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Cozy Mysteries December 2017
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Crust No One
by Winnie Archer
While apprenticing under Olaya Solis, the master baker and owner of Yeast of Eden, Ivy Culpepper comes to the aid of her ex-boyfriend Miguel Baptista when his produce supplier goes missing, and gets some help from her octogenarian sidekick and the loose-lipped Blackbird Ladies who rise to the occasion. This is the 2nd in the Bread Shop Mystery series.
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A Crime of Poison
by Nancy Haddock
While organizing the Fall Folk Art Festival and Bake Sale in Lilyvale, Arkansas, crafter and store owner Leslee Stanton Nix must piece together the clues to prove the innocence of two members of the Silver Six, her aunt’s group of friends, when they are accused of killing a local troublemaker. This is the 3rd in the Silver Six Crafting Mystery series.
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Bloodstains with Bronte : a crime with the classics mystery
by Katherine Bolger Hyde
When the murdered body of a contractor is discovered at a Halloween murder-mystery fundraiser, detective Luke Richards reluctantly investigates Windy Corner's single-mother housekeeper, Katie; while owner Emily Cavanaugh identifies common traits shared by the victim and St. John Rivers from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. This is the 2nd in the Crime with the Classics series.
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Honey-baked Homicide
by Gayle Leeson
When struggling beekeeper and Southern café owner Amy's new business partner, Stuart Landon is murdered, Amy investigates and finds herself in a sticky situation as the list of suspects grows longer, causing quite a buzz in the community. Includes recipes. This is the 3rd in the Down South Café Mystery series.
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Ginger snapped : a spice shop mystery
by Gail Oust
When their town's Realtor of the Year, a suspected romantic interest for police chief Wyatt McBride, is found murdered, Wyatt is targeted with suspicion and suspended from his post, compelling Piper Prescott to launch an investigation to clear his name. This will be the 5th in the Spice Shop Mystery series.
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Murder With Lemon Tea Cakes
by Karen Rose Smith
When her Aunt Iris is accused of murdering her wealthy and not-quite-divorced boyfriend Harvey Fitz, Daisy Swanson must put her soups, scones and soothing teas on the back burner while her shop is under police investigation and hopes that Jonas Groft, an ex-detective from Philadelphia, can help her solve the case before her aunt is in more hot water. This will be the 1st in the Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery series.
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Murder Most Merry: Holiday Cozies
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The ghost of Christmas past
by Rhys Bowen
Struggling with depression in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and a miscarriage, semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan and her husband, Daniel, accept an invitation to spend the holidays at a Hudson mansion, only to be embroiled in the mystery of their hosts' daughter's disappearance. This is the 17th in the Molly Murphy Mystery series.
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A Late Frost
by Sheila Connolly
When newcomer Monica Whitman falls ill and dies, supposedly due to food poisoning, orchard owner Meg Corey Chapman investigates and soon discovers that there is one bad apple in the bunch as it becomes clear that Monica was murdered. This is the 11th in the Orchard Mystery series.
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Not a Creature Was Purring
by Krista Davis
When she, while preparing for the town’s Christkindl Market, and dealing with an unexpected love triangle, stumbles upon the corpse of a pet-clothing tycoon, Holly Miller, along with her dedicated pet detectives, must sniff out a killer. Includes recipes for owners and their pets.
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Hark the Herald Angels Slay
by Vicki Delany
When her ex-fiancé, who has returned to Rudolph, New York, to do a feature on the Christmas in July festivities, is murdered, Merry Wilkinson, the owner of Mrs. Claus’ Treasures, must catch a killer who is definitely on the naughty list.
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Purring around the Christmas tree
by Liz Mugavero
When Santa arrives dead to the annual lighting of the Christmas tree, organic pet patisserie owner Kristan Connor must solve this crime before more holiday murder and mayhem ensues.
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