Where would you find an interior decorator, her tea-leaf reading best friend, and a hot fudge sauce recipe to die for?

In Darling Valley, of course!

Today my guest, Cassie Page, shares with us her motivation and inspiration for writing the Darling Valley cozy mysteries, featuring amateur sleuth and interior designer, Olivia M. Granville (OMG).

We talk about her love of cooking (and her over 500 cookbooks!) and why she chose not to write culinary cozy mysteries, but instead created the fictional Darling Valley just outside her home of San Francisco.

I also want to mention that Vered Ehsani, who was my guest on It's a Mystery Podcast episode 21, has a fun giveaway she wanted my listeners to know about. To celebrate the launch of her new Cozy Tea Shoppe Mysteries, she's giving away three handmade African tea cozies. Click here to learn more and enter the giveaway.

You can find out more about today's guest, Cassie Page, and all her books on her website CassiePage.com. Follow her on Facebook at CassiePageBooks.

Links and resources mentioned in this episode

* Click on any of the book covers to go to Cassie's books on Amazon

* For the recipe for The Salted Caramel's delicious hot fudge sauce, go to CassiePage.com and sign up for Cassie's newsletter

* Wikipedia page about the town of Darling and Sir Charles Henry Darling, who it was named after

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Transcription of Interview with Cassie Page

Alexandra: Hi, Mystery Readers. I am Alexandra Amor. This is It's a Mystery Podcast and I am here today with Cassie Page. Hi, Cassie.

Cassie: Hi. How are you, Alexandra?

Alexandra: Very well, thank you. Thank you so much for being on the show.

Cassie: It's my pleasure.

Alexandra: Let me just give our listeners a bit of an introduction to you.

Cassie Page is a writer living in San Francisco. She has published more than 50 books including hard backs and paperbacks, but most of her work is available as e-books. She's written in several genres, but focuses on her favorite--Cozy Mysteries--and that's why she's here with us today.

She has two series, the "Darling Valley Cozy Mysteries" set in the fictional upscale town of Darling Valley in Marin County and the "Tuesday Tea Leaves Cozy Mysteries." The second of which is due later this year, 2017, and is set in Hollywood.

Apart from writing, Cassie love the food scene in San Francisco, especially the one taking place in her kitchen where she loves cooking and rese...