Earthly Delights is the first book in Kerry Greenwood's Corinna Chapman Mystery series, and is also the name of a bakery in the story. As much as I love the elegance of Greenwood's heroine Phryne Fisher, Corinna Chapman is every bit as loveable in her non-elegant ways. Corinna is in her upper thirties, somewhat overweight, and prefers wearing sweats. She has left her well-paying career as an accountant ‒ as well as her self-centered husband ‒ to open a bakery in a somewhat seedy Melbourne neighborhood. She lives with her three cats above her bakery, in a building filled with interesting tenants, including a witch, a retired professor, a geek squad, young ladies with ever-changing hair who are hoping to become actresses, and more.
Someone is sending threatening notes to the women in the building, as well as spray painting threats on the outside walls. Meanwhile, there is a rash of drug overdoses in the area, including a number of deaths. Corinna saves the life of an overdose victim in the alley outside her bakery and is drawn into a group of people who are trying to help the addicts and feed the hungry. I loved the interplay between the characters, and enjoyed watching some of their relationships evolve. I've got the second book of this series already queued up.
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