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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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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...

*AUDIOBOOK INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE DR NELL SHORT STORY, A CHARM OF FINCHES* At Finchmere, beneath the snow, an ambush lies in wait... After a dazzling Indian wedding, Nell and Rav return to a frost-kissed Finchmere, eager to host their blessing in the woodland Nell loves best. But, as their nearest...

"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...

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...

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...

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 ...

'Wonderful series. A must read!' Widowed cafe owner Anna Butler uncovers shocking secrets from her past as she tries to prove she did not murder her husband. Packed with twists you never saw coming, every book in this series leaves readers wanting more. Leena Clover presents a heartwarming cozy mystery series about family, friendship and the pursuit of a lifelong dream. The last three books build up to an exciting series finale! Recently widowed Anna Butler is busy testing cupcake recipes, trying to cope with the loss of her beloved husband. When the license for her dream cafe is rejected, ...

At forty-nine, Ashley Grant thought the biggest surprise left in her life would be making it through a hospital shift without someone asking her to work a double. Then she comes home early and catches her husband cheating. Suddenly single after twenty-seven years of marriage, Ashley heads back to Bramblewick—the quirky hometown she swore she'd left behind for good—to deal with an unexpected inheritance from her mother: Fire & Brimstone, a long-shuttered pizza restaurant the locals desperately want reopened. Ashley plans to sell it. Bramblewick has other ideas. Soon she's reopening a ...

"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...

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 ...

Anonymous Note Screams Murder It's Christmas in Pelican Cove and the town is bursting with Yuletide spirit. Jenny King comes home from the tree lighting ceremony to a strange letter on her doorstep. The anonymous sender claims a gruesome murder has taken place and urges her to find the killer. Jenny plunges into the investigation, only to find that the letter might have been fake. Refusing to give up, Jenny keeps digging for clues. Her friends think she's on a wild goose chase and the whole town thinks she's lost it. But Jenny follows her gut, sure that a crime has been committed. Meanwhile...

City Developer Murdered at Historic Castle Anna's Cafe is flourishing. But the town of Dolphin Bay is in uproar as a city developer proposes new construction on the scenic Coastal Walk. Locals flock to the town meeting to protest. Hours later, the man is dead, stabbed to death in a room full of people. The police face a big challenge since everyone present had a motive to kill. When Anna’s friend and local resort owner Charlie Robinson becomes the top suspect, she reluctantly steps in to help. Can she ignore his sordid reputation and trust he is innocent? New secrets are revealed and ...

A forager's death. A recipe for betrayal. And a killer hiding in plain sight. Fiona Firth sent the invitation. Now a woman is dead, Fiona's food was on the same harvest-market stage, and the whole town is watching. Sylvia Crane spent twenty years deciding who could harvest, who could certify, and whose work deserved her approval. She left behind bruised careers, old grudges, and plenty of people with reasons to want her silenced. Fiona knows kitchens, ingredients, and people. Detective Walsh knows evidence. And Miso, Fiona's ginger tabby, knows exactly where she intends to sit while they ...

[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 ...

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 ...