Sharks At Sea..
Chef and writer Paul Delamare returns in this delicious second in series and mystery at sea. Having, rather uncertainly, accepted a good friends invitation to accompany her and other guests for a stint on a luxury super yacht, Paul is riddled with problems. A valuable neckless going missing seems bad enough but the apparent theft soon dissolves into insignificance when murder rears its head. With all around him insisting that the death is nothing more than an accident, Paul dons his sleuthing hat in a bid to hunt a killer. Fun and frothy with a lively narrative, a deftly drawn cast of characters and a well imagined setting, a worthy follow on to the first in the series.

I've been a tremendous fan of Orlando Murrin's delectable Culinary Mysteries since the opening pages of KNIFE SKILLS FOR BEGINNERS. In fact, I credit that Debut novel with inspiring my fascination for Culinary Cozies (and subsequently, Cooking shows).

As did KNIFE SKILLS FOR BEGINNERS, MAY CONTAIN MURDER features our delightful Feckless Hero, food writer/sometimes chef/culinary expert Paul Delamare of London, a gentle Gay individual whose devotion to his friends and loved ones is without compare. Struggling to maintain the London cottage left him by his late, lamented, life partner Marcus against the depredations of Marcus' wayward son and reputation-assassin ex-wife, Paul must cope with a (suspiciously) flooded basement so accepts the offer of long-term friend Xera, a descendant of Louis Quatorze's mistress Madame Pompadour, to ghostwrite her memoir. Unfortunately the venue is a Master Yacht sailing from England to the Caribbean, which renders this a "locked-room" situation. Unfortunately, fatalities are unavoidable. Unfortunately, greed is rampant and Secrets are rife. Fortunately, Paul is like a bulldog when detection is involved; and he will never back down this side of death.