Download or read book Mango Cake and Murder written by Christy Murphy and published by Christy Murphy. This book was released on with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mango Cake and Murder written by Christy Murphy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Mom convinces Christy to ditch her 'lousy' job and help with the catering business, their fledgling partnership suffers a few setbacks. One of them can't cook, they're short a catering van, and the guest of honour at their first party is murdered. That would be bad enough, but then Christy's cousin, Celia, becomes the prime suspect." -- Publisher.
Download or read book A Slice of Murder written by Marissa De Luna and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groom-to-be is cut down at his engagement party, and solving the case won’t be a piece of cake . . . Shilpa Solanki’s talent is making sure that special occasions are accompanied by special cakes, and her first booking after her move to Devon, England—where she’s inherited a house in Otter’s Reach—is a posh engagement party for Mason Connolly and Harriet Drew. Unfortunately, a knife has been used for something other than cutting the cake. Now Shilpa is working to uncover layers of secrets and scandals in hopes of identifying the killer who permanently parted Mason and Harriet—and before she’s done, someone else might get iced . . .
Download or read book First Comes Love Then Comes Murder written by Sandra Murphy and published by White City Press. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder features nineteen juicy tales of revenge, betrayal, bad breakups, and a few I dos and some I don’ts. Each short story takes ruthless relationships to an all-new level in all kinds of places like destination weddings, riverboat cruises, wineries, bachelorette parties, creepy stalkers, cheating spouses, and sneaky friends trying for their own version of happily ever after. So, settle in for some love stories with a twist of revenge, infidelity, and murder. Featuring the writing talents of Teresa Inge, Heather Weidner, Debra H. Goldstein, Grace Topping, Maggie King, Ellen Butler, Kristin Kisska, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Marilyn Levinson, Sandra Murphy, Mary Dutta, Diane Fanning, Libby Hall, Frances Aylor, K.L. Murphy, Eleanor Cawood Jones, Leah St. James, Sheryl Jordan and Allie Marie. Nineteen talented authors have lent their pens to whisk you away to a variety of venues in search of who done it. Woe to the man or woman who places the heroes and heroines in harm's way as they solve these mysteries. Clever twists and turns make this a delightful read. What foul means has joined together - let the clever reader unveil the clues. -Nan O'Berry, USA Today's Best Selling Author
Download or read book Murder on the Menu written by Marissa De Luna and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s an unhappy birthday when murder crashes the party—but luckily, a sleuthing baker is in the mix . . . Shilpa Solanki has settled into life in Otter’s Reach, and her cakes are selling like . . . well, hotcakes. When tycoon Roy Arden turns eighty, Shilpa caters the event—but the party’s over when it turns out it was Roy’s last birthday. Roy’s daughter, Caroline, asks Shilpa to investigate, and delving into the Arden family dysfunction provides a surfeit of suspects: the much-younger second wife; the gardener-turned-son-in-law Roy never approved of; the brother he had a strained relationship with. Then Caroline turns up dead, too, and Shilpa has to burn the candle at both ends to find the culprit in this cozy culinary mystery by the author of A Slice of Murder.
Download or read book The House on Mango Street written by Sandra Cisneros and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. “Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage...and seduces with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one.” —The New York Times Book Review The House on Mango Street is one of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting." Told in a series of vignettes—sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous—Cisneros’s masterpiece is a classic story of childhood and self-discovery and one of the greatest neighborhood novels of all time. Like Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street or Toni Morrison’s Sula, it makes a world through people and their voices, and it does so in language that is poetic and direct. This gorgeous coming-of-age novel is a celebration of the power of telling one’s story and of being proud of where you're from.
Download or read book The Invention of Murder written by Judith Flanders and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, fictional detectives, and real-life cause célèbres will appeal to devotees of true crime and detective fiction alike." -Publishers Weekly, starred review In this fascinating exploration of murder in nineteenth century England, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, with cold-blooded killings transformed into novels, broadsides, ballads, opera, and melodrama-even into puppet shows and performing dog-acts. Detective fiction and the new police force developed in parallel, each imitating the other-the founders of Scotland Yard gave rise to Dickens's Inspector Bucket, the first fictional police detective, who in turn influenced Sherlock Holmes and, ultimately, even P.D. James and Patricia Cornwell. In this meticulously researched and engrossing book, Judith Flanders retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder in Great Britain, both famous and obscure: from Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancée around town by omnibus, to Burke and Hare's bodysnatching business in Edinburgh; from the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper, to the tragedy of the murdered Marr family in London's East End. Through these stories of murder-from the brutal to the pathetic-Flanders builds a rich and multi-faceted portrait of Victorian society in Great Britain. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, and poisoners, the mad, the bad and the utterly dangerous, The Invention of Murder is both a mesmerizing tale of crime and punishment, and history at its most readable.
Download or read book Murder on Mokulua Drive written by Jeanne Burrows-Johnson and published by Natalie Seachrist Hawaiian Coz. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vision of a predawn escape by boat from Denmark seems confusing to Journalist Natalie Seachrist. She has no idea how scenes apparently from a World War II movie will impact her modern life in Hawai'i. Soon, she and boyfriend, private investigator Keoni Hewitt, move into the Lanikai cottage she recently inherited. The warm welcome they receive from Miriam Didión and her housemates sets an ideal tone for life in the seaside neighborhood. As Natalie throws Keoni a birthday party everybody, including Natalie's feline companion Miss Una, have become fast friends. Abruptly, everyone's life changes when a body is found at Miriam's home. Eerily, the murder parallels another of Natalie's visions of a scuba diver garroting a woman by moonlight. Natalie reveals the murderous vision to Keoni's former partner, Honolulu Police Detective John Dias. Discovery of a suspect's body on Diamond Head Beach suggests resolution of the crime and Natalie and her new friends relax. But a day of playing tourist devolves and Natalie and her friends are suddenly in the cross hairs of a dangerous adversary.
Download or read book Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder written by Joanne Fluke and published by Kensington. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Culinary Mystery delivers a new mouthwatering Hannah Swensen Mystery with brand new recipes, but it’s not just chocolate bunnies and Peeps on the menu, this year someone is serving up murder for Easter! New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Spring has sprung in Lake Eden, Minnesota, but Hannah Swensen doesn’t have time to stop and smell the roses—not with hot cross buns to make, treats to bake, and a sister to exonerate . . . Hannah’s up to her ears with Easter orders rushing in at The Cookie Jar, plus a festive meal to prepare for a dinner party at her mother’s penthouse. But everything comes crashing to a halt when Hannah receives a panicked call from her sister Andrea—Mayor Richard Bascomb has been murdered . . . and Andrea is the prime suspect. Even with his reputation for being a bully, Mayor Bascomb had been unusually testy in the days leading up to his death, leaving Hannah to wonder if he knew he was in danger. There are plenty of suspects to sift through for sure. And as orders pile up at The Cookie Jar—and children line up for Easter egg hunts—Hannah must spring into investigation mode and identify the real killer . . . before another murder happens! Features Over a Dozen Cookie and Dessert Recipes from The Cookie Jar! “Another sweet-tempered outing filled with tempting sweets.” —Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book The Shilpa Solanki Mysteries Books One to Three written by Marissa De Luna and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three novels in one volume featuring a baker who frosts cakes—and tracks down culprits . . . This collection of three cozy mysteries featuring dessert queen Shilpa Solanki, provider of perfect cakes for any occasion in Otter’s Reach, includes: A Slice of Murder A groom-to-be is cut down at his posh engagement party, and Shilpa must uncover layers of secrets and scandals to find out who permanently parted him from his fiancée—before someone else gets iced . . . Murder on the Menu It’s an unhappy birthday when murder crashes an eighty-year-old tycoon’s party and the sleuthing baker has to burn the candle at both ends to find the killer . . . Murder in the Mix Shilpa’s New Year’s Eve catering gig on a private island winds up being a countdown to murder when an heiress collapses like an overdone soufflé . . .
Download or read book Australian Women s Weekly Children s Birthday Cake Book written by Australian Women's Weekly and published by Australian Women's Weekly. This book was released on 2011 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's most famous children's cake book - reprinted in a collector's edition. The Australian Women's Weekly's Children's Birthday Cake Book was first published in 1980 and has sold more than half a million copies. In response to all the requests we have had, often from mothers who remember fondly all the cakes from their own childhood, we have taken this book from our archives and reprinted it 30 years after it first appeared. We have had to make a minor change - four of your little friends are missing, but they've been replaced by other cakes you'll love just as much. Apart from that we've left it just as it was - a true collectors' cookbook especially for you. Now you can recreate your favourite cakes - the swimming pool, rocket and that train from the cover for your own child.
Download or read book Monument to Murder A Capital Crimes Novel written by Margaret Truman and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agreeing to investigate a cold-case file, private investigator Robert Brixton finds himself in the underworld of Savannah's power elite and uncovers a secret government organization of contract killers who perform "patriotic" assassinations.
Download or read book For Prayers Not Answered written by Melynda Taylor and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exhausted by her day-to-day existence of running a demanding business, rearing a teenage son alone, and still recovering from a marriage to a cruel and controlling man, with her son at sleepaway camp, Sybil is getting away for a few days. As she awaits a delayed flight to Lisbon, the nervous flier in the seat beside her at the gate initiates a conversation. They talk most of the way across the Atlantic, and Antonia soon introduces her to Lucas, her husbands best friend, at a large formal party arranged for this purpose. The serious and playful love affair that ensues becomes the crucible of Sybilsand Lucasshealing and transformation.
Download or read book Murder with All the Trimmings written by Elaine Viets and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Josie Marcus, a mystery shopper and single mother, is assigned to rate Christmas shops, she discovers who has been naughty and nice when a deadly secret ingredient in a special holiday cake brings about yuletide murder and mayhem. Original.
Download or read book Before She Knew Him written by Peter Swanson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catching a killer is dangerous—especially if he lives next door From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder . . . Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she’s found some stability and peace. But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband’s office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Hen knows because she’s long had a fascination with this unsolved murder—an obsession she doesn’t talk about anymore, but can’t fully shake either. Could her neighbor, Matthew, be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate? The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he’s planning something truly terrifying. Yet no one will believe her. Then one night, when she comes face to face with Matthew in a dark parking lot, she realizes that he knows she’s been watching him, that she’s really on to him. And that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape. . .
Download or read book Murders of Conveyance written by Jeanne Burrows-Johnson and published by Natalie Seachrist Hawaiian Coz. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Annual Aloha Scavenger Hunt is beginning. Journalist Natalie Seachrist, private investigator Keoni Hewitt, and friends Margie and Dan O`Hara are joining in the fun. Before departing for their Honolulu hotel, Natalie dreams of a film noire whodunit. Immersed in the action, she finds a man's body lying in a mid-1950s hotel, and watches an elegant woman search an adjacent room. After a murder occurs outside their suite, Natalie advises HPD Lieutenant John Dias that the details eerily parallel her "dream." Knowing the reliability of her unusual gift, the Lieutenant asks Natalie and Keoni to watch for clues to either death as the hunt continues. After more visions, Natalie is convinced that the site of her earlier "dream" was in Chinatown and the perpetrator, a woman in a red suit. A false scavenger hunt clue's allusion to a priceless Kuan Yin statue suggest a cause for the disappearance of a man in the 1950s. Is this the man Natalie envisioned in a narrow hotel hallway? Is his death linked to that of the professor? And what of the false clue's reference to hidden treasure? Are these coincidences? Or, has Natalie's visioning revealed a murderer with long hidden secrets?
Download or read book The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder Held at the Central Criminal Court from Monday April 12 to Saturday April 17 1886 written by Adelaide Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
