Hometown hero Rosemary Shrager will be discussing her new fiction novel and answering literary questions about her book Too Many Cooks in the Marquee at Calverley Grounds.

The next irresistible cosy crime novel from TV chef Rosemary Shrager, following on from The Last Supper & Proof in the Pudding! Crime and cookery continue to collide as Prudence and her long-suffering sidekick, granddaughter Suki, get drawn into another mystifying murder . . .Prudence Bulstrode has fond memories of St Marianne's School for Girls, the beautiful Cornish school where she boarded as a girl.

There, Prudence first learned the joy of cooking, from her Home Economics teacher, Mrs Agatha Jubber. So when she's invited back to the school, to lead an Easter holidays course in the fundamentals of cookery, Prudence couldn't be more delighted. What's more, it's a chance to show her grand-daughter Suki the way school used to be in the good old days. But no sooner has Prudence arrived at St Marianne's, a gruesome discovery is made. The builders excavating the old hockey pitch to construct the new dormitories have unearthed human bones - bones dating from Prudence's own time at St Marianne's.

Soon, Prudence recollects the story of the vanishing schoolmaster, Mr Hubbard, and the rumours that spread like wildfire one summer about his illicit affair with Agatha Jubber.

Book Rosemary Shrager - Too Many Cooks
Sat 11 May, 12.15pm

Rosemary Shrager is one of Britain national treasures. She began her cookery career working for Pierre Koffmann at Chelsea's La Tante Claire and a numerous cookery schools followed. She is the star of many television series such as the cult series Ladette to Lady, Rosemary, Queen of the Kitchen, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, The Real Marigold Hotel, The Big Family Cooking Showdown, and most recently, in this summer's successful series Cooking with the Stars. She is the author of numerous bestselling cookery books, and this is the third in her cosy crime series. She lives in Wadhurst, Sussex.

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