LITTLE INDISCRETIONS - uncorrected proof copy

Click ... when renowned pastry-cook Nestor Chaffinch hears the freezer door swing shut behind him as he stacks away his chocolate fondants, he knows he is doomed to a slow and frosty death. It was all a terrible accident - or was it?There is a variety of suspects at this smart weekend house party - among them the host, Ernesto Teldi, a prosperous art-dealer; Adela, his aging wife; Serafin Tous, a widower with shameful urges concealed beneath his judge's robes, not to mention Nestor's team of eccentric young helpers in the kitchen. Serving up delectable desserts to rich clients for generations, Nestor has access to their innermost secrets. Could his little moleskin book really contain just a harmless list of culinary secrets? Or are they secrets of a more damaging nature?Part whodunit, part sparkling social satire, the internationally bestselling LITTLE INDISCRETIONS is deliciously mordant and psychological - an elegant mystery for our times.

A runaway international bestseller and winner of Spain’s top literary prize, Little Indiscretions is part ingeniously entertaining whodunit and part sparkling social satire.

Business is slow for Nestor Chaffino, pastry chef to the rich and famous, until he’s invited to cater a party in a villa on the Costa del Sol. When Nestor is found frozen to death in a walk-in freezer with a notebook in his hand, the party guests gathered that evening are the natural suspects. But who could have it in for a harmless cook?

The answer, it turns out, is just about everyone who happens to be staying in the house. Nestor, while quietly stirring his sauces and whisking his egg whites, had decided to publish a compendium of gastronomic secrets that revealed, along with the culinary tricks of his trade, more than a few damning details of the hosts’ and houseguests’ private lives. To what lengths would they go to ensure that Nestor maintained a more permanent sense of discretion?

Not since Nick and Nora Charles’s last cocktail party has such a merry band of mischief makers convened in one place. Little Indiscretions marks the discovery of a phenomenal writer with tremendous flair. It’s a gourmet treat readers will pounce on.