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Cooking the Books

Cooking the Books: The Diva Spices It Up by Krista Davis

By Doreen Sheridan

June 10, 2020

Krista Davis adds an entirely new twist to her entertaining series revolving around rival domestic divas in Old Town Alexandria, introducing espionage to the culinary cozy proceedings! Spies are the last thing on our heroine Sophie Winston’s mind when she accepts a ghostwriting gig as a favor for her ex-husband, Mars. Former actress Tilly Stratford…

Cooking the Books: Murder with Clotted Cream by Karen Rose Smith

By Doreen Sheridan

June 3, 2020

As Thanksgiving approaches, Daisy Swanson is eagerly anticipating the birth of her first grandchild. Since she doesn’t want to stress out the expectant mom—her oldest daughter, Violet—she’s keeping busy with work at her tea garden in Pennsylvania’s Amish country. While tourist season is coming to a close, Daisy has plans to keep her business in…

Cooking the Books: Killer Chardonnay by Kate Lansing

By Doreen Sheridan

May 27, 2020

Parker Valentine is about to realize her dream of opening her own winery in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado. Sure her parents don’t seem enthused enough to drop in on opening day, but at least her brother Liam and his good-looking friend Reid Wallace are there to show their support—along with a decent-sized crowd of…

Cooking the Books: On the Lamb by Tina Kashian

By Doreen Sheridan

May 20, 2020

Eight months have passed since the events of the last installment of the Kebab Kitchen Mystery series, with nary a dead body in sight—to the relief of our heroine, Lucy Berberian. She’s had her hands full running her family’s Mediterranean restaurant, so everything else has been on the backburner, including looking for a new apartment…

Cooking the Books: One Feta In the Grave by Tina Kashian

By Doreen Sheridan

May 13, 2020

The third in the Kebab Kitchen Mystery series is another page-turning culinary cozy, as summer festivities in Ocean Crest, New Jersey, are interrupted by murder. Our heroine, Lucy Berberian, is the manager of her family’s Mediterranean restaurant but has taken on the task of helping to organize the food and beverage portion of Ocean Crest’s…

Cooking the Books: Mousse and Murder by Elizabeth Logan

By Doreen Sheridan

May 6, 2020

Charlotte “Charlie” Cooke has been running the Bear Claw Diner in Elkview, Alaska, for over a year now after her mother, the diner’s original owner-operator, decided she wanted to retire and travel the world with her husband, Charlie’s dad. Now that Charlie’s settled into a good groove with both the diner and her cat—the delightfully…

Cooking the Books: Pulp Friction by Julie Anne Lindsey

By Doreen Sheridan

April 29, 2020

The second installment of Julie Anne Lindsey’s Cider Shop Mystery series sees us back in bucolic Blossom Valley, West Virginia, where our heroine, Winnie Mae Montgomery, has successfully opened her dream cider store adjacent to her grandmother’s apple orchard. She’s recently expanded to hosting large events and is only too happy to be providing space,…

Cooking the Books: Seas the Day by Maggie Toussaint

By Doreen Sheridan

April 22, 2020

River Holloway is a caterer with a reputation for being able to find lost things, so when family friend Estelle Bolz calls begging her to find Estelle’s missing son, Chili, River readily accepts. Chili was like a brother to River growing up, but as she starts asking around their small Georgia community, she discovers that…

Cooking the Books: Death of a Blueberry Tart by Lee Hollis

By Doreen Sheridan

April 15, 2020

Hayley Powell is finally married to fellow reporter Bruce Linney, but the impromptu nature of their wedding means that they haven’t actually planned for what comes next. Even as they’re adjusting to living together in Hayley’s house and dealing with Bruce’s on-going allergic reaction to her cat Blueberry, they’re budgeting money and time off for…

Cooking the Books: Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day

By Doreen Sheridan

April 8, 2020

The second in the Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery series finds one of the book group’s own under suspicion of murder after a dinner party gone awry. Gin Malloy is the owner of Westham, Massachusetts’ titular taffy shop, so she naturally brings a box of candy with her as a hostess gift to a dinner…

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