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The Merlot Murders: A Wine Country Mystery (Wine Country Mysteries)

Ellen Crosby - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A phone call at two thirty in the morning is never good news. Lucie Montgomery's semiestranged brother, Eli, calls her in France to tell her their father, Leland, has been killed in a hunting accident on the family's five-hundred-acre Virginia vineyard just as the fall harvest is about...
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The Chocolate Moose Motive: A Chocoholic Mystery

JoAnna Carl - NAL Hardcover; Book Club edition
Format: Hardcover

When Lee hires a free-spirited employee with a tie-dyed, troubled past, she discovers that even the counter-culture can conceal a killer As much as the chocolate concoctions at TenHuis can tantalize peoples tongues, Lees newest hire is more likely to make them wag. Forsythia Sissy Smith...
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Candy Cane Murder

Leslie Meier - Kensington; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"Candy Cane Murder" by Joanne Fluke. Bakery owner Hannah Swensen feels a little stuffed in her elf costume - but it's too late to count calories. Lake Eden's annual Christmas gala is upon her and eager children are waiting. Wayne Bergstrom, owner of Bergstrom's Department...
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Sweet Tea Revenge

Laura Childs - Berkley; 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

In the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Agony of the Leaves, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning may always be a bridesmaid, never a bride, but this groom is never going to make it to the altar… Theodosia Browning’s dear friend, Delaine Dish,...
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Crepe Factor: A Scrapbooking Mystery

Laura Childs - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

The Winter Market in the French Quarter is in full swing, but murder isn't taking a holiday in the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of Parchment and Old Lace... The holidays are a busy time for scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand - but not so hectic...
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The Potluck Club (The Potluck Club, Book 1)

Eva Marie Everson - Revell
Format: Paperback

In the small Colorado town of Summit View, a surprising multi-generational mix of women from Grace Church meet once a week to pass a hot dish and to pray. But the Potluck Club, as they call themselves, is a recipe for disaster when they send up enough misinformed prayers to bring down a church....
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Bake Until Golden: A Novel

Linda Evans Shepherd - Revell; 1ST edition
Format: Paperback

The ladies of the Potluck Catering Club may have thought that winning The Great Party Showdown reality show in New York City would be the biggest adventure of their lives. But they weren't counting on the strange goings-on they would confront when they returned to Summit View, Colorado....
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The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For

Kate White - Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover

Hard-boiled breakfasts, thrilling entrees, cozy desserts, and more--this illustrated cookbook features more than 100 recipes from legendary mystery authors. Whether you're planning a sinister dinner party or whipping up some comfort food perfect for a day of writing, you'll find plenty...
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A Cookbook Conspiracy: A Bibliophile Mystery

Kate Carlisle - NAL; Signed 1st Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Its a recipe for disaster when bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright is asked to restore an antique cookbook.Brooklyn has always been a little obsessed with food, but it was her sister Savannah who became a chef, graduating from the prestigious Cordon Bleu school in Paris. She and her classmates...
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The Chocolate Book Bandit: A Chocoholic Mystery

JoAnna Carl - NAL Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

When it turns out a member of Warner Pier’s library board has been living on borrowed time, Lee is determined to discover who wrote the victim’s final chapter…Running TenHuis Chocolade keeps Lee McKinney Woodyard busy enough, but now she’s been offered two different...
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The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha

Joanna Carl - Berkley Pub Group
Format: Print book

From the national bestselling author of The Chocolate Falcon Fraud comes an Easter candy caper featuring chocolatiers Lee Woodyard and her Aunt Nettie, and a killer who's hopping mad... The approach of Easter means a rush of business at TenHuis Chocolade, and Lee and her Aunt...
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If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance

Paige Shelton - Berkley; Original edition
Format: Paperback

 At Gram’s Country Cooking School in Broken Rope, Missouri, Isabelle “Betts” Winston and her grandmother share the secrets of delicious home-style recipes. But there’s one secret they keep from their classes—their ability to talk to ghosts from the town’s...
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If Fried Chicken Could Fly

Paige Shelton - Berkley
Format: Paperback

At Grams Country Cooking School, Betts and Gram are helping students prepare the perfect dishes for the Southern Missouri Show-Down, the cook-off that draws the first of the summer visitors. Everything is going smoothly until they discover the body of local theater owner Everett Morningside...
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Scones & Bones

Laura Childs - Berkley Hardcover; Book Club edition
Format: Hardcover

Savor the latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Teaberry Strangler. Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is lured into attending the Heritage Society's "Pirates and Plunder" soiree. But it's an antique diamond skull ring that gets plundered...
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Devonshire Scream: A Tea Shop Mystery

Laura Childs - Berkley Prime Crime
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling author of Ming Tea Murder serves up heists, homicides, and herbal blends in the latest in the Tea Shop mysteries. Catering a high-class trunk show at Heart's Desire Jewelry is a shining achievement for Theodosia and the Indigo Tea Shop....
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The Bordeaux Betrayal: A Wine Country Mystery

Ellen Crosby - Scribner; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

Now in mass market, Ellen Crosby’s third suspenseful tale set in Virginia wine country features a bottle of Bordeaux that Thomas Jefferson may have purchased for George Washington—and it just may be a wine to die for. When a noted author and historian turns up dead the night...
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Murder on the Mediterranean

Alexander Campion - Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover

Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier is escaping the demands of Paris police work on a well-deserved cruise. Other invitees include her husband, the celebrated restaurant critic, her special agent cousin Jacques, a famed bar owner, and even her boss. The table appears to be set for an affair...
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Killer Gourmet

G.A. McKevett - Kensington
Format: Hardcover

Plus-sized P.I. Savannah Reid and her pals at the Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency know a thing or two about fine dining. But when murder shows up on the menu, it's time to go back to the kitchen. . .When the Moonlight Magnolia gang learns their friends Ryan Stone and John Gibson...
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Christmas Caramel Murder

Joanne Fluke - Kensington
Format: Hardcover

Christmas normally descends on Lake Eden, Minnesota, as gently as reindeer alighting on a rooftop - but this yuletide season the only thing coming down Hannah Swensen's chimney is a case of murder . . . The holidays have arrived, and Hannah and her good pal Lisa have agreed...
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Watchdog: A Melanie Travis Mystery

Laurien Berenson - Kensington; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

It's Autumn in Connecticut. Melanie Travis has just started a new job, and with the added excitement of showing her Standard Poodle, Faith, in the fall shows, the last thing she wants is to become embroiled in yet another of her brother Frank's moneymaking schemes. His current brainstorm...
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Batter Off Dead: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery

Tamar Myers - NAL Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

When Minerva J. Jay, a local lady known for her prodigious appetite, collapses after consuming her pancakes at a church breakfast, Police Chief Chris Ackerman enlists the aid of a pregnant Magdalena Yoder to investigate the case, which is soon complicated by the death of their prime suspect.
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Corpse Suzette (Savannah Reid Mysteries)

G. A. McKevett - Kensington
Format: Hardcover

Full-figured P.I. Savannah Reid, accompanying her assistant's cousin Abigail, who has won an extreme makeover, to a glamorous new luxury spa called Emerge, investigates the mysterious disappearance of a renowned plastic surgeon, a strange case that reveals the dark side of beauty.
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Buried in Buttercream

G. A. McKevett - Kensington; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When wedding planner to the stars Madeline Aberson becomes embroiled in a nasty divorce, her life falls apart and rumors swirl that her parties are total duds. Desperate for work, she finds herself planning far less glamorous affairs -- like Savannah Reid?s wedding to Dirk Coulter. It doesn?t...
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