Glazed Murder

Glazed Murder
Author: Jessica Beck
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2010-03-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429935464

Meet Suzanne Hart, owner and operator of Donut Hearts coffee shop in April Springs, North Carolina. After her divorce from Max, an out-of-work actor she's dubbed "The Great Impersonator," Suzanne decided to pursue her one true passion in life: donuts. So she cashed in her settlement and opened up shop in the heart of her beloved hometown. But when a dead body is dumped on her doorstep like a sack of flour, Suzanne's cozy little shop becomes an all-out crime scene. Now, everyone in town is dropping by for glazed donuts and gruesome details. The retired sheriff warns her to be careful—and they're all suspects. Soon Suzanne—who finds snooping as irresistible as donuts—is poking holes in everyone's alibis...

Fatally Frosted

Fatally Frosted
Author: Jessica Beck
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 142996362X

Jessica Beck has crafted another delicious Donut Shop Mystery in Fatally Frosted, the follow-up to Glazed Murder. A local busy body has dropped dead after eating one of Suzanne's famous treats. A forensic team is soon swarming through the Donut Hearts kitchen, dusting for clues, sifting through sugar, and suspecting the worst of Suzanne. But with the help of police inspector Jake Bishop and her ex-husband Max, Suzanne hopes to clear her good name—before another bad donut is fatally frosted...

Sinister Sprinkles

Sinister Sprinkles
Author: Jessica Beck
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2010-11-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429926805

Just in time for the Winter Festival, a glistening layer of snow has covered the streets of April Springs, North Carolina. Of course, it reminds donut shop owner Suzanne Hart of sweet delicious frosting. But her visions of sugar plums plummet when her ex's ex-girlfriend gets iced ... "If you like donuts—and who doesn't?—you'll love this mystery series."—Leslie Meier Suzanne could never understand why her ex-husband and actor Max cheated on her with Darlene Higgins. Why Darlene's body was found wearing another woman's clothes is an even bigger mystery. Now Max is suspected of murder—and Suzanne is sifting through her mixed-up love life looking for clues. If she can't sprinkle evidence on her half-baked theories of whodunit, Max is as good as fried....

Evil Eclairs

Evil Eclairs
Author: Jessica Beck
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429980494

Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart admits her sweet treats don't exactly qualify as health food. But does she really deserve to be labeled a "killer" by local radio jockey Lester Moorefield? The annoying host is urging citizens to boycott Suzanne's "deadly dough" factory—until he's found dead himself, stuffed with one of Suzanne's éclairs... Everyone in April Springs knows about the feud between Lester and Suzanne, which makes her the number-one suspect. She tries to use the donut defense—donuts don't kill people, people kill people—but that cream-filled éclair at the scene of the crime has the whole town filled with suspicion. If Suzanne can't figure out who killed the radio star, she'll soon be filling a prison cell instead of a pastry...

Drop Dead Chocolate

Drop Dead Chocolate
Author: Jessica Beck
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2012-04-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429952997

Drop Dead Chocolate is a sinfully sweet addition to Jessica Beck's delicious Donut Shop Mystery Series. The whole town of April Springs is stirring over the upcoming mayoral election. Suzanne Hart's mother, for one, is dead-set on replacing the current mayor...and what better way for Momma to drum up support than by luring in voters with Suzanne's drop-dead-delicious donuts? Just add chocolate, and they're sure to kill the competition... With Momma's half-baked campaign heating up faster than a donut shop deep fryer, Suzanne wonders if they've bitten off more than they can chew. But when Momma's opponent is brutally murdered, the odds of winning are suddenly, and suspiciously, in their favor. Sure, they'd been planning to beat the mayor—but with speeches and donuts, not a blunt instrument. If Suzanne hopes to reveal the killer's recipe for revenge, she'll have to uncover a plot that's darker than any chocolate...

Illegally Iced

Illegally Iced
Author: Jessica Beck
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2012-12-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466818735

Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart knows how to treat her customers. But sometimes life can get a bit sticky. When a spat she has with a local blacksmith—one that could have been solved with a handshake and a mixed dozen—ends with his murder, Suzanne is caught dead in her tracks. Suddenly everyone in April Springs has their eyes on her. And they're hungry with suspicion. Left with little choice but to catch the killer herself, Suzanne starts lining up suspects. But her case is full of holes. How did the killer strike in the middle of the day without a single witness to the crime? Who knew that the humble blacksmith was actually an heir to a family fortune? The heat is on as Suzanne tries to solve the case and save her business. Can she have her cake-donut and eat it too?

Killer Crullers

Killer Crullers
Author: Jessica Beck
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2012-01-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312542313

When a mysterious stranger buys a whole box of heavily iced crullers, throws them at her friend Gabby's storefront, and then winds up dead, Suzanne Hart, the owner of April Springs' only donut shop, tries to find his killer.

Murder in Bel-Air

Murder in Bel-Air
Author: Cara Black
Publisher:
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2019
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616959290

When Aimee Leduc gets a phone call from her daughter's playgroup telling her that her own mother, who was supposed to pick Chloe up, never showed, she is annoyed her mother has let her down yet again. But as Aimee and Chloe are leaving the playground, Aimee witnesses the body of a homeless woman being wheeled away from the neighbouring convent, where nuns run a soup kitchen. The last person anyone saw the dead woman talking to was Aimee's mother - who has vanished. What did Sydney stumble into? Is she in trouble?

A Fashionable Murder

A Fashionable Murder
Author: Valerie Wolzien
Publisher: Fawcett
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Mystery fiction
ISBN: 9780449007181

Amateur sleuth Josie Pigeon investigates the murder of her long-time beau Sam's former girlfriend, after the body of the beautiful Pamela Peel is found in Sam's apartment.

Nasty Knead

Nasty Knead
Author: Jessica Beck
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN: 9781393917977

Nasty Knead, Donut Mystery #46From New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck.When former resident and once-famous country music singer Charlie Gray comes back to April Springs to try to save his career, he gets Suzanne to agree to do a donutmaking demonstration for television, but before they can go on, someone takes the opportunity to kill, and Suzanne and Jake must battle to find the murderer before they can strike again!Jessica Beck is the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Donut Mysteries, the Cast Iron Cooking Mysteries, the Classic Diner Mysteries, the Ghost Cat Cozy Mysteries, and more.