There's a killer in the orchard and he's rotten to the core.
INCLUDES RECIPES
Meg
Corey has come to the quaint New England town of Granford,
Massachusetts, to sell her mother?s old colonial home and apple orchard.
Instead, she becomes embroiled in development plans that include her
land?and her former flame from Boston. When he?s found dead in the new
septic tank on her property, the police immediately suspect Meg, whose
only ally in town is the plumber Seth Chapin. Together, they?ll have to
peel back the layers of secrecy that surround the deal in order to find
the real murderer? and save the orchard.
Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.
Short
on both cash and time, Ember Rose does her best as a single mom in New
Jersey, serving up attitude along with repossession notices. When a repo
job goes sideways, she and her daughter find themselves in imminent
danger--until a visit from estranged relatives turns their world upside
down. Ember, Marley, and their Yorkie are transported to Starry Hollow, a
paranormal town where witches rule and magic is as normal as pizza.
Where Ember goes, though, trouble seems to follow. When a member of the
coven turns up dead and the sexy werewolf sheriff identifies Ember as a
suspect, she decides to take matters into her own hands like only a
Jersey girl can.
The first book in M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin mystery series—now a hit show on Acorn TV and public television.
Putting
all her eggs in one basket, Agatha Raisin gives up her successful PR
firm, sells her London flat, and samples a taste of early retirement in
the quiet village of Carsely. Bored, lonely and used to getting her way,
she enters a local baking contest: Surely a blue ribbon for the best
quiche will make her the toast of the town. But her recipe for social
advancement sours when Judge Cummings-Browne not only snubs her
entry—but falls over dead! After her quiche's secret ingredient turns
out to be poison, she must reveal the unsavory truth…
Agatha has
never baked a thing in her life! In fact, she bought her entry
ready-made from an upper crust London quicherie. Grating on the nerves
of several Carsely residents, she is soon receiving sinister notes. Has
her cheating and meddling landed her in hot water, or are the threats
related to the suspicious death? It may mean the difference between egg
on her face and a coroner's tag on her toe…
DEATH OF A GOSSIP: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery
When
society widow and gossip columnist Lady Jane Winters joined the fishing
class, she wasted no time in ruffling the feathers-or was it the
fins?-of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue and
unladylike manner was Lochdubh Constable Hamish Macbeth. Yet not even
Hamish thought someone would permanently silence Lady Jane's
shrills-until her strangled body is fished out of the river. Now with
the help of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, Hamish must angle
through the choppy waters of the tattler's life to find the murderer.
But with a school of suspects who aren't ready to talk and dead women
telling no tales, Hamish may be in over his head, for he knows that
secrets are dangerous, knowledge is power, and killers usually do strike
again.
Summer has come to Busman's Harbor, Maine, and tourists are lining up
for a taste of authentic New England seafood, courtesy of the Snowden
Family Clambake Company. But there's something sinister on the boil this
season. A killer has crashed a wedding party, adding mystery to the
menu at the worst possible moment. . .
Julia Snowden returned to
her hometown to rescue her family's struggling clambake business--not to
solve crimes. But that was before a catered wedding on picturesque
Morrow Island turned into a reception for murder. When the best man's
corpse is found hanging from the grand staircase in the Snowden family
mansion, Julia must put the chowder pot on the back burner and join the
search for the killer. And with suspicion falling on her old crush,
Chris Durand, the recipe for saving her business and salvaging her love
life might be one and the same. . .
Includes Traditional Maine Clambake Recipes!
"A tasty whodunnit with a real Maine twist." --Sarah Graves, author of
A Bat in the Belfry
"If
you haven't been on a Maine clambake, Barbara Ross's book is the next
best thing...except for the murder."--Sheila Connolly,
New York Times bestselling author of
Buried in a Bog
More Advance Praise For Clammed Up!
"If you like seafood and salty air, you'll love
Clammed Up. A tasty tale that will have readers clamoring for second helpings." --Leslie Meier, author of
Easter Bunny Murder
"Take
lobster, clams, and an ear of corn. Add one murder. Fold in a complex
heroine, an assortment of colorful suspects, and a plot with lots of
twists and turns. Heat up on an island off the coast of Maine. The
result?
Clammed Up contains just the right amounts of all the
best ingredients to provide mystery readers with a tasty treat."
--Kaitlyn Dunnett, author of
Vampires, Bones, and Treacle Scones
The Black Sheep Knitters—Maggie, Lucy, Dana, Suzanne, and Phoebe—meet
once a week without fail, sharing the varied and colorful skeins of
their lives as much as knitting tips, recipes, and small-town gossip,
and creating an intricate, durable pattern of friendship. Now a shocking
murder has peaceful Plum Harbor, Massachusetts, in knots —and the Black
Sheep women must herd together to protect one of their own from a
scandalous frame-up.
Maggie Messina, beloved owner of the Black
Sheep Knitting Shop, is thrilled to be hosting a workshop for one of her
former students, now a celebrity in the knitting world. But the
celebration is upstaged when Amanda Goran, the owner of the rival
Knitting Nest, is found dead in her shop on the other side of town.
Maggie
had reasons to dislike Amanda, a thorn in her side ever since Maggie's
shop surpassed Amanda's in popularity. Then again, it wasn't hard to
dislike Amanda—the contentious woman, whose marriage was on the rocks,
seemed to specialize in causing misery all over town. But the pointed
evidence has a detective casting a suspicious eye on Maggie. She may be a
whiz at knitting, but can she keep the police from needling her before
her shop, her reputation, and her circle of friends become unraveled?
Kelly Flynn never picked up a pair of knitting needles she liked—until
she strolled into House of Lambspun. Now, in the first in a brand-new
series, she learns how to knit one, purl two, and untangle the mystery
behind her aunt's murder.
FIRST IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING CAT IN THE STACKS MYSTERY SERIES!
Everyone
in Athena, Mississippi, knows Charlie Harris, the good-natured
librarian with a rescued Maine coon cat named Diesel that he walks on a
leash. He’s returned to his hometown to immerse himself in books, but
soon enough he’s entangled in a real-life thriller...
A famous
author of gory bestsellers and a former classmate of Charlie’s, Godfrey
Priest may be the pride of Athena, but Charlie remembers him as an
arrogant, manipulative jerk—and he’s not the only one. Godfrey’s
homecoming as a distinguished alumnus couldn’t possibly go worse: by
lunch, he’s put a man in the hospital. By dinner, Godfrey’s dead.
Now it’s up to Charlie, with some help from Diesel, to paw through the
town’s grudges and find the killer before an impatient deputy throws the
book at the wrong person. But every last one of Charlie’s friends and
co-workers had a score to settle with the nasty novelist. As if the
murder wasn’t already purr-plexing enough...
There may be grave consequences for
bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright as she attempts to solve two murders tied
to one book in this novel in the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series.
Brooklyn's chance to restore a rare first edition of Beauty and the Beast seems
a fairy tale come true--until she realizes the book belonged to an old
friend of hers. Ten years ago, Max Adams, a brawny renowned papermaker,
fell in love with a stunning beauty, Emily, and gave her the copy of Beauty and the Beast as
a symbol of their love. Soon afterward, he died in a car crash, and
Brooklyn has always suspected his possessive ex-girlfriend and her
jealous beau.
Now she decides to find out who sold the book and
return it to its rightful owner--Emily. She believes a rare book dealer
can assist her, but when she arrives at his shop, she finds him
murdered. Is it possible that the same couple who may have killed Max
are now after his edition of Beauty and the Beast? With the help
of her handsome boyfriend, Derek Stone, Brooklyn must unravel the murder
plot--before she ends up in a plot herself...
Starting your life over at age thirty-eight isn't easy, but that's what
Sarah Winston finds herself facing when her husband CJ runs off with a
19-year-old temptress named Tiffany. Sarah's self-prescribed therapy
happily involves hitting all the garage and tag sales in and around her
small town of Ellington, Massachusetts. If only she could turn her love
for bargain hunting into a full-time career.
One man's junk is another man's treasure
But
after returning from a particularly successful day searching for yard
sale treasures, Sarah finds a grisly surprise in one of her bags: a
freshly bloodied shirt. . .that undoubtedly belongs to her ex, CJ, who
now happens to be Ellington's chief of police. If that's not bad
enough, it seems Tiffany has gone missing. Now it's up to Sarah to prove
that her cold-hearted ex is not a cold-blooded killer. . .
But finding that treasure can be murder.
National bestselling author Hannah Reed brings mystery lovers the
first in a brand-new series, in which a young writer finds herself swept
up in a murder amidst the glens and lochs of the Scottish Highlands…
After
the recent death of her mother and the dissolution of her marriage,
thirty-something Eden Elliott is seriously in need of a fresh start. At
the urging of her best friend, bestselling author Ami Pederson, Eden
decides to embark on an open-ended trip to the picturesque village of
Glenkillen in the Scottish Highlands, to do some hands-on research for a
book of her own. But almost as soon as Eden arrives in the quaint town,
she gets caught up in a very real drama…
The town’s sheep
shearer is found murdered—clipped with his own shears—and the locals
suspect Vicki MacBride, an outsider whose father’s recent death left her
the surprise heir to his lucrative sheep farm. Eden refuses to believe
the affable heiress is a murderer, but can she prove that someone is out
to frame her new friend before she finds herself on the receiving end
of more shear terror?
The Agatha Award-winning author of Crime Rib is proud to
introduce Pepper Reece, the owner of the Seattle Spice Shop who thinks
she can handle any kind of salty customer—until a murderer ends up in
the mix…
After leaving a dicey marriage and losing a beloved
job in a corporate crash, Pepper Reece has found a new zest for life
running a busy spice and tea shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Her
aromatic creations are the talk of the town, and everyone stops by for a
cup of her refreshing spice tea, even other shopkeepers and Market
regulars. But when a panhandler named Doc shows up dead on the store’s
doorstep, a Seattle Spice Shop cup in his hand, the local gossip gets
too hot for Pepper to handle—especially after the police arrest one of
Pepper’s staffers, Tory Finch, for murder.
Tory seems to know why
she’s a suspect, but she refuses to do anything to curry favor with the
cops. Convinced her reticent employee is innocent, Pepper takes it on
herself to sniff out some clues. Only, if she’s not careful, Pepper’s
nosy ways might make her next on the killer’s list…
Molly Pink is about to discover the joys of crochet. It’s a relaxing
escape from her hectic life as a bookstore event manager . . . and from
the stress of being Tarzana, California’s latest murder suspect.
For Molly, the weekly crochet group at Shedd & Royal Books and More
was just another event to manage. Then she stumbled across the body of
group leader Ellen Sheridan. Her complicated past with Ellen has made
her a prime suspect, and after being cuffed and questioned, she could
use a little diversion. Never mind that she doesn’t know how to crochet.
Granny squares don’t look
that hard to make.
But
while Molly’s fending off a detective with a grudge and navigating
crochet group politics, the real killer is at large. And it’s up to
Molly to catch the culprit—before she winds up in a tight knot.
Delicious recipe and crochet pattern included!
“A gentle and charming novel. . . . Its quirky and likable characters are appealing and real.”—Earlene Fowler, author of
Tumbling Blocks
''A satisfying mystery. This new series is off to a piping-hot start,
and we can't wait to see what new cases the author has percolating!''
--Barnes & Noble, editorial review
''The setting is
wonderful...Clare is a character [who is] honest but never brutal and
her intelligence is what shines through.'' --
Cozies, Capers & Crimes
''A hilarious blend of amateur detecting with some romance thrown in the mix...I can't wait to read the [entire] series.'' --
Cozy Library
''A great beginning to a new series...Clare is a well-conceived character...and [her] investigation is very methodical.'' --
The Mystery Reader
Book #1 in New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mystery series...
"The
perfect cup of coffee is a mystifying thing. To many of my customers,
the entire process seems like some sort of alchemy they dare not try at
home...."
Ten years ago, Clare Cosi left an unhappy marriage
along with a job she loved: managing the historic Village Blend
coffeehouse in New York's Greenwich Village. For a decade, she was happy
raising her daughter in the quiet suburbs of New Jersey; but now that
Joy is grown and gone, life has gotten way too quiet for Clare. With a
little cajoling from Madame, the Blend's flamboyant, elderly owner,
Clare agrees to return to her old job, and right from the start she gets
one heck of a jolt. On her first morning back as Village Blend manager,
Clare unlocks the front door to find her beautiful, young assistant
manager unconscious in the back of the store, coffee grounds strewn
everywhere. As Anabelle is rushed to the hospital, police arrive to
investigate, but Detective Mike Quinn finds no sign of forced entry or
foul play, and he deems it an accident. Clare disagrees; and after Quinn
leaves, there are a few questions she just can't get out of her mind,
like why was the trash bin in the wrong place? If this wasn't an
accident, are her other baristas in danger? And are all NYPD detectives
this attractive?
“Reader alert: Tasty descriptions may spark intense cupcake cravings.”—
The Washington Post
“Davis...again combines food and felonies in this tasty whodunit.”—
Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Loaded with atmosphere and charm.”—
Library Journal
“A mouthwatering mix of murder, mirth, and mayhem.”—Mary Jane Maffini, author of
The Busy Woman's Guide to Murder
“Raucous humor, affectionate characters, and delectable recipes
highlight this unpredictable mystery that entertains during any
season.”—Kings River Life Magazine
FIRST IN THE SERIES!
Domestic diva Sophie Winston is about to learn that some dishes are best served cold...
Few
can compete with local celebrity Natasha Smith when it comes to
entertaining, but Sophie Winston is determined to try. Her childhood
rival may have stolen the spotlight—and her husband—but this
Thanksgiving Sophie is determined to rob Natasha of the prize for
Alexandria, Virginia's Stupendous Stuffing Shakedown. She just needs the
right ingredient.
But Sophie's search for the perfect turkey
takes a basting when she stumbles across a corpse. And when the police
find her name and photo inside the victim's car, Sophie will have to set
her trussing aside to solve the murder—or she'll be serving up prison
grub...
Includes delicious recipes and entertaining tips!
All year round, retired schoolteacher Phyllis Newsom is as sweet as
peach pie-except during the Peach Festival, whose blue ribbon has
slipped through Phyllis's fingers more than once...
Everyone's a
little shook up when the corpse of a no-good local turns up underneath a
car in a local garage. But even as Phyllis engages in some amateur
sleuthing, she won't let it distract her from out-baking her rivals and
winning the upcoming Peach Festival contest.
She and all the other
contestants guard their secret, original recipes with their lives-and
talk a whole lot of trash. With her unusual Spicy Peach Cobbler, Phyllis
hopes to knock 'em dead. But that's just an expression-never in her
wildest dreams did she think her cobbler would actually kill a judge.
Now, she's suspected of murder-and she's got to bake this case wide
open.
Ever since she moved to Sweet Briar, South Carolina, Yankee librarian
Tori Sinclair has been the talk of the tiny town. But she's been so busy
at work, winning over the sewing circle, and trying to forget her
cheating ex that she hasn't even had time to baste together a pillow,
let alone mind local gossip. Then she finds the hometown sweetheart dead
at her back door...
Everyone believes the police investigator,
who's just fixin' to link Tori to the murder in a love triangle gone
bad. To clear her name, Tori will have to rely on her new sewing sisters
and stitch together the truth- or be darned.
"I'm crazy about Laura Levine's mystery series. Her books are so outrageously funny." --Joanne Fluke
Smarmy
personals ads. Daring declarations of love. Freelance writer Jaine
Austen has penned them all. But no one needs her help more than geeky,
gawky Howard Murdoch. His request is simple enough: a letter proclaiming
his undying love for Stacy Lawrence, a gorgeous aerobics instructor.
The fact that he's never actually met the woman gives Jaine pause--yet
she soon overcomes her misgivings, and the unlikely Romeo lands a date!
But his triumph is short-lived. On Valentine's Day, Howard finds Stacy
bludgeoned to death with a Thigh Master--and is quickly named the prime
suspect.
Jaine is shocked. Sure, Howard's awkward and eccentric.
But a murderer? That's hard to believe. Especially after a little
sleuthing reveals a plethora of people who harbored less-than-loving
feelings towards the svelte Stacy. Now Jaine had better wrangle her
clues quickly, before a crafty killer catches on--and puts a whole new
spin on her ghost writing career. . .
"Sheer fun!" --Carolyn Hart
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