Download or read book Tres Leches Murder written by Susan Gillard and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could the donut shop's grand opening actually be ruined by sabotage and a shooting? Heather is excited for the grand opening of the new Donut Delights! However, she might not end up describing it as "grand." First, her cranky neighbor tries to disrupt their first day's business. Then, a new customer's son is found shot to death. Despite how busy she is serving Tres Leches Donuts, Heather joins the investigation to make sure justice is served. Was the victim killed because of his gambling debts? Was a "poker buddy" actually an enemy? Or was the killer someone closer to home? Heather is determined to find the answers. Join Heather as she opens a business and closes a case!
Download or read book Tres Leches Cupcakes written by Josi S. Kilpack and published by Culinary Mystery. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sadie Hoffmiller is working undercover for the BLM on an archeological site in New Mexico when she stumbles across a pair of recently deceased bodies and becomes involved in the black market world of Indian artifact theft.
Download or read book Murder in Los Lobos written by Sue McGinty and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2011-02-21 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone loves Connie Mercado, daughter of a prominent local family. Everyone, that is, except whoever pushed her off the cliff into the Pacific Ocean, ruining a perfect June morning and bringing turmoil to this small Central Coast community. Bella Kowalski, former nun, now an obituary writer for the local paper and an activist for nature conservancy, knows Connie’s murder had something to do with plans to build a profitable but ill-advised wastewater treatment plant on environmentally sensitive land. And Connie is only the first victim in what becomes a thorny scandal, involving powerful politicos, corrupt local government, greed, family secrets, and skullduggery.
Download or read book Rules of Love and Murder written by Edie Ramer and published by Edie Ramer. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning, USA Today bestselling author Edie Ramer presents a romantic suspense with mystery, strong men and smart women, surprises, a dash of humor, and heartwarming emotion. Some days life is wonderful. Other days it’s murder. Former Marine August Reyes is home for good, haunted by images of bloodshed. He meets up again with Elle Styles, the girl he's never been able to forget. When August was eight and Elle was six, she changed his and his mother's lives before she and her widowed mother left the Wisconsin vacation town. Twenty-two years later, she's returned to Trouble Bay with her four-year-old daughter, but they’re only staying for six weeks. Elle and August are different people now. He sees life through darkness, and she sees it through light. And light and dark don’t mix well. Someone else was changed by Elle when she was young. A woman who lives by her own rules. Rule Number Two—Don’t let anyone cheat you—is in play now. And this might lead to Rule Number Three: Don’t kill anyone ... unless killing is necessary. The town of Trouble Bay is about to live up to its name. Life there can be murder... Even when you’re falling in love.
Download or read book A Meditation on Murder written by Susan Juby and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Butler-detective Helen Thorpe returns to help a wannabe influencer get her life in order—and solve the murders of her fellow content creators—in this hilarious sequel to Mindful of Murder by bestselling author Susan Juby When Buddhist butler Helen Thorpe is loaned out to help Cartier Hightower get her life in order, Helen finds herself working for a young woman entirely unbound by the fetters of good taste or sound judgment. One of Cartier’s fellow content creators has recently died in a strange accident. Soon after Helen arrives, another is killed in an equally bizarre way. Cartier begins to drag Helen around on the influencer circuit, where neither of them is particularly welcome. Then comes the terrible incident at the EDM nightclub that turns Cartier into a global pariah, at least according to social media. Helen hopes a period of simplicity and reflection and an internet detox will help Cartier find her true nature and maybe acquire some social graces. But Helen’s job gets much harder when Cartier’s friends show up at the lavish ranch where Cartier and Helen have retreated. Soon, Helen finds herself trying to avoid becoming Instafamous while bringing some peace to a girl who very much needs it. This task turns out to be even more impossible when it becomes clear that they have been followed to Weeping Creek Ranch by a murderer.
Download or read book The Pepper Peach Murder written by Meg Benjamin and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2023-01-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roxy Constantine is the jam queen of Shavano, Colorado. But her social life is a bust, and she’s still recovering from a bad experience as a line cook in Denver. Things improve when she meets tasty local chef Nate Robicheaux, but she’s also fending off the attentions of another local, Brett Holmes, who won’t take no for an answer. When Brett threatens to derail Roxy’s career, the two have a very public fight. A few days later, Brett is found murdered in his restaurant kitchen, and suddenly Roxy’s a prime suspect. Now Roxy must find the truth about Brett and his murderer before the town of Shavano decides her reign as jam queen is over for good.
Download or read book Thrown Off A Cozy Mystery written by Laney Monday and published by Cozy Clue Press. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a few bumps—and mysterious deaths—former Olympian Brenna Battle’s new dream of running her own judo school for kids is finally rolling along. Business is good, and her little Bonney Bay Battlers are getting ready to put on a show for their small town’s Fourth of July parade. Things are heating up between Brenna and her favorite police officer, Will Riggins, too. But then Millie Brown, one of the new friends Brenna and her sister, Blythe, have made since moving to tiny Bonney Bay, takes a spill off her ladder while painting a mural on the wall of the Cherry Bowl grocery store. Her suspicious death has the whole town thrown off. Amid the cupcakes and chili dogs and the bombs bursting in air, Brenna must risk everything, including her budding relationship with Will, to find a killer before time runs out. Thrown Off is the third book in the clean, humorous cozy mystery series featuring Brenna Battle. Each of the Brenna Battle mysteries is a complete story with no cliff-hanger endings.
Download or read book Kneaded to Death written by Winnie Archer and published by Kensington Cozies. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an artisanal baker is accused of murder, her sleuthing student rises to the occasion . . . Everyone swears by Yeast of Eden, the Mexican bread shop in town. But tonight, the only thing on the menu is la muerte . . . Struggling photographer Ivy Culpepper has lots of soul-searching to do since returning to seaside Santa Sofia, California. That is, until the thirty-six-year-old enters a bread making class at Yeast of Eden. Whether it's the aroma of fresh conchas in the oven, or her instant connection with owner Olaya Solis, Ivy just knows the missing ingredients in her life are hidden among the secrets of Olaya's bakery . . . But Ivy's spirits crumble when a missing classmate is suddenly discovered dead in her car. Even more devastating, the prime suspect is Olaya Solis herself. Doubting the woman could commit such a crime, Ivy embarks on a murder investigation of her own to prove her innocence and seize the real killer. As she follows a deadly trail of crumbs around town, Ivy must trust her gut like never before—or someone else could be toast!
Download or read book The Garden Club Murders written by Amy Patricia Meade and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tish Tarragon’s preparations for Coleton Creek’s annual garden club awards luncheon are threatened when one of the prime contenders is murdered. Literary caterer Letitia ‘Tish’ Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek’s annual garden club awards, but when she is taken on a tour of some of the top contenders with the garden club’s president, Jim Ainsley, Tish is surprised at how seriously the residents take the awards – and how desperate they are to win. Wealthy, retired businessman Sloane Shackleford has won the coveted best garden category five years in a row, but he and his Bichon Frise, Biscuit, are universally despised. When Sloane’s bludgeoned body is discovered in his pristine garden, Tish soon learns that he was disliked for reasons that go beyond his green fingers. Have the hotly contested awards brought out a competitive and murderous streak in one of the residents?
Download or read book Baguette Murder written by Harper Lin and published by Harper Lin Books. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin: the culinary mystery series that take you on a tour of Paris! Includes French Bread + French Dish Recipes. When Clémence Damour and her best friend Rose return from a weekend spa retreat in Switzerland, they discover Rose’s boyfriend Pierre’s dead body in the kitchen. By the hardness of the half-eaten baguette on the table, Clémence announces that he has been dead for two days. But finding the murderer proves harder than the previous cases and Clémence hits a wall with her investigation. Inspector Cyril St. Clair has his own lead, but Clémence thinks he's wrong—again. Meanwhile, her handsome but arrogant neighbor Arthur Dubois asks her out on a date. Will she ever open her heart to let love in? And will Clémence find out who killed Pierre and get justice for Rose? Perhaps the truth is right in front of her, but she just doesn’t want to see it. keywords: Paris murder mystery series, cozy mystery with recipes, free first book in series cozy, amateur sleuth, chick lit mystery, French dessert mystery series with recipes, Cozy mystery france, Cozy mystery with romance, Cozy mystery with dogs, culinary cozy mystery recipes, travel cozy mystery
Download or read book Railroaded written by Samuel L. Sommer and published by WildBlue Press. This book was released on 2019-03-24 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hate crime coverup and the longest-running fight for exoneration in America on record. In 1968, a budding New York City entrepreneur who provided immigrants with jobs takes a Florida vacation with his family. Meanwhile, his relative, an employee, is murdered on Long Island. Upon returning to New York, Sam Sommer learns the fate of his wife’s uncle, Irving Silver, when he doesn’t show up to carpool to work. Three days pass with no clues about his death. Then a recent contractor at Sam’s deli sets up a meeting to share news on the investigation. Within moments after pulling into a donut shop parking lot to meet, Sam is kidnapped by detectives with the engine still running. While held in custody, he is beaten and allegedly confesses to the murder. Court proceedings amount to do-overs, appellate victories and overturns, and mysterious documents. Sam is found guilty of murder in 1971. Soon, his case is highlighted in college law courses. After surviving years of power-hungry guards and moving often from prison to prison for good behavior, Sam is released on parole in 1991. Justice continued to railroad him until 2015 when he finds an eerie document in the police archives that proves his innocence, triggering the re-opening of his case and free legal assistance. What will a momentous turn of events bring next?
Download or read book Death Takes the Cake written by Melinda Wells and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TV cook Della Carmichael reluctantly agrees to enter a cake competition. But when Della hears that competitive pastrymaking is a blood sport, she doesn't take it literally - until she finds someone drowned in a mixing bowl of cake batter.
Download or read book The Snuff Syndicate written by Keith Gouveia and published by Beating Windward Press. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Novella by Keith Gouveia with stories by C.A. Burns, Kevin Cockle, Lorne Dixon, Giovanna Lagana, Mark Onspaugh, Gerald S. Parker, Marsheila Rockwell, and J. T. Seate. In a world where serial killers are usually isolated and disconnected, THE SNUFF SYNDICATE provides an online forum made for them, by them. For members, social media is a tool to share pure, murder- filled ecstasy. Killing is a business of painstaking details, and every killer, from novice to expert needs a place to go to see what others are doing, from the ways they select victims to the methods they use to bloody their hands. The Snuff Syndicate is where they can brag, ask for advice and revel in their most gratifying hobby. THE SNUFF SYNDICATE offers readers a unique look into the gritty world of bloodletting. Keith Gouveia's novella strings together eight disparate stories of serial killers. This unique collaborative-anthology reads more like a multi-point- of-view novel rather than an anthology.
Download or read book Publishable By Death written by ACF Bookens and published by Andrea Cumbo-Floyd. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change is hard in a small Southern town, especially when it brings a side of murder. All Harvey Beckett wants to do is help the residents of St. Marin's find the perfect book for that moment, snuggle with her hound dog Mayhem, and be ignored by her cat Aslan. But when the small, waterside town's newest resident discovers the body of the community's persnickety reporter in her bookshop storeroom just before her grand opening, Harvey can't help trying to solve the crime, even when it might cost her business and her life. The more questions Harvey asks, the more secrets she uncovers. Will Harvey and her friends be able to solve the murder of the town reporter without her becoming a victim herself?
Download or read book Culinary Cozy Murder Compilation written by Susan Gillard and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culinary Cozy Murder Compilation 1 Book 1 - Donuts, Delights & Murder Could this tropical paradise actually be hiding a deadly poisoner? Join Heather as she searches for the cold-blooded killer on the tropical island! Book 2 - Banana Chocolate & Murder Could the sweet scuba instructor actually have been sabotaged and maliciously murdered? Join Heather as she dives in and discovers the truth! Book 3 - Tres Leches & Murder Could the donut shop's grand opening actually be ruined by sabotage and a shooting? Join Heather as she opens a business and closes a case! Book 4 - Blackberry Cream & Murder Could murder be on the menu? Join Heather as she bangs on doors and figures out which bedroom the killer is in! Book 5 - Pumpkin Glaze & Murder Could the tricks and treats on a Halloween booze cruise actually lead to murder? Join Heather for a spooky Halloween mystery!
Download or read book Uprooting Ernie written by Pamela Burford and published by Radical Poodle Press. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Engaging and hilarious, Uprooting Ernie is the perfect summer read with its Long Island setting, light (but not trite) prose and very human humor.” — Tamsen Schultz, best-selling author of the Windsor Series mysteries “Uprooting Ernie is an intriguing murder mystery, full of twists and turns, interesting characters, and hilarious escapades you don’t want to miss.” — Angel Sefer, best-selling author of The Greek Isles Series “Oh what a fun read!... There are some seriously superb ideas in this book! The names especially—I mean, how not to love Sexy Beast, the most adorable, lovable purse-sized doggie in the world, who just happens to be a millionaire, owning a mansion for his house. And his human, the Death Diva (aka Jane Delaney)? Come on, admit you’re smiling at this point... Yeah, lots of good chuckles, a bit of nail-biting suspense, a love triangle of sorts, or at least a good dilemma in the subject—all my faves!!!... Really entertaining book!!! Two thumbs up!” — BookBug's World “This is a fun, quick read on a summer day... I enjoyed the humor—Jane is a funny, funny lady.” — It's Not All Gravy ◊ Death Diva Jane is simply going about her business, which in this case requires her to empty a three-liter spigot box of cheap rosé on a grave, when she and her furry sidekick, Sexy Beast, make a grisly discovery in the town cemetery. The victim was murdered three decades ago, but memories are fresh and old grievances fresher as facts come to light and fingers start pointing. Naturally Jane must investigate. Well, what would you do if one of your best pals turned out to be Suspect Numero Uno? Meanwhile, between her amorous ex and a sexy bad boy who keeps popping up in the most distracting way—not to mention the (creepy? bizarre? pathetic?) guys she’s meeting through a dog lovers’ dating site—her love life has never been so (creepy? bizarre? pathetic?)… interesting.
Download or read book Murder on the Teche written by Tom Aswell and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Robert Chastant was a successful orthodontist in New Iberia, Louisiana. He and wife Laurie raised Peruvian Paso show horses on a farm just south of their 4,700-square-foot colonial style home. By all outward appearances, he was happy and successful. But cracks had begun appearing in his third marriage and his practice was feeling the effects of a dramatic downturn in South Louisiana's petroleum-reliant economy, leaving him encumbered with crushing debt. Then, on the morning of December 13, 2010, he was brutally murdered by his farm hand, an illegal Mexican immigrant named Ismael Viera Tobar. Viera was apprehended and confessed within a matter of hours. But then there was an unexpected twist. He told authorities that Laurie, twenty-five years younger than Dr. Chastant, had paid Viera a thousand dollars to kill her husband. His story seemed to gain traction with discrepancies in her timeline of events, the existence of a prenuptial agreement, a budding extra-marital affair, the unexplained discovery of a pair of checks for cash totaling exactly one thousand dollars, missing evidence, and life insurance policies totaling more than a million dollars all combined to create a possible motive and to cast suspicion on the young widow.Could the fact that her father was - and remains - a deputy sheriff in a nearby parish have influenced a less-than-thorough investigation of her possible part in the murder? Could the fact that her father was also a retired Louisiana State Trooper who had worked with the Iberia Parish sheriff when they both were state troopers - serving in the same region - have led authorities in a different direction and allowed her to escape closer scrutiny?Murder on the Teche: A True Story of Money and a Flawed Investigation, Tom Aswell's fifth book, examines the relationship between Dr. Chastant and his wife, between her and her husband's family, and follows the frustrating investigation - whether by design or through institutional incompetence - of the sheriff's department. Aswell's research is supported up by thousands of pages of sheriff's department investigative records and court documents, some of which are reproduced for this book.Murder on the Teche examines the inability - or unwillingness - of the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office to conduct a thorough investigation into the simplest crime, much less a brutal murder. It will cause you to question the competence level and the professionalism of your own local law enforcement agencies as never before and to ask yourself if Iberia Parish represents the norm or is it an unfortunate anomaly?
