I do love a tightly-paced, twisty culinary cozy mystery, and the fifth installment of the Cheese Shop Mystery series delivers exactly that! Now that she’s more solidly established her Curds & Whey cheese shop in the Sonoma Valley town of Yarrow Glen, cheesemonger Willa Bauer is ready to fully participate in the Dairy Days festival…
As soon as I had a chance to slip this science-fiction homage to the classic mystery The Thin Man into my work schedule, reader, I took it! It’s the year 2075, and interplanetary travel has become so de rigueur that cruises between Earth, the Lunar Colony, and Mars are a common–if still fairly expensive–vacation option.…
The only mystery that baker Poppy McAllister is interested in solving this holiday season is the one regarding the engagement ring in a velvet box that was left at her Butterfly Wings bed and breakfast over Thanksgiving. None of the men in the lives of herself or her nearest and dearest have owned up to…
Hayley Powell is in for the shock of her life when she accompanies one of her best friends, Mona Barnes, on what should be a routine-if-time-consuming errand. Mona’s dad, Bubba, has gone to his cabin in Bar Harbor, Maine, for an ice-fishing weekend. Unfortunately, he’s neglected to bring his heart medication with him. Mona’s mom,…
Kitchen witch Mia Malone is seriously thinking about quitting her day job as catering manager for the Lodge, the renowned local ski resort. She’d originally taken on the position when the Lodge decided to stop outsourcing its catering gigs to independent businesses like her own Mia’s Morsels, making it much harder to keep her small…
Lee Barrett Mondello has to wear a lot of hats in her work at Salem, Massachusetts’ WICH-TV. While she’s officially the television station’s program director, her boss, Bruce Doan, would be much happier if she would again take on the role of executive director of documentaries–especially with a big-budget movie currently in town. Night Magic,…
Pamela Paterson is relaxing at the home of her best friends, Bettina and Wilfred Fraser, who conveniently live right across the street from her in their small New Jersey town of Arborville. The friends are celebrating yet another successful end to their town’s annual Halloween festivities when urgent screams unexpectedly disturb the night. Heading back…
Bridget “Bunny” MacBride’s career as a celebrity chef is taking off! When her domestic diva boss suggests that she’s ready to move on from 15-minute cooking segments to hosting a show of her own, she’s eager to sign on the dotted line. What she doesn’t realize is that the “spirits” in the Food and Spirits…
Ellen Byron’s latest culinary cozy series is just as delightful as her other books but draws more closely on her real-life experiences as a former television screenwriter. Her new heroine, Dee Stern, shares a similar occupation but has decided that she’s had enough of Hollywood. Instead of writing for mediocre sitcoms, she’s going in a…
Baker and entrepreneur Jules Capshaw doesn’t have time to feel ill–not when her best friend Lance’s new production company, the Fair Verona Players, is about to debut its very first performance in just a matter of days. Their updated take on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew will premiere on the grounds of Uva, the…
