Dumplings and Disaster

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In book 4 Disaster strikes Dashwood! Dumpling recipe included at the end of the book. Alphabet Soup recipe is available when signing up for my newsletter.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A fire burns down an abandoned building that was set to be renovated into a high-end apartment complex. It was part of a larger improvement and beautification project for the city with boutique shops restaurants and art galleries.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This doesn't impact the Crock Pot or Chef Jessica at least not until the police show up to arrest Marco one of the bussers for murder.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>It turns out that there was a man killed inside the building. Initially they thought he died from the fire but the autopsy showed blunt force trauma and Marco was the last one to see him alive.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Chef Jess believes his pleas of innocence and decides to lean into her new nickname. The crime-fighting chef is determined to find the real killer and prove Marco's innocence unless she lets the handsome project manager distract her from her goal.</span></p>