Download or read book Murder at Veronica s Diner written by J.D. Griffo and published by Kensington Cozies. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alberta Scaglione thinks her cooking is better than anyone’s in Tranquility, New Jersey—but she doesn’t mind an occasional visit to Veronica’s Diner. Too bad today’s special is murder . . . During the breakfast rush, waitress Teri Jo seems stressed out. Not surprising on a busy morning, though Alberta, her sister Helen, and her granddaughter Jinx find it odd when Teri Jo asks them to deliver a package for her “just in case.” Minutes later, Teri Jo rushes back to their table—not with a check in her hand but with a knife in her back. Veronica is upset but says she knows virtually nothing about her employee’s past, and the ladies aren’t sure whether to view her with sympathy or suspicion. Then they find an unusual figurine on the ground while snooping in the vicinity, and it becomes clear that this is a case for the Ferrara Family. With such a crowd at the crime scene, there are plenty of potential murderers on the menu, and the Ferraras will travel everywhere to figure out exactly where that figurine fits in . . . Includes Italian recipes from Alberta’s kitchen! Praise for Murder at Tranquility Park “Imagine the Golden Girls starting a detective agency and you’ll get the general idea of J.D. Griffo’s charming Ferrara Family mystery series.” —Criminal Element

Download or read book Tasting Death A Veronica Howard Vintage Mystery written by E. J. Gandolfo and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2021-03-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veronica Howard, vintage clothing and antique shop owner and her boyfriend, undercover FBI agent Harry Hunt try to discover who murdered the proprietor of an upscale restaurant. They stumble on to how the mob is distributing drugs through the food industry and discover that their own lives are in jeopardy. Their investigations take them from a soup kitchen to a luxurious custom home in this 1980's era thriller.

Download or read book Diners Drive Ins and Death written by Christine Wenger and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Sandy Harbor’s tastiest comfort food, venture to the Silver Bullet Diner. But head next door to the new drive-in theater if you have an appetite for murder…. Trixie Matkowski has a tall order to fill this fall. Aside from dishing out delicious fare at the Silver Bullet during peak fishing season, she’s helping her friend—Antoinette Chloe Brown, or ACB for short—open a drive-in movie theater in the vacant lot beside her diner. It’s just the thing to take ACB’s mind off Nick, her missing biker beau. But their plans are fried after Nick’s body is discovered during the groundbreaking for the drive-in. And when the police connect the murder weapon to ACB, she becomes the prime suspect in eighty-sixing Nick. With the fate of her innocent friend and her business on the line, Trixie must make the guilty party pay up before someone else gets stiffed…. Includes Delicious Home-Style Recipes!

Download or read book Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles written by A.L. Herbert and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast-talking businessman is felled by a frying pan: “Soul food and sassy characters…a feast that will satisfy the appetites of readers.”—Library Journal Welcome to Mahalia’s Sweet Tea—the finest soul food restaurant in Prince George’s County, Maryland. In between preparing her famous cornbread and mashed potatoes so creamy “they’ll make you want to slap your Momma,” owner Halia Watkins is about to dip her spoon into a grisly mystery . . . Halia Watkins has her hands full cooking, hosting, and keeping her boisterous young cousin, Wavonne, from getting too sassy with customers. Having fast-talking entrepreneur Marcus Rand turn up in her kitchen is annoying enough when he’s alive—but finding his dead body face-down on her ceramic tile after hours is much worse. Marcus had his enemies, and the cast iron frying pan beside his corpse suggests that at last, his shady business deals went too far. Halia is desperate to keep Sweet Tea’s name out of the sordid spotlight but her efforts only make Wavonne a prime suspect. Now Halia will have to serve up the real villain—before the killer returns for a second helping . . . Features delicious recipes from Mahalia’s Sweet Tea,including Sour Cream Corn Bread and Sweet Corn Casserole!

Download or read book Death in Castle Dark written by Veronica Bond and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actor Nora Blake finds her dream job when she is cast in a murder-mystery troupe that performs in an imposing but captivating old castle. When she stumbles upon a real murder, things take a nightmarish turn in this first book in an exciting new series. Maybe it was too good to be true, but when Nora Blake accepted the job from Derek Corby, proprietor of Castle Dark, she could not see any downsides. She would sink her acting chops into the troupe’s intricately staged murder-mystery shows, earn free room and board in the fairy tale–like castle, and make friends with her new roommates, which include some seriously adorable kittens. But something sinister lurks behind the walls of Castle Dark. During Nora’s second performance, one of her castmates plays the part of the victim a little too well. So well, in fact, that no one can revive him. He has been murdered. Not ready to give up her dream gig—or to be the next victim—Nora sets out to see which one of her fellow actors has taken the role of a murderous real-life villain.

Download or read book Castle Deadly Castle Deep written by Veronica Bond and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a man dies during a performance at Castle Dark, Nora Blake learns just how hard it is to catch a killer, especially if every suspect is a trained actor, in this exciting new Dinner and a Murder Mystery. Autumn has arrived at Castle Dark, and Nora Blake has settled into her role as an actor in Derek Corby’s castle murder-mystery troupe. She is troubled, however, by the setting of Derek’s fall mystery: the catacombs in the depths of the castle. Yes, these catacombs are part of a set, the skeletons and cobwebs mere props, but Nora feels uneasy in the shadowy passages beneath Castle Dark. When a man is killed during one of their first shows, the eerie catacombs become a place of terror. Joined by her castle companions, Nora attempts to find the motive for killing a seemingly innocent victim. Some of those answers appear to lie with the local community theater, the members of which Nora has come to know because she has joined Derek’s latest town production. As Nora practices her lines at Wood Glen’s Blue Curtain Theater, she realizes that everyone around her is an actor, and all of her suspects are perfectly capable of convincing others of their innocence. Nora soon discovers that someone else is in danger and that she may also be in the sights of the killer. With the help of her handsome boyfriend, Detective John Dashiell, Nora will have to go off-script to prevent a murderous encore. . . .

Download or read book Dinner Drinks and Murder written by Cat Chandler and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pasta May Not Be The Best Choice For Dinner...Former gourmet chef and now food and wine writer, Nicki, was enjoying a relaxing evening at her favorite restaurant when everything went wrong! First, she finds the hostess face down in a plate of pasta with a butcher knife in her back, and then ends up in the back of a police cruiser, with a stern warning ringing in her ears not to get involved in the chief's murder investigation. Like she did the last time she stumbled across a dead body.But this time is different. Nicki knew the victim.She's also running into suspects at every turn. And the only one she's positive is innocent, is the one who the chief arrests. The victim's loveable, seventy-year-old boyfriend is a favorite resident of the town, as well as famous for making the worst wine in the county. And no matter what the chief says, Nicki is sure he has the wrong man. All she has to do is prove it.But how is she ever going to sort through so many suspects? It's going to take a lot of work, and a good amount of help from her close friends who've formed their own food and wine club, to discover who really left the hostess lying dead on her dinner plate.Dinner, Drinks and Murder is the second book in the Food & Wine Club Mystery series but can easily be read as a standalone novel.

Download or read book Spaghetti Meatballs Murder written by Beth Byers and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosemary Baldwin is over it! All of it! Her dead-end job, her crappy apartment, her life without meaning. In a moment of sheer madness, she walks out of her job only to discover the opportunity for something different. She leaves behind her mundane life for the Oregon Coast and opens the 2nd Chance Diner. With her new life, she'll do what it takes to succeed which is why she has to investigate the murder that occurs in her diner. Will she be able to discover the murderer before her second chance is destroyed? And just what will the price of that investigation be? Book 1 in the 2nd Chance Diner Mystery series! For fans of Carolyn Dean, Angela Blackmoore, and Agatha Frost. A light, cozy mystery with a snarky sidekick, a handsome detective, and fun friendships. No swearing, graphic scenes, or cliffhangers.The 2nd Chance Diner Cozy Mysteries Book 1: Spaghetti, Meatballs, & MurderBook 2: Cookies & CatastropheBook 3: Poison & Pie Book 4: Double Mocha Murder And many more...this series is completed and there are 12 books available.

Download or read book A Burger Fries and Murder written by Cat Chandler and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mustard, Mayonnaise, and Murder?Eddie's Diner is the most popular burger joint in town... at least until there's a dead body discovered in the freezer along with the frozen fries.Since it was food blogger and gourmet chef Nicki's best friend who discovered the murdered king of fast food, it isn't long before Nicki is knee deep in suspects. All of the diner staff are also counting on her to re-create Eddie's famous burger mix, so the diner can be kept open and their jobs saved.Figuring out how Eddie made his burger mix turns out to be a lot easier than solving his murder. Even with the help of her friends in their informal food and wine club, Nicki has her hands full trying to make sense of all the clues. But when a valuable stamp from Eddie's personal collection comes up missing, and Nicki spots her long-time boyfriend out on a date with someone else, both the case and her personal life are really turned upside down!A Burger, Fries, and Murder is the third book in The Food and Wine Club Mystery series, but can easily be read as a stand-alone novel.

Download or read book Unnatural written by Michael Griffo and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the town of Eden in northwestern England stands the exclusive boarding school known as Archangel Academy. Ancient and imposing, it's a place filled with secrets. Just like its students ... For Michael Howard, being plucked from his Nebraska hometown and sent thousands of miles away is as close as he's ever come to a miracle. In Weeping Water, he felt trapped, alone. At Archangel Academy, Michael belongs. And in Ciaran, Penry, and especially Ciaran's enigmatic half-brother Ronan, Michael finds friendship deeper than he's ever known. But Michael's only beginning to understand what makes the Academy so special. Ronan is a vampire-- part of a hybrid clan who are outcasts even among other vampires. Within the Academy's confines exists a ruthless world of deadly rivalries and shifting alliances, of clandestine love and forbidden temptations. And soon Michael will confront the destiny that brought him here-- and a danger more powerful than he can imagine ... --P. [4] of cover.

Download or read book A Deadly Beef written by Jessica Beck and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A DEADLY BEEF, Book 2 in the Classic Diner Mystery Series from New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck! When a local supplier is murdered on his farm after a very public confrontation at The Charming Moose Diner, Victoria and her grandfather, Moose, must find the real killer before the bad beef they had gets even worse!

Download or read book Death at a Diner written by Nancy McGovern and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nora Newberry has been working to make her dreams come true and finally, after 10 years, it's time! She's moved back to her hometown of Milburn, Wyoming, and, together with her lifelong best friend, Raquel Madden, is opening the diner they've been planning since high school. Life couldn't be better...and it's time to celebrate! Sadly, the celebration doesn't last long. Just three days before the diner is set to open its doors, Raquel is found murdered. And with no clear motive and little cooperation from the townspeople, Nora is thrown into a murder investigation that just may cause her to lose her own life. Death At A Diner is the first book in Nancy McGovern's new culinary cozy mystery series, "A Murder In Milburn." Book 2, Death Of A Deputy, is also available on Amazon! To receive updates on her future books, behind-the-scenes information and A FREE NOVELLA-LENGTH PREQUEL TO THIS SERIES, sign up for Nancy's newsletter at: http: //eepurl.com/bTH4Jb.

Download or read book Consumed written by David Cronenberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of two journalists whose entanglement in a French philosopher's death becomes a surreal journey into global conspiracy.

Download or read book The Journalist and the Murderer written by Janet Malcolm and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seminal work and examination of the psychopathology of journalism. Using a strange and unprecedented lawsuit by a convicted murder againt the journalist who wrote a book about his crime, Malcolm delves into the always uneasy, sometimes tragic relationship that exists between journalist and subject. Featuring the real-life lawsuit of Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, against Joe McGinniss, the author of Fatal Vision. In Malcolm's view, neither journalist nor subject can avoid the moral impasse that is built into the journalistic situation. When the text first appeared, as a two-part article in The New Yorker, its thesis seemed so radical and its irony so pitiless that journalists across the country reacted as if stung. Her book is a work of journalism as well as an essay on journalism: it at once exemplifies and dissects its subject. In her interviews with the leading and subsidiary characters in the MacDonald-McGinniss case -- the principals, their lawyers, the members of the jury, and the various persons who testified as expert witnesses at the trial -- Malcolm is always aware of herself as a player in a game that, as she points out, she cannot lose. The journalist-subject encounter has always troubled journalists, but never before has it been looked at so unflinchingly and so ruefully. Hovering over the narrative -- and always on the edge of the reader's consciousness -- is the MacDonald murder case itself, which imparts to the book an atmosphere of anxiety and uncanniness. The Journalist and the Murderer derives from and reflects many of the dominant intellectual concerns of our time, and it will have a particular appeal for those who cherish the odd, the off-center, and the unsolved.

Download or read book Sentenced to Death written by Betty Hechtman and published by Severn House. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Veronica Blackstone is asked to write the copy for The Friends of Hyde Park's annual garden tour, she never expected to get involved in a violent death. But that's exactly what happens when author, Landon Donte, is found dead in a suspected suicide during a dinner to highlight the tour. But Veronica can sniff out murder and soon on the case!

Download or read book Murder on Memory Lake written by J.D. Griffo and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Alberta Scaglione, her golden years are turning out much more differently than she expected—and much more deadly . . . Alberta Scaglione’ s spinster aunt had some secrets—like the fortune she squirreled away and a secret lake house in Tranquility, New Jersey. More surprising: she’s left it all to Alberta. Alberta, a widow, is no spring chicken and she’s gotten used to disappointment. So having a beautiful view, surrounded by hydrangeas, honeysuckle, and her cat, Lola, sounds blissful after years of yelling and bickering and cooking countless lasagnas. But Tranquility isn’t as peaceful as it sounds. There’s a body in the water—and it belongs to Alberta’s childhood nemesis. Alberta suspects foul play and when Alberta’s estranged granddaughter, an aspiring crime reporter, shows up, it only makes sense for them to team up and investigate . . . Includes Italian recipes from Alberta’s kitchen!

Download or read book She s Too Pretty to Burn written by Wendy Heard and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An anxiety-ridden ride as two girls' lives crash together through secrets, love and danger. . . Captivating and stunningly visual.” —Aiden Thomas, New York Times-bestselling author of Cemetery Boys An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in She's Too Pretty to Burn, an expertly plotted YA thriller by Wendy Heard. The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art. They’re artists first, best friends second. But that was before Mick. Delicate, lonely, magnetic Mick: the perfect subject, and Veronica’s dream girl. The days are long and hot—full of adventure—and soon they are falling in love. Falling so hard, they never imagine what comes next. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect . . . one stalker. This is a summer they won’t survive. Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray, this sexy psychological thriller explores the intersections of love, art, danger, and power. Christy Ottaviano Books