Culinary Fiction

Davon stand nichts im Testament ... Cottages, englische Rosen und sanft geschwungene Hügel - das ist Earlsraven. Mittendrin: das "Black Feather". Dieses gemütliche Café erbt die junge Nathalie Ames völlig unerwartet von ihrer Tante - und deren geheimes Doppelleben gleich mit! Die hat nämlich Kriminalfälle gelöst, zusammen mit ihrer Köchin Louise, einer ehemaligen Agentin der britischen Krone.

Davon stand nichts im Testament... Cottages, englische Rosen und sanft geschwungene Hügel - das ist Earlsraven. Mittendrin: das "Black Feather". Dieses gemütliche Café erbt die junge Nathalie Ames völlig unerwartet von ihrer Tante - und deren geheimes Doppelleben gleich mit! Die hat nämlich Kriminalfälle gelöst, zusammen mit ihrer Köchin Louise, einer ehemaligen Agentin der britischen Krone. Und während Nathalie noch dabei ist, mit den skurrilen Dorfbewohnern warmzuwerden, stellt sie fest: Der Spürsinn liegt in der Familie.

In Death in Florence (book number two), Diana arrives in Florence, ready to shake off the events of Paris and fulfill her lifelong dream of being proposed to on the romantic Ponte Vecchio bridge. But Diana can never possibly anticipate what she is about to find on that bridge and how it may just turn her romantic dream into a ridiculous nightmare!

Discover how Meghan Truman, Sandy Bay's latest resident and new bakery owner, navigates her way through three murder mysteries as she gets to know the quirky characters in her adopted hometown after failing to make a career as an actress in Hollywood. She's finally started a relationship with Jack Irvin, a detective, but will she find time to build a romance while she has to deal with betrayals, ungrateful staff, culture clashes, and murder? Three complete best-selling cozy mystery stories in one boxset!

Pebble Cove is home to more than just fishermen, Victorian houses, and coastal beauty. It also harbors long-running feuds and buried secrets. When a local man drops dead after drinking a matcha tea latte, Rosemary Woodmere suspects foul play. As a witness to the murder, she’s called in for questioning. At the station, she meets a new ghost and learns the town’s police force has a dark past when it comes to covering up murder.

Hadley James is finally living the life she’s always wanted: making jam and selling it at the local farmers market. When a cat-sitting job turns into a murder investigation, life no longer seems so perfect. Her twin brother, a deputy sheriff, is on the case but they’ve always done everything together and she can’t help but get involved. Following a trail of crafty clues, the James twins learn that their sleepy town might be harboring more darkness than they could’ve imagined.

Davon stand nichts im Testament... Cottages, englische Rosen und sanft geschwungene Hügel - das ist Earlsraven. Mittendrin: das "Black Feather". Dieses gemütliche Café erbt die junge Nathalie Ames völlig unerwartet von ihrer Tante - und deren geheimes Doppelleben gleich mit! Die hat nämlich Kriminalfälle gelöst, zusammen mit ihrer Köchin Louise, einer ehemaligen Agentin der britischen Krone. Und während Nathalie noch dabei ist, mit den skurrilen Dorfbewohnern warmzuwerden, stellt sie fest: Der Spürsinn liegt in der Familie.

Charlotte is thrilled to have her bed and breakfast back up and running. Everything seems to go better than planned - until one of Charlotte’s unsatisfied clients shows up, calls Charlotte a fraud - and winds up dead. With her reputation in jeopardy once again, can Charlotte solve the crime and prove her innocence?

Fed up with dating after a disastrous setup, the only thing Hayley wants to snuggle up to is a box of made-to-order chocolates from plus-sized, plus-mouthed chocolatier Bessie Winthrop. But when Bessie is found dead in her kitchen, only Hayley suspects that Bessie's "heart attack" might actually be a candy-coated murder.

Audrey’s small Sicilian town hires a new building inspector to deal with the influx of one-dollar homeowners - and he sets about making Audrey’s idyllic Sicilian life utterly miserable. Just when things can’t get any worse, the inspector turns up dead - leaving Audrey as the main suspect. Audrey, without an alibi, is under more pressure than she’s ever been to solve the crime. But the inspectors list of enemies was long.

When oyster farmer Andie Greatorex is robbed of a bucket of oyster seeds worth $35,000, she comes to Julia Snowden for help. Who wants to sink Andie's successful business? Is it a rival oyster farmer, an ex-employee, a neighbor who objects to the oyster cages floating on the beautiful Damariscotta River, a lobsterman who feels pushed out by the farm leases, or someone from Andie's personal life? Then Andie turns up dead, floating by her dock in the SCUBA gear she wears when harvesting her oysters.

As it turns out quilting is the deadly new fad people are just dying to try...And here I thought the annual quilt auction would be a boring way to spend an evening! One big murder in my tiny hometown was more than I ever wanted to see, but now the death toll has risen to two. Eek! Hey, at least I've got my favorite 10-pound bundle of mischief at my side for good. My Jack Russell buddy, Pip, and I are experienced amateur detectives now and we're more than ready to put another tough case to bed.

Liddy Crawford, best friend of food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell, is getting married. The wedding is the talk of the town in Bar Harbor, Maine, including snide gossip about the age gap between the bride and her groom, local lawyer Sonny Lipton. But the cruelty of the comments is nothing compared to the nasty wedding-cake baker, Liddy's quarrelsome cousin Lisa. So when the belligerent baker is found facedown in a three-tier cake, the victim of a poisoned slice, there are more suspects in town than names on the guest list.

Baking. It can get a guy killed. When retired cop Albert arrives in Stilton for a festival, he has cheese on his mind, but that’s not what he gets. Arriving the morning after the factory and warehouse have been raided, all the stilton is gone, and the security guard Dave, who bravely fought to stop the thieves, needs someone’s help to save the day. With sidekick Rex Harrison, the failed police dog, at his side, our aging but sprightly hero will put his ear to the ground and his mind to work as he unravels the clues to this mystery.

The Whitstable Pearl restaurant has been busy all summer while Pearl’s detective agency has brought few interesting cases - until a prospective client calls. Christina Scott confides that seven years ago she had the perfect life with a seaside home, a confirmed pregnancy and Steven, a loving husband - until one morning, she woke to find herself alone. Christina’s husband had vanished, taking nothing with him but his car - which was later found abandoned at the beautifully mysterious Oare Marshes.

Twenty-something Sissy Yoder never imagined herself running her Aunt Bethel's cafe, but her help is needed, so she's making a go of it. And she must admit that life in tiny Yoder has been anything but dull—she's already solved one homicide—after being named the prime suspect in the case! Enjoying a peaceful respite after all that excitement, Sissy just wants to write her advice column. But when the unsavory Summers—resented by just about everyone in town—turns up murdered in his garden shed, it's up to Sissy to roll up her sleeves, dig for some clues, and weed out the culprit.

For generations, the women of the Brown family on Peach Cove Island have been known for their Southern sass and sweet homemade desserts at their beloved Peach Diner. Marygene has barely returned from Atlanta and tied on an apron when a diner regular drops dead at the counter. When it turns out the old man's been poisoned, her sister Jena Lynn is led away in handcuffs and the family eatery is closed. Now, to save her sister and the diner, Marygene must find the real killer. With some assistance from her Mama's spirit, Marygene will be serving up a special order of just desserts....

Ballerina Allie Larkin is still back home, healing up from a broken ankle and lending a hand at her aunt's Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack. But now that the famed restaurant is branching out into the world of catering, Allie's help is needed more than ever - even on the lobster boat. The last thing she expects to find once she's out on the bay, however, is the dead body of a beautiful young woman.

Im idyllischen Lake Eden hat Backfee Hannah Swensen sich mit einem gemütlichen Café einen Traum erfüllt: Ihre Leckereien sind heiß begehrt, und das Cookie Jar ist der Lieblingstreffpunkt der Dorfbewohner. Doch dann wird eines Tages Hannahs Lieferant Ron ermordet aufgefunden. Ron war der liebenswürdigste Mitarbeiter, den man sich wünschen kann, und Hannah hat allen Grund, seinen Mörder möglichst schnell dingfest zu machen. Da sie mit Charme und Spürsinn Neuigkeiten stets aus erster Hand erfährt, ist sie schneller, als die Polizei erlaubt.

Hollywood has come to town—and Faith Fairchild has to feed it! Hired to cater meals for the movie crew that is filming a modern-day version of The Scarlet Letter in the tiny New England village of Aleford, Faith is eager to treat the talented tantrum-throwers to the best of her culinary delights. But an accusation that her famous Black Bean Soup is poison has left a bad taste in Faith’s mouth. Her exploration into the source of the nasty slander leads the amateur investigator behind the scenes to a shocking off-camera murder. And suddenly more than Faith’s reputation is at stake.