danger, Corinna accepts an offer from a caterer friend to do the baking for the film set of a new soap called Kiss the Bride. The soapie in which Kylie and Goss have parts. Twists and turns and complications that could only happen to Corinna ensue involving, bizarrely, nursery rhymes and a tiger called Tabitha. While on the other side of town, a young woman is being unmercifully bullied by her corporate employers - employers who spend a lot of time cooking the books.' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Epigraph: Satan finds some mischief still for busy hands to do. Charles Dickens, David Copperfield.
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Epigraph: For David Greagg, an angel in wombat form... With many thanks to Jenny Pausacker, Ika Willis, Chip Granger,Jean Greenwood and the people who sent me intriguing emails in the middle of the night. And to Belladonna, my contant companion while writing.
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Author's note: Please note that although there is a film studio at Docklands, it is not called Harbour Studios and bears no resemblance to my studio. This whole book is a work of fiction. As is the city of Melbourne itself.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also large print.
- Also braille.
- Also dyslexic edition
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Cooking the Books
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 339 2012; (p. 44)
— Review of Cooking the Books 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 19 November 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of Cooking the Books 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 November 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Cooking the Books 2011 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 October 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Cooking the Books 2011 single work novel
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In Short : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 October 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Cooking the Books 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 - 6 November 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of Cooking the Books 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 19 November 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of Cooking the Books 2011 single work novel -
[Review] Cooking the Books
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 339 2012; (p. 44)
— Review of Cooking the Books 2011 single work novel
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
- Melbourne, Victoria,