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Winnie Archer

Cooking the Books: Bread Over Troubled Water by Winnie Archer

By Doreen Sheridan

December 14, 2022

Ivy Culpepper is happily envisioning her upcoming engagement party to be held in one of the gorgeous parks overlooking the Santa Sofia beach. Her employer and friend Olaya Solis has promised to provide a wall of bread that’s going to be as beautiful and creative (and social media-worthy!) as it is functional, providing guests with…

Kensington CozyClub Mini-Con October 2022

By Doreen Sheridan

November 29, 2022

After a delay of three years, I finally got a chance to attend a Kensington CozyClub Mini-Con! In 2019, the pandemic put paid to Kensington Publishing’s usual slate of CozyClub mini-conventions, aimed at lovers of cozy mysteries and held regionally on a regular basis. Now that it’s 2022 however, things have gotten safe enough to…

Cooking the Books: A Murder Yule Regret by Winnie Archer

By Doreen Sheridan

December 8, 2021

Ivy Culpepper is initially dismayed to hear that the already hard-working Olaya Solis, her boss at the Yeast of Eden bakery, has accepted a last-minute catering job. But when she hears that she’s been asked to photograph the swanky soiree in addition to helping bake and serve food, she’s much more amenable to the idea.…

Cooking the Books: Death Gone A-Rye by Winnie Archer

By Doreen Sheridan

May 26, 2021

Emmaline Davis and Billy Culpepper are getting married! No one could be happier for them than Ivy Culpepper, Emmaline’s best friend and Billy’s sister, who has been cheering on this union for decades. The wedding is slightly marred, however, by reports coming in of the murder of a member of Santa Sofia’s school board. As…

Cooking the Books: Dough or Die by Winnie Archer

By Doreen Sheridan

September 2, 2020

It’s taken some persuading, but Ivy Culpeper has convinced Olaya Solis, the owner-operator of the beloved bread shop Yeast of Eden, to participate in the inaugural episode of the new reality show, America’s Best Bakeries. The producers want to showcase one of Yeast of Eden’s outreach programs, Bread of Life, a cooking class designed to…

Book Review: Flour in the Attic by Winnie Archer

By Doreen Sheridan

August 30, 2019

Flour in the Attic by Winnie Archer is the fourth book in the Bread Shop Mystery series, where Ivy Culpepper keeps the ovens hot at Yeast of Eden, a Northern California bakery that specializes in traditional breads, but now has to deal with a stone-cold killer. Ivy Culpepper is on tenterhooks waiting for her best…

Cooking the Books: The Walking Bread by Winnie Archer

By Doreen Sheridan

September 26, 2018

Our heroine Ivy Culpepper’s latest photography job is to document Santa Sofia’s annual art car parade and ball. Her older brother, Billy, has been a contender in the parade for nearly decades now, but his innovative creations have never yet won. Max Litman, a local real estate developer who’s even more obsessed with the parade…

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…

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