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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 ...

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” ...

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...

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...

"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...

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 ...

A prestigious yacht-club event could give Sabrina Jordan’s tea house its biggest break yet. Instead, it serves up another murder. Former Chicago court reporter Sabrina Jordan is finally learning to charge what her work is worth. When The Steeped Daisy lands a high-paying catering job for Bellweather Cove’s season-end regatta, Sabrina should be thinking about invoices, shortbread, and whether her aging furnace will survive another Maine winter. Then wealthy summer resident Whit Calloway is found dead near the docks. At first, everyone wants to call it an accident. Whit was charming, ...

[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 ...

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 ...

"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...

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...

Merry Baker came to Maine looking for inspiration. Finding a dead body wasn’t part of the research. Cozy mystery author Merry Baker has spent years writing about charming bakeries, delicious recipes, and fictional murders. But lately, her stories are beginning to feel a little too familiar. So Merry packs her bags and heads to the picturesque coastal town of Whitney Harbor, Maine, where she plans to spend a few days learning the secrets of Bell’s Bakery—and sampling its famous blueberry pie in the name of professional research, of course. Then local property developer Grant Mercer is ...

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 ...

An estate sale should be the perfect place for old things to find new homes. In Bellweather Cove, it gives one buried secret a chance to kill. Sabrina Jordan only came to Harrow House to serve tea, scones, and steady hospitality to a crowd of buyers, sellers, and local gossips. But the charming antiques dealer running the sale has a gift for making desperate people feel seen—and for knowing exactly what their treasures are worth. Then he is found dead in the back room, beside a fallen cabinet. Most of town wants to call it an accident. Plenty of people had reason to hate him, but every ...

Reunions Can Be Murder The town of Pelican Cove is abuzz with gossip. The infamous class of 1988 is back home for their 30th reunion. It's a time to indulge in nostalgia and take a trip down memory lane. Everyone is eagerly awaiting the big event, the grand unveiling of the time capsule. But the gala dinner takes a morbid turn when a man is shot dead. Petitioned by the grieving widow, local cafe owner Jenny King takes on the belligerent reunion delegates. As long buried secrets begin to surface, Jenny's sleuthing abilities will be tested. Meanwhile, the town folk are busy raising funds to ...

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 ...

College Girl Murder Shocks Beach Town 5 stars - 'A Great New Series.' A heartwarming cozy mystery series about family, friendship and a crusade for justice. After suffering back to back personal tragedies, Anna Butler has resolved to pull herself up by the bootstraps and take a second chance at life. Her dream of expanding her bookstore into a cafe is shattered when the local mayor starts a vendetta against her. Anna is accused of murdering her husband! People she has known all her life refuse to give her the time of day. When an estranged friend calls for help, Anna sets her own troubles ...

Death dances in Pelican Shores this Valentine’s Day ❤️ Finn Dockrey expects roses, rhythm, and romance when Pelican Shores hosts a dazzling Argentine Tango Exhibition to save the aging Deveraux Theatre. Instead, the final performance ends with a body onstage, and the most enigmatic man in the room dead at her feet. Finn has a knack for stumbling into murder scenes. She and her best friend, Birdie, dive in with fearless enthusiasm, aided by Finn's golden retriever, with his uncanny nose for secrets, and Birdie's cat with her perfectly-timed interference. Island gossip ignites, suspect ...