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Cook-Off Mystery series

Cooking the Books: A Half-Baked Alibi by Devon Delaney

By Doreen Sheridan

April 13, 2022

Sherry Oliveri is feeling pretty down about a hand injury forcing her to withdraw from the Kitchen Royalty Cook-Off being held in her own hometown of Augustin, Connecticut. At least this gives her the opportunity to root on her good friend Amber Sherwin in the same competition. Despite the two having met as competitors in…

Cooking the Books: Double Chocolate Cookie Murder by Devon Delaney

By Doreen Sheridan

September 1, 2021

Sherry Oliveri is about to do something entirely novel for her: judge a cook-off contest instead of competing in one. That said, the Story for Glory Cookie Bake-Off is probably a competition she would never have entered herself. Sherry prides herself on her cooking creativity, but baking has never been her forte, requiring as it…

Cooking the Books: Eat, Drink and Be Wary by Devon Delaney

By Doreen Sheridan

August 26, 2020

The latest cooking competition that our heroine, Sherry Oliveri, has entered comes with a unique but helpful twist. She’s allowed a sous chef, and who more fun to spend time with than her younger brother, Pep, who has only recently blown back into town after years of a rather peripatetic lifestyle. Pep is pretty cagey…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: September 2018

By Crime HQ

August 16, 2018

Criminal Element’s September 2018 Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List! Week of September 1 through September 7 Title Author Series Date The Cats Came Back Sofie Kelly Magical Cats Mystery #10 9/4 Wuthering Kites Clover Tate Kite Shop Mystery #3 9/4 Mrs. Jeffries and the Three Wise Women Emily Brightwell Victorian Mystery #36 9/4 Merry Wrath Mysteries…

Cooking the Books: Expiration Date by Devon Delaney

By Doreen Sheridan

May 23, 2018

Sherry Frazelle is licking her wounds as she finalizes her divorce from her husband of five years and the loss of her job as his legal assistant. Now, she works part-time at her dad’s rug store and spends her free time whipping up entries for the cooking competitions she’s becoming quite famous for winning—at least…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: April 2018

By Crime HQ

March 15, 2018

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we welcomed spring with great March cozies; this month, April showers bring awesome reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read next! Like this shopping…

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