Tannie Maria sees food as "medicine for the body and heart". She envies romance as much as she enjoys cooking and eating. But it's death that shakes up Tannie Maria's life, when one of the correspondents to her column is brutally murdered.
As more evidence emerges of Jaco robbing various crime scenes, Regardt confronts and arrests his brother. A frustrated Maria faces severe repercussions after breaking into Marius Rabie's office.