"Paris, 1399. Scribe Christine de Pizan is sent to the Priory of Poissy by the palace to copy a manuscript for the prioress. But the prioress already has many copyists, and Christine senses that something is amiss. Her suspicions are confirmed when the prioress reveals that one of the sisters has been found murdered in the cloister. Fearing for the welfare of the king's young daughter who resides at the abbey, she is eager for Christine to find out...

After dining on such delicacies as oyster sorbet and avocado soufflé, Jean-Louis Delage, president of automotive giant Renault, has been found dead in the freezer of Le Diapason, a restaurant owned by Chef Jean-Basille Labrousse, a renowned restaurateur extraordinaire. Paris police lieutenant Capucine LeTellier is uniquely suited to the case, as her husband Alexandre is a food critic well-connected to the culinary world.