Tom Straw is no stranger to being a ghost. Following the publication of his debut suspense novel, 2007’s Trigger Episode, he secretly assumed the identity of television’s fictional scribe Richard Castle, penning seven New York Times bestselling tie-in books before reasserting his authorial independence with Buzz Killer (2017). This May, Straw—also an Emmy and Writers…
It’s very easy to sell me on any book that has the premise of older women joining forces to solve crimes, and this series debut lives up to its potential in spades! Which is fitting, since our heroines—long-time nemeses who first appeared in Laurien Berenson’s Melanie Travis mystery series—originally team up because former nun Rose…
Chapter 1 The problem with perfection is that it doesn’t exist. Somewhere, deep down, I knew this. But in the high-end hotel kitchens and Michelin-starred restaurants where I honed my cooking skills, the name of the game was churning out perfection on a plate. Dish after dish, night after night. No mistakes. Ever. I opened…
Nationally bestselling author and unrepentant foodie Lucy Burdette is the pseudonym of Roberta Isleib, a clinical psychologist who penned the Golf Lover’s and Advice Column Mysteries. Last fall, Burdette published her first standalone suspense novel, the decidedly uncozy Unsafe Haven. This August, she returns with A Dish to Die For—the twelfth Key West Food Critic…
Former CIA librarian-turned-ice cream shop proprietor Riley Rhodes is happy to accept a big catering job as the New England summer draws to a close, padding her coffers for the inevitably leaner winter months ahead. The owner of the nearby Moy Mull Castle, a grand estate patterned on actual Scottish architecture that was later turned…
