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Death al Dente

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Candy Apple Dead

Sammi Carter · 240 pages

Abby Shaw has returned to her hometown of Paradise, Coloradoleaving behind a career in corporate law and a cheating husbandto take over her aunt's candy shop, Divinity. But her sweet new life quickly turns sour when a fellow merchant dies in a fire. With all clues pointing to arsonand Abby's brother as the number one suspectshe must sink her teeth into finding the killer.

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A Spoonful of Murder

Connie Archer

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Meet Your Baker

Ellie Alexander · 320 pages

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A Taste for Murder

Claudia Bishop · 240 pages

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Recipes for Love and Murder

Sally Andrew · 419 pages

"A bright new talent makes her fiction debut with this first novel in a delicious crime series set in rural South Africa: a flavorful blend of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Goldy Schulz, full of humor, romance, and recipes, and featuring a charming cast of characters. Tannie Maria ("tannie" meaning auntie, the respectful Afrikaans address for a woman older than you) is a middle-aged widow

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Glazed Murder

Jessica Beck

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Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates

Kathy Aarons · 294 pages

The locals in charming West Riverdale, Maryland, are heading to Chocolates and Chapters, where everything sold is to die for ... Best friends Michelle Serrano and Erica Russell are celebrating the sweet rewards of their combined bookstore and chocolate shop by hosting the Great Fudge Cook-off during the town's Memorial Day weekend Arts Festival. But success turns bittersweet when Main Street's por

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Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse

Harper Lin · 284 pages

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Eggs in Purgatory

Laura Childs · 289 pages

Suzanne, Toni, and Petra lose their husbands but find independence when they open the Cackleberry Club. Then their cozy cafe becomes the scene of a crime when a lawyer dies with a secret on his lips and egg on his face. What this all has to do with a religious cult and Suzanne's past could put her own life on the line.

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Killer Cupcakes

Leighann Dobbs · 146 pages

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Murder Takes the Cake

Gayle Trent

A routine cake delivery becomes a culinary nightmare when a small-town baker discovers her first client's dead body. It'll take more than a little sugar to convince folks Daphne Martin's freshly baked spice cake was not to blame for the mysterious death of town gossip Yodel Watson. Getting her new cake decorating business, Daphne's Delectable Cakes, off the ground is hard enough now that Daphne's

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Pancakes and Corpses

Agatha Frost · 210 pages

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The Long Quiche Goodbye

Avery Aames · 336 pages

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The Lady in the Attic

Tara Randel · 256 pages

"Join Annie Dawson and the members of the Hook and Needle Club of Stony Point, Maine as they track down mysteries connected with the contents found in the attic of Annie's ancestral home, Grey Gables. There can be danger, adventure, and heart warming discoveries in the secrets Annie unearths--secrets about her own family as well as the townspeople of this charming seacoast town in central Maine"--

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Catering to Nobody

Diane Mott Davidson · 266 pages

Catering a wake is not Goldy’s idea of fun. Yet the Colorado caterer throws herself into preparing a savory feast including Poached Salmon and Strawberry Shortcake Buffet designed to soothe forty mourners. And her culinary efforts seem to be exactly what the doctor ordered...until her ex-father-in-law gynecologist Fritz Korman is struck down and Goldy is accused of adding poison to the menu. Now,

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Pies and Prejudice

Ellery Adams

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Gluten for Punishment

Nancy J. Parra · 292 pages

When her bakery's grand opening is marred by the murder of a local wheat farmer, Toni Ryder, who makes allergy-safe, gluten-free treats, tries to find the killer, in the face of hostility from others in the town.

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Kelly's Koffee Shop

Dianne Harman · 151 pages

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I Scream, You Scream

Wendy Lyn Watson · 258 pages

Recently divorced Tallulah Jones is mortified when she's stuck scooping sundaes for her two-timing ex-husband--and his bodacious new girlfriend, Brittanie--at his company luau. But when Brittanie drops dead, Tally is suddenly the prime suspect in her murder investigation. To catch the killer, Tally will have to dip deep into her small Texan town's darkest secrets and churn up stories some would pr

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Drizzled with Death

Jessie Crockett

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The Calamity Café

Gayle Leeson · 304 pages

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Murder, She Barked

Krista Davis · 398 pages

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Foul Play at the Fair

Shelley Freydont

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Kernel of Truth

Kristi Abbott · 304 pages

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