Murder & Mozzarella

Some secrets are best served with a side of cheese. Others are deadly.



Isabella "Bella" Rossi thought saving her family's vineyard from bankruptcy was hard. Then she tried to make artisanal cheese.



With the annual Santa Lucia Cheese & Truffle Festival just days away, Bella is determined to put Villa Della Luna on the map with her new Pecorino. But the competition is fierce. Her neighbor, Luigi "The Gorgonzola Giant" Lombardi, is a ruthless industrialist who wants to crush the small local farms.



And the pressure is on: Penelope Pringle, the most feared food critic in Europe, has arrived to judge the contest. Her reviews can make careers-or destroy them.



But when Bella goes to check her curing cave, she finds something ripening that definitely isn't cheese. It's the body of Elio Vane, the village's legendary truffle hunter, bludgeoned by a wheel of Parmesan.



Now, with her cheese melting, a killer on the loose, and a priceless truffle map missing, Bella must team up with her terrifying grandmother, Nonna Rosa, and the handsome local police chief, Matteo De Luca, to solve the crime.



Can Bella catch the killer before the festival begins? Or will her dreams of victory-and her life-be cut short?



"Murder & Mozzarella" is the second book in The Tuscan Vineyard Mysteries. If you like laugh-out-loud characters, mouth-watering Italian food, and mysteries that keep you guessing, you'll love this cozy adventure.