Saint Mazie detective betty Bridget can see the recipe

Bridget can see the recipe for a happy life- including the possibility of a new romance- written out before her

Upon his return

long-dead neurobiologist

rural Mississippi townsfolk shoulder the pain of generations as something dangerous lurks in the enigmatic kudzu of the woods

Saint Mazie detective betty Bridget can see the recipeMeet Mazie Phillips: big hearted and bawdy, she's the truth telling proprietress of The Venice, the famed New York City movie theater. It's the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty even when Prohibition kicks in and Mazie never turns down a night on the town. But her high spirits mask a childhood rooted in poverty, and her diary, always close at hand, holds her dearest secrets. When the Great Depression hits, Mazie's life is on the brink of