Smart-mouthed food writer Trudi Wells loves her new life in Europe. But after witnessing the death of her elderly landlady, Trudi knows that it couldn't have been an accident — despite what the police claim. Can Trudi figure out what really happened to the owner of Prague’s most famous spice shop?

"Murder and Pestle" is a clean cozy mystery, set in Europe. It is the follow-up to the clean cozy mystery "Knife Skills," set in California.