I just finished reading “Earthly Delights: A Corinna Chapman Mystery” by Kerry Greenwood. Ms. Greenwood has also written an earlier series which features a 1920’s socialite/flapper who solves crimes in her spare time (that series does not sound nearly as appealing as this one was!). Corinna Chapman is a divorced baker (who also happens to be on the “plus” side regarding both her weight and her age) who lives with three cats in Melbourne, Australia. Corinna starts her day with a junkie seemingly dying on her doorstep and in the course of the book befriends another junkie (and discovers a budding bakery star), helps solve another murder (the apartment building Corinna lives in is stocked with all kinds of interesting characters) and catch a very good looking Good Samaritan for themselves to help ease the lonely nights. I hope this is the beginning of a new series….
