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Rory Lane’s café is her whole world, the scones, the regulars, the green door on Main Street she opens every morning at six. Then a customer dies at the Business Association mixer, and suddenly her kitchen is a crime scene, her café is closed, and the whole town is looking at her sideways. The police say it was the food. Rory knows her food. Something doesn’t add up — not the timeline, not the delivery records, and definitely not the initials scrawled on a supplier slip that shouldn’t exist. Armed with a blue notebook, a retired accountant’s eye for numbers, and a baker’s ...

A Murdered Heiress, Death on the High Seas, a doomed High School Reunion and Anonymous Notes keep divorced baker Jenny King on her toes in this four book murder mystery anthology. 5 stars - 'I was reading these books like eating potato chips, too fast!' When forty four year old Jenny King moved to a remote island for a second chance at life, she didn't know it would involve murder. She's working at the Boardwalk Cafe, baking sweet treats to forget the bitter pill that is her life. Then a stranger's body washes up on the beach and her aunt is arrested. Compelled by circumstances, Jenny goes ...

In the picturesque coastal town of Sunrise Harbor, Maine, where salty ocean breezes mingle with the scent of freshly caught lobsters, a chilling mystery unfolds. When a supposedly idyllic lobstering cruise takes an unexpected turn, steamy romance author, baker and amateur sleuth, Tabitha Clive, finds herself accused of murdering her husband’s former sister-in-law, Ethel Brownville. As whispers of her guilt spread through the town, Tabitha's closest friends refuse to let her face the weight of false accusations alone. In The Women Sleuths Club Murder, a vibrant group of “mature” ...

A dead guest. A cat who knew first. And a town that's kept the same secret for forty years. Four years ago Poppy Thistlewick buried her husband and bought a leaking Victorian inn on the hill above the water. Now she bakes before dawn, keeps her own counsel, and lets her black cat Juniper size up the guests. It's a small, quiet life, and she fought hard for it. Then the man in room four turns up dead on the floor of a derelict boathouse — a shattered brass compass beside him, and one name in his pocket that nobody in this small town has said out loud since 1987. The sheriff is calling it ...

. Did you ever think that you knew someone so well that nothing they did could surprise you? Yeah, me too. Until my best friend came up with a doozy. It’s a new year and there’s a new murder in Sandy Harbor, Maine. It would seem that it’s business as usual until Allie finds out who the victim is. Lucy’s ex-husband. The catch is that Lucy never told anyone she had been married to anyone other than her current husband, Ed. Allie’s not sure what to make of this. They told each other everything, didn’t they? Why didn’t Lucy mention she had been married to someone else? And why is ...

The holidays were supposed to be merry and bright… until murder arrived on Diana Gates’ doorstep. Diana Gates, beloved owner of The Silver Spoon Café, was ready for a cozy Christmas season in her snowy New England town—gingerbread cookies in the oven, evergreen garlands in the windows, and a full calendar of festive events. But when a dead body turns up in the dumpster behind her restaurant, the police have one shocking lead… her. To clear her name, Diana reluctantly teams up with Detective Steven Calhoun—the man who once broke her heart in college, and who now seems determined ...

At this brewery, the last orders are to die for… When handsome, former-rugby-playing, pub landlord Mil asks Juno Mulligan for a favour, she immediately says yes. Although she’s initially disappointed that the favour doesn’t involve any sort of romantic shenanigans, Juno is reminded that...

A cozy cup of coffee, a splash of small-town charm… and a bitter taste of murder. Sunny Cove is buzzing with excitement as new businesses bloom on Main Street, and Sammy Baker is thrilled to welcome the fresh faces. From the sleek new coffee shop to the charming florist and a sparkling hometown bank, everything seems to be going right—until the lights go out… literally. With the town’s streetlights failing and petty crimes on the rise, Sammy jumps into action to protect her beloved community. But when a late-night walk turns into a nightmare—and she stumbles over the body of the ...

Pie Contest Turns Deadly Fall is in the air and the Eastern Shore Pie Contest has come to Pelican Cove. So has a woman who became a pariah when she was banished from town forty years ago. Now she is back with a vengeance amidst loud protests. The town is split over whether a decades old edict is still valid, especially since the woman holds a lot of power as a judge of the contest. The competition heats up as local women break their backs trying out different recipes, determined to win. Then an unexpected murder shocks the town. Roped into investigating the crime, café owner and amateur ...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Carolyn Ridder Aspenson’s Witches of Holiday Hills Cozy Mystery Series is a world of wonder and magic, but Cooper, her Burmese familiar cat, steals the show! RECIPES INCLUDED! Welcome to Holiday Hills, where Christmas is magical—and deadly. I’m Abby Odell, cozy mystery writer and newly minted witch, navigating my first Christmas without my mother while discovering my magical talents. Between decking the halls and dodging a murderer, I'm in for a wild holiday. With quirky magical neighbors, a suspicious double murder in my own family, and a sexy but ...

"Trained in acting and a lifer in the restaurant business, Michael Cecchi-Azzolina doles out opinions in the tone of an authentic New Yorker. He narrates with a good pace and rhythm. The inner workings of the restaurant world as revealed are exhilarating but often sordid and salacious....this is...

Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll transports listeners back in time to witness the remarkable evolution of the American restaurant chef in the 1970s and 1980s. Andrew Friedman goes inside Chez Panisse and other Bay Area restaurants to show how the politically charged backdrop of Berkeley helped spark...

Abridged Edition Curated Selections from the definitive, career-spanning collection of writing from Anthony Bourdain, assembled for the first time and read by Tony with Dion Graham, Kimberly Witherspoon, Kaleo Griffith, David Colacci, and Chris Patton. Anthony Bourdain represented many things to...

Murder at the Midnight Buffet The Grand Voyager is sailing in the Caribbean and the cruise line has planned a midnight buffet to pamper the passengers. The doors are thrown open as the clock strikes the hour where a ten foot chocolate fountain steals the show. Barely a minute later, it lists like the Titanic and crashes on the floor. Amidst the cries and confusion, Meg is the only one who notices the body on the floor, with a red blot spreading on her chest. Ship security is eager to downplay the crime. The woman had no family and so there is nobody demanding an investigation. But tender ...

A glittering ball. A grand old inn. A guest who falls at the stroke of midnight. And a killer still dancing among the crowd. Holly Pratt has survived her first Christmas back behind the counter of the Rolling Pin, and now she has landed the biggest catering job of her life: cream puffs, cranberry tartlets and her late husband Danny's honey-orange New Year Cakes for the Snowberry Inn's 150th anniversary New Year's Eve Ball. The chandelier is blazing, the quartet is playing, and handsome Deputy Sam Calloway may finally be about to ask her to dance. Then, eight minutes before midnight, wealthy...

[This revised edition addresses feedback from readers!] Can a young widow clear her name and save her hometown's livelihood when its beloved wine festival turns deadly? When the annual Winter Wine Festival in charming small-town Los Robles comes to a shocking halt with the discovery of a dead body, amateur sleuth Avery Parker finds herself thrust into a twisted murder mystery. Having recently returned to run her family’s vineyard after her husband’s untimely death, Avery must navigate complex small-town social politics and quirky characters to uncover clues, clear her own name, and ...

She came to sell the inn. Now she has to solve a murder to keep it. When burned-out Boston chef Nora Marsh inherits a crumbling seaside inn from a great-aunt she barely knew, she has a plan, and it's eight words long: fix it up, sell it, be gone by July. She does not plan to fall for the foggy little town of Gull Harbor, Maine. She definitely doesn't plan to find her first guest dead in the best room two days after she arrives. The police call it an accident. Nora knows better, because she knows food, and she knows the man who died of a shellfish allergy never touched a thing in her kitchen...

Woman Brutally Murdered on Cruise The luxury cruise ship Grand Voyager is headed full speed to Dubai after stops in Sri Lanka and India. Meg has just attended a big fat royal wedding and is looking forward to some relaxing sea days. Her hot dinner date is interrupted by the announcement of a passenger's death. Rushing to the spot, Meg is sad to learn it is her new friend who was celebrating her 50th wedding anniversary. Further investigation reveals the old woman was stabbed in her suite. Meg can't believe the bashful mother of two that security apprehended is capable of such a heinous ...

Meg Butler sets sail on the Grand Voyager on a luxury world cruise, eager to visit 30 countries before she's 30. But she hasn't planned on running into murder! The ship is hosting a Bingo tournament for the length of the cruise. Several passengers are competing for the grand prize which is rumored to be in six figures. Meg runs into a friendly older man who boasts of being a skilled player. He has developed a fool proof strategy that is guaranteed to win him big money. Meg is warmed by his affectionate manner toward her and feels he is the father figure she has always yearned for. Disaster ...

"This is a slim and modest book, a volume of oral histories in the vein of Studs Terkel’s Working (1974), but everyone who eats out regularly should know about it...Voices From the Kitchen is an optimistic book — it reminds you that if many restaurant careers begin that way, they don’t...