Spice Box

Bridget Heaney escaped from Ireland's Great Famine to New York City where she spent her childhood as a pickpocket to support herself and her younger sister. But from the moment she made her first pot of soup at the orphanage, she knew she wanted to be a cook. Now, in the home of wealthy and powerful department store owner Isaac Gold, her dream is about to come true. But on Bridget's first day of work, amidst gleaming copper pots and mighty woodstoves, she finds the body of Gold's youngest son, who had been missing for several days, inside the dough box. Bridget's street sense takes her from cook to crime-solver as she helps the heartbroken Gold family unravel the story of their son's fate.Temple, Lou Jane is the author of 'Spice Box ', published 2005 under ISBN 9781585476886 and ISBN 1585476889.