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Take one burned-out city girl. Add a crusty codger, a pinch of gossip, and a dash of romance. Stir in a generous helping of murder and you've got the ingredients for one truly delicious mystery . . .
Haunted by the car accident that ended her career as a cookbook publicist, Val Deniston has traded in the chaos of New York City for a quieter life near the Chesapeake Bay. Living with her curmudgeonly grandfather in the tourist town of Bayport is hardly glamorous, but she enjoys working at the Cool Down Café at the local fitness club, and she finally has time to work on her long-planned cookbook. But when one of the club's patrons is found dead, she'll have to cook up a scheme to find the killer. As the number of suspects rises like crabs in a bucket, it's out of the pan and into the fire for Val. If she can't find the culprit soon, she might as well be chum in the water . . .
Includes Five Delicious Recipes from Val's Cookbook!
"Cozy mystery readers will love the puzzle and the enjoyable look into this small tourist town by the sea." —Nancy Coco, author of the Candy-Coated Mysteries
"Suspects abound and the puzzle solution is deftly handled in this charming cozy . . . With recipes included, this is definitely a starter for fans of Diane Mott Davidson, Lou Jane Temple, and Virginia Rich." —Library Journal
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- ISBN: 9781617731396
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- ISBN: 9781617731396
- File size: 847 KB
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November 1, 2014
Cookbook publicist Val Deniston left New York under a cloud after she was involved in a terrible car accident that injured a celebrity chef. Now she lives in Bayport, MD, with her grandfather, while working at a fitness club snack bar and gathering material for her own cookbook. On the morning that she is scheduled to meet real estate agent Nadia, who wants to hire her to cater an event, Val arrives at the club and finds Nadia's body, stabbed through the neck with a wooden tennis racket. Is that a clue? Unfortunately, the prime suspect is Monique, Val's cousin, who accused Nadia of having an affair with her husband. Then there's Gunnar, the debonair visitor from DC, and, Luke, Val's old boyfriend from high school. VERDICT Lots of suspects abound and the puzzle solution is deftly handled in this charming cozy debut that is appealingly set on Maryland's Eastern Shore. With recipes included, this is definitely a starter for fans of Diane Mott Davidson, Lou Jane Temple, and Virginia Rich. [Corrigan was a winner of the 2013 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Unpublished Mystery/Suspense for The Art of Deceit.--Ed.]
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