Madeline Bean is the main character of Jerrilyn Farmer’s Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery series. She is a Los Angeles caterer and event planner whose work among Hollywood’s wealthy clientele keeps landing her at crime scenes. Over eight books, Madeline balances the demands of her catering business with an instinct for solving murders that the police cannot crack.
Each book in the series puts Madeline at a different Los Angeles event, from weddings and film industry parties to dim sum restaurants and Hawaiian luaus. Her knowledge of the food world and her connections to the entertainment industry give her an edge when it comes to untangling the motives behind each crime. The series was written by Jerrilyn Farmer and ran from 1998 to 2008.