Killer Mousse

Killer Mousse
Author: Melinda Wells
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780425219812

When the first live airing of In the Kitchen with Della results in murder, Della, discovering that her Killer Mousse is indeed deadly, must prove that she did not deliberately poison her delectable concoction, which is no easy task. Original.

Murphy's Slaw

Murphy's Slaw
Author: Elizabeth Logan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593100492

When a local prize-winning farmer is murdered at the state fair, Charlie Cook gets called in to help investigate, but she’s shocked to learn the victim is a friend in this latest installment in the Alaskan Diner Mysteries. Charlie Cooke loves many things, like the Bear Claw Diner, the heated steering wheel of her car, and her orange tabby cat Eggs Benedict. Something she has never loved is the state fair. So when her best friend Annie Jensen begs her for a fair day, she’s reluctant. But Annie isn’t the only one who wants her to spend a day among farm animals and deep fried food. A vendor has been murdered, and Trooper Graham needs his favorite part-time sleuth to dig up the truth, and Charlie is happy to oblige. The case grows personal when Charlie learns the victim is Kelly Carson, whom she and Annie were friends with in high school. If Charlie wants to find justice for Kelly, she and Annie will have to work together to weed out the killer.

Fishing for Trouble

Fishing for Trouble
Author: Elizabeth Logan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593100476

Something fishy is going on at a local seafood processing plant, and Charlie Cooke is on the hook to solve the case in this new Alaskan Diner Mystery. Summer has come to Elkview, Alaska, bringing twenty hours of sunlight every day, not to mention a surge of tourists and seasonal workers. Chef Charlie Cooke is eager for a busy yet relaxing season, but when a young man working a summer job at the local fish processing plant dies moments after walking into the Bear Claw Diner, she’s quickly swept into the investigation. Soon, through her best friend Annie Jensen, Charlie learns that another student worker at J and M Processing has disappeared, leaving more questions and fewer answers. The near-endless sunlight gives plenty of time to search for clues, but Charlie will have to work with Annie and local reporter Chris Doucette to net the killer before anyone else gets hurt.

Consigned to Death

Consigned to Death
Author: Jane K. Cleland
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2006-04-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0312347251

Abandoning her lucrative career with a famous New York auction house following a high profile price-fixing scandal to live on the New Hampshire coast, Josie Prescott's peaceful new life is turned upside down by murder when the local police chief pegs her as a prime suspect in the crime.

A Catered Murder

A Catered Murder
Author: Isis Crawford
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2003
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781575667102

When Libby and her sister Bernie cater a vampire-themed high school reunion in honor of best-selling author Laird Wrenn, they find themselves knee-deep in murder when Wrenn drops dead after dinner and Libby stands accused of the crime, forcing the dynamic duo to whip up the truth. 10,000 first printing.

A Plus One for Murder

A Plus One for Murder
Author: Laura Bradford
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593334760

Entrepreneur Emma Westlake discovers that friendship can be murder in this exciting new mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Laura Bradford. Emma Westlake has always wanted to be her own boss. But after sinking all her cash into a business that went belly-up, Emma finds herself in a penniless pickle. Dottie Adler, Emma’s elderly teatime companion, suggests she try to get paid for doing something she’s really good at—being a friend. Emma thinks it’s a crazy idea until requests start pouring in. Big Max, an eccentric local, wants her to act as his wingwoman at the local senior center’s upcoming dance, nurse practitioner Stephanie needs a workout partner, and writer Brian Hill asks Emma to be his cheering section at an open mic night. Brian will be reading from his latest work and wants to know someone will clap for him when he’s done. He tells Emma that the room will be filled with people he’s invited—four of whom would like to kill him. Emma is confident he’s joking, but when Brian steps up to the mic and promptly drops dead, she’s not so sure anymore. As one of the last people to see him alive, Emma finds herself on a handsome cop’s radar. Now she’ll have to cozy up to a killer to save her skin and her brand-new career.

Murder Ink

Murder Ink
Author: Lorraine Bartlett
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-12-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 042526601X

The charm of Victoria Square may prove to be only skin deep when murder follows the arrival of a tattoo parlor in town in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. A tattoo parlor on Victoria Square? Some of the merchants get hot under the collar at the proposal, but could they be driven to kill to stop it? That's what the sheriff's office and Katie Bonner want to know when the building's owner is electrocuted with his own saw. Meanwhile, tensions rise when a hot chef takes over the square's tea shop. Will Katie have three men vying for her affections, or will her rival take the tea cake?

Murder Below Montparnasse

Murder Below Montparnasse
Author: Cara Black
Publisher: Soho Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616952164

A long-lost Modigliani portrait, a grieving brother’s blood vendetta, a Soviet secret that’s been buried for 80 years—Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc’s current case is her most exciting one yet. The cobbled streets of Montparnasse might have been boho-chic in the 1920s, when artists, writers, and their muses drank absinthe and danced on cafe tables. But to Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc, these streets hold darker secrets. When an old Russian man named Yuri hires Aimée to protect a priceless painting that just might be a Modigliani, she learns how deadly art theft can be. Yuri is found tortured to death in his atelier, and the painting is missing. Every time Aimée thinks she's found a new witness, the body count rises. What exactly is so special about this painting that so many people are willing to kill—and die—for it?

This Body of Death

This Body of Death
Author: Elizabeth George
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 708
Release: 2010-04-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061160881

After a woman is found dead in an isolated cemetery, Inspector Thomas Lynley and his former partner, Barbara Havers, find that the roots of the crime trace to a long-ago act of violence that has poisoned subsequent generations.

Murder on a Bad Hair Day

Murder on a Bad Hair Day
Author: Anne George
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2009-02-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061849537

Murder on a Bad Hair Day It's hard to believe practical, petite ex-schoolteacher Patricia Anne and amiable, ample-bodied, and outrageous Mary Alice are sisters, yet sibling rivalry has survived decades of good-natured disagreement about everything from husbands to hair color. No sooner do the Southern sisters discover a common interest in some local art, when they're arguing the artistic merits of some well-coiffured heads at a gallery opening. A few hours later, one of those pretty ladies ends up dead -- with not a hair out of place. The other shows up on Patricia Anne's doorstep dazed, disheveled, and telling a wild tale of a narrow escape from some deadly cuts. Now the sisters are once again combing for clues to catch a killer with a bizarre style in art -- and murder.