Murder by the Millions by Daryl Wood Gerber

Murder by the Millions

Daryl Wood Gerber

Kensington · Hardcover · October 28, 2025

In a beautiful mountain community near Asheville, North Carolina, caterer and personal chef Allie Catt serves up mouthwatering, literary-themed dinner parties inspired by her clients’ favorite books.

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Genres
Culinary Cozies, Cozy Bookshop Mysteries, Women Detectives
Published
Kensington, October 28, 2025

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In a beautiful mountain community near Asheville, North Carolina, caterer and personal chef Allie Catt serves up mouthwatering, literary-themed dinner parties inspired by her clients’ favorite books. Her next event is sure to be a roaring success—if a murderer isn’t a killjoy . . . If it were true that the best thing a girl can be in this world is a fool, then Allie Catt would be out of luck. Fortunately, Allie’s business is a smashing success.

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And following her Pride and Prejudice event, grander plans await . . . Feast for the Eyes bookstore manager and Allie’s best friend, Tegan, is hosting a book club soiree and wants it to be a glittering affair based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic Jazz Age-set novel, The Great Gatsby. Soon, Art Deco table settings and visions of flappers are dancing the Charleston in their heads. Even Tegan’s prickly sister, Vanna, is on board. And surely, Allie’s tuxedo cat, Darcy, thinks it’s the cat’s meow. Amid the planning, charismatic developer Jason Gardner arrives in town to buy some historic buildings on Main Street. He, too, has plans: to create a modern mall. Allie is more than concerned. She even wants to protest. But when Jason invites her to cater a lavish party, she finds him surprisingly likable. Then she’s summoned to his estate for a meeting—and finds him dead. Once again Allie’s landed in the middle of a crime scene. Worse, one of her earrings is later discovered near the body. And when police learn she was upset about the mall, she’s suspect #1. Allie’s blossoming sleuthing skills once cleared Tegan’s name, but can she save herself—before a killer writes her a not-so-great Gatsbyesque ending . . .

Why It Clicks

Come here for

  • cozy mystery chatter
  • culinary series-adjacent appeal

Expect

  • lightly layered mystery mode
  • collector-friendly series pull

Where it sits

Culinary Cozies75%
Women Detectives50%
Cozy Bookshop Mysteries43%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Women Detectives
  • Cozy Mysteries
  • Amateur Sleuths
Authors
Daryl Wood Gerber
Publisher
Kensington
Published
October 28, 2025
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
Women Detectives