The Cackleberry Club is a small café run by three women: Suzanne Dietz is a recent widow; Toni is in the middle of a divorce; and, Petra's husband is in a nursing home with Alzheimer's disease. These friends are closer than family. The café is not only known for its excellent food, especially their egg dishes, but The Cackleberry Club also has a book shop and a knitting corner.

Bobby Waite, Suzanne's attorney, is murdered in the back parking lot of the café just minutes after he had brought in some papers for her to sign. Sheriff Roy Doogie does not want any help from Suzanne in finding the killer, all the while knowing she will be right in the middle of his investigation. With the help of Bobby's receptionist, Suzanne finds some questionable things in her husband's folder. She knows she has to clear Walter's name, or right any wrongs he might have done.

Bobby's murder is just the beginning of bad things happening in Kindred --another death, a malicious cult preacher, and a deadly fire. And, of course, the Cackleberry Club ladies are smack dab in the middle of everything.

Laura Childs has done a terrific job introducing strong, interesting, and intelligent characters to people this new series of culinary mysteries. Ms. Childs has two other fantastic series --Tea Shop Mysteries and Scrapbooking Mysteries. EGGS IN PURGATORY has plenty of humor, emotion, good food (with recipes), and fantastic plotlines to make it another success story.