Suspense, chocolate and crime – the perfect combination
Luxemburg chef Xavier Kieffer didn’t plan on seeing his old flame, the pastry chef Ketti Faber, ever again – he doesn’t particularly enjoy looking back on their time together in Paris. Yet when she invites him to see her new chocolate factory near Brussels, he can’t resist. Not long afterwards, Ketti is brutally murdered. Does her death have anything to do with the mysterious plantation in West Africa from which she sourced her fair-trade cocoa? And what’s the deal with the Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Luxembourg, who died around the same time as Ketti did? As Kieffer begins to investigate, he uncovers a crime of vast dimensions – and learns that chocolate can be a very bitter business.
“Hillenbrand is an elegant stylist, capable of spinning complex stories with a light touch.” – Hamburger Abendblatt
