A culinary crime delight. Luxembourg chef Xavier Kieffer never wanted to see his first love, Ketti Faber, again—he doesn't have fond memories of their time together in Paris. However, when the pastry chef invites him to visit her new chocolate factory near Brussels, he can't resist. Shortly thereafter, Ketti is brutally murdered. Does her death have anything to do with the mysterious plantation in West Africa from which the factory sourced its special, fairly traded cocoa? And what about the Luxembourg ambassador to the Republic of Congo, who died around the same time as Ketti Faber? Kieffer begins to investigate and uncovers a crime of enormous proportions. He learns that chocolate can be a very bitter affair. Hillenbrand is an elegant stylist who knows how to keep things concise.