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A Parfait Murder

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Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry

Denise Swanson · 255 pages

When her mother forces her to enter Grandma Sal's Soup-to-Nuts Cooking Challenge despite her lack of culinary skills, Sky Denison must decipher a complex recipe for murder when a cocky contestant meets her fate in a chocolate fountain.

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Peppermint Twisted

Sammi Carter · 256 pages

The second "sweet [and] deadly"* Candy Shop mystery.No one's happy when wealthy Felicity Asbury names herself director of the local arts festival. But when she's found dead, all evidence points to candy shop owner Abby Shaw, who must put aside her sweets to discover the twisted killer.

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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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The Chocolate Jewel Case

JoAnna Carl · 240 pages

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Fogged Inn

Barbara Ross · 350 pages

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For Cheddar or Worse

Avery Aames · 390 pages

Its time for the annual Cheese Festival in Providence, Ohio, and Charlotte Bessettes cheese shop is packed with homemade specialties. Meanwhile, her friend Erin is prepping her dairy farm and inn for cheese makers, marketers, journalists, and one surprise guestLara Berry, pretentious cheese whiz, pompous bestselling author, and pungent critic whose extra sharp tongue can crumble a reputation.

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A Broth of Betrayal

Connie Archer

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A Taste for Murder

Claudia Bishop · 240 pages

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StrawBuried in Chocolate

Lyndsey Cole · 206 pages

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Pancakes and Corpses

Agatha Frost · 210 pages

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One Dead Cookie

Virginia Lowell · 339 pages

Olivia Greyson is the proud owner of The Gingerbread House a quaint shop that specializes in all things cookie and her best friend Maddie is her sidekick baking up scrumptious treats for their cookie themed parties. But a dead body on their front porch might put their bake shop in a truly sticky situation. Olivia is busy baking up special cookies for Maddies upcoming engagement party when soap st

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A Scone to Die for

H.Y. Hanna · 326 pages

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Red Delicious Death

Sheila Connolly · 304 pages

A bunch of baby-faced chefs who are fresh out of cooking school are looking to open a restaurant in Granford. They plan on using locally-grown foods, which is great news for city-girl banker turned newbie orchard-owner Meg Corey. She can contribute apples from the orchard she inherited -- while continuing to harvest her romance with Seth, the local plumber. Yet when one of the chefs is found de

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Bone Appetit

Carolyn Haines · 328 pages

In the midst of a cook-off at a posh spa in Mississippi, southern PI Sarah Booth Delaney gets embroiled in a juicy murder when the beauty contest/cook-off's top contender gets poisoned.

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The Body in the Cast

Katherine Hall Page · 268 pages

Transplanted New York caterer Faith Fairchild returns as a movie crew and murder come to her adopted Massachusetts home.

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Evil Eclairs

Jessica Beck · 291 pages

"Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart admits her sweet treats don't exactly qualify as health food. But does she really deserve to be labeled a killer by local radio jockey Lester Moorefield? The annoying host is urging citizens to boycott Suzanne's deadly dough factory-until he's found dead himself, stuffed with one of Suzanne's eclairs. Everyone in April Springs knows about the feud between Lester and

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Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials

Ovidia Yu · 360 pages

"Rosie "Aunty" Lee, the feisty widow, amateur sleuth, and proprietor of Singapore's best-loved home cooking restaurant, is back in another delectable, witty mystery involving scandal and murder among the city's elite. Few know more about what goes on in Singapore than Aunty Lee. When a scandal over illegal organ donation involving prominent citizens makes news, she already has a list of suspects.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

Joanne Fluke · 389 pages

Hannah already has her hands full trying to dodge her mother's attempts to marry her off while running The Cookie Jar, Lake Eden's most popular bakery. But once Ron LaSalle, the beloved delivery man from the Cozy Cow Dairy, is found murdered behind her bakery with Hannah's famous Chocolate Chip Crunchies scattered around him, her life just can't get any worse. Determined not to let her cookies get

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Shades of Earl Grey

Laura Childs · 277 pages

Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is finally invited to a social event that she doesn't have to cater-but trouble is brewing at the engagement soiree of the season...

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Kernel of Truth

Kristi Abbott · 304 pages

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Peach Pies and Alibis

Ellery Adams

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By Cook or by Crook

Maya Corrigan · 364 pages

Haunted by the car accident that ended her career as a cookbook publicist, Val Deniston has traded in the chaos of New York City for a quieter life near the Chesapeake Bay. Living with her curmudgeonly grandfather in the tourist town of Bayport is hardly glamorous, but she enjoys working at the Cool Down Cafe at the local fitness club, and she finally has time to work on her long-planned cookbook.

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Sugar and Iced

Jenn McKinlay · 330 pages

Normally Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura wouldn't be caught dead at a beauty pageant, but when Mel's mom asks them to provide cupcakes for the seventy-fifth annual Sweet Tiara contest as a favor for her best friend, they can't say no. Plus between cooking up a daily display for the three-day event and sponsoring a cupcake creation challenge for the participants, Fairy Tale Cupcakes will get great

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