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Cafe Crime
The
Body in the Bouillon by Katherine Hall Page
Faith Sibley Fairchild, former Manhattan caterer turned amateur sleuth, investigates
recent mysterious events at a retirement home in Massachusetts.
** Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers
Usually unflappable Mennonite innkeeper, Magdalena Yoder's reputation is at
stake when two of her guests turn up dead. A Pennsylvania Dutch treat!
Hotel
Morgue by Janet Laurence
Introducing Darina Lisle, a tall blonde chef determined to make it in the cutthroat
world of haute cuisine. When the star guest at the Society of Historical Gastronomes
Food Symposium is found stabbed to death, Darina is considered a suspect. She
finds a new talent in sleuthing and a new love interest as well as she concocts
a recipe to reveal the murderer.
** The Cooking School Murders by Virginia Rich
Put a pot of "Mrs. Potter's 5-star Soup" on to simmer (recipe included)
and savor this entree featuring our favorite widow, proper but down-to-earth
Eugenia Potter, as she discovers the culprit in this down-home mystery.
The Thin Woman by Dorothy Cannell
Ellie Simon, single, overweight and embarrassed about her personal circumstances,
hires deliciously handsome Bentley T. Haskell from Eligibility Escorts to pose
as her fiance at a family reunion outside of London. After Uncle Merlin's sudden
death, Ellie learns she and Bentley (writer of trashy novels and a first class
chef ) are to inherit Uncle Merlin's money. But first they must change their
lifestyles as stipulated in his will and circumvent the schemes of a family
member intent on thwarting their efforts. Help yourself to a tasty dish of romance,
murder, cookery and adventure! (also available on cassette)
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin has chosen an early retirement to a cozy village in the English
Cotswalds. Hoping to gain her neighbors' acceptance, she enters a quiche in
a local baking contest and is soon up to her neck in hot water.
Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout
Nero Wolfe loves food, words and orchids. With an intellect to match his formidable
girth and his hard-bitten but not easily smitten sidekick, Archie, he solves
the fiendishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. Like
to sample some of Wolfe's favorite foods?? Try recipes in The Nero Wolfe
Cookbook...(641.5 Stout)
Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure by Michael Bond
Take one obese gourmet/undercover restaurant critic; place him and his constant
canine companion, Pommes Frites, in Chateau Morgue, an elite health spa; stir
in some rather unhealthy goings on, amd you have the makings for a clever mystery
that goes down like a fine glass of wine.
Just
Desserts by G. A. McKevett
Forty-year-old Detective Sergeant Savannah Reid, a vivacious southern belle
in love with food, finds herself in the middle of a sensational murder case
when the husband of a city councilwoman is found shot to death. After uncovering
a scandal linking the police chief with the councilwoman, Savannah is fired,
ostensibly for being fat. With the help of a prime suspect, she finds the real
killer and wraps up this well-seasoned case.
**Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson
Goldy Bear, former battered wife, owner of Goldilocks' Catering, and sometime
sleuth, is back again serving up a culinary delight. Fleeing her ex, Goldy and
her son move into a mansion where she is employed as a gourmet cook. She is
soon embroiled in the investigation of the death of old flame, Philip Miller.
Convinced that his fatal car crash was no accident, Goldy sifts through clues
to determine who would want Philip dead. The killer is eventually found and
Goldy delivers a fine ending to another epicurean treat.
**
Biggie and the Poisoned Politician by Nancy Bell - Have a hankering for
Cajun cooking and Texas style humor? Join Biggie of Job's Crossing, Texas, and
her 11 year old grandson, J. R., as they investigate a car bombing and a death
over angel food cake in this small town mystsery.
** The Main Corpse by Diane Mott Davidson - Caterer Goldy Bear is now
Goldy Schulz. (Imagine our surprise!)Her latest adventure features recipes for
Sour cream cherry coffee cake, Chocoholic cookies, Stir fry chicken asparagus
and . . . oh, yes! murder and suspense in the high-stakes world of fianancial
ventures.
So Dear To Wicked Men by Takis and Judy Iakovou - Oracle Cafe proprietors,
Nick and Julia Lambros, find their hard won success threatened when a morning
breakfast regular is struck dead and it appears that Nick's cooking is the cause.
Longtime restaurateurs, the authors bring insiders' humor to their first mystery.
** The Gourmet Detective by Peter Christopher King - Sharpen your culinary
skills with tips from the Gourmet Detective as he hunts the culprit who has
murdered a guest attending the prestigious Circle of Careme dinner. (The author
is a Cordon Bleu chef)
Murder Makes an Entree: a Victorian whodunit by Amy Myers - Introducing
master chef and amateur detective Auguste Didier. The Prince of Wales agrees
to preside over the Society of Literary Lionizers only if Didier will serve
as chef at the yearly banquet. When the chairman of the society is poisoned,
Didier and ScotlandYard Inspector Egbert Rose, team up to solve the murder.
Bitter Sweets by G. A. McKevett And for dessert . . . Sassy and savvy,
but still not very svelte, Savannah Reid returns operating her very own Moonlight
Magnolia Detective Agency in ritzy San Carmelita, California.
Babson,
Marian - Death Warmed Up
Bell, Nancy - Biggie and the Mangled Mortician
Bond, Michael - Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission.
. . Pamplemousse Investigates . . . Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case
Cannell, Dorothy - The Widow's Club. . . Femmes Fatal. . . How To Murder
Your Mother-In-Law
Crespi, Camilla - **The Trouble With a Bad Fit
Davidson, Diane Mott -**Catering To Nobody. . . **The Cereal Murders.
. . **Last Suppers. . . **Killer Pancake. . . Grilling Season. . . Main Corpse
Goldsborough, Robert - Silver Spire. . . Missing Chapter. . . Bloodied
Ivy
Heald, Tim - Just Desserts
Janet Laurence - A Deepe Coffyn. . . Hotel Morgue. . . A Recipe
For Death. . . Death and the Epicure. . Death at the Table
Lyons, Nan -**Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe.
. . **Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of America
Myers, Tamar - ** Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime. . . **No
Use Dying Over Spilled Milk
Page, Katharine Hall - featuring Faith Sibley Fairchild: Body
In the Belfry. . . Body In the Vestibule. . . **Body In the Cast. . . **Body
In the Bog. . . Body In the Kelp. Featuring Faith's friend, Pix Miller: **Body
In the Basement. . . Body In the Fjord
Pickard, Nancy -**27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders
Rich, Virginia - **Baked Bean Supper Murders, **Nantucket Diet
Murders
Alexandra Roudybush - A Gastronomic Murder
Stout, Rex - Plot It Yourself. . .Too Many Clients. . . Please
Pass the Guilt
Mysteries
with** include recipes
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November 3, 2006