From the author of THE
PICKLED PIPER comes another Pickled and Preserved
Mystery…
Piper Lamb knows how to make fruits and vegetables keep for
months. Unfortunately, it’s the people around her who are
expiring too soon…
After her fiancé left her, Piper came to Cloverdale to
rebuild her life and open up her shop, Piper’s Picklings, to
sell pickles and preserves. When her ex decides to drop in
for a visit—just as things are heating up between her and a
local Christmas tree farmer—Piper finds herself in a jam.
But there are other visitors to worry about…
An Italian soccer team is set to play the Cloverdale
All-Stars in an exhibition game. Their manager, Raffaele
Conti, was a bitter rival of Piper’s dill supplier, local
farmer Gerald Standley. After Conti is found dead in
Standley’s field, Piper must work to clear Gerald’s name and
find out who relished killing Raffaele before the town is
soured by another death.
INCLUDES RECIPES!
DARNED IF YOU DO, A Needle Craft Mystery by
Monica Ferris
The USA Today
bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries have shown that,
when it comes to murder, Betsy Devonshire, owner of the
Crewel World needlework shop, doesn’t mess around. But when
a local hoarder is murdered, she’ll need all her wits to dig
a new friend out of a heap of trouble…
After a tree falls on Tom Riordan’s house, landing him in
the hospital, the police discover a mountain of junk piled
high in his home. Locals in Excelsior, Minnesota—including
Betsy and her Crewel World Monday Bunch—offer to help with
the cleanup while Tom recuperates.
But when Tom is found murdered in his hospital bed, the sole
heir to his property—his cousin Valentina—becomes the number
one suspect. Betsy believes there’s more to the case than
meets the eye, but finding clues to the killer’s identity in
the clutter Tom left behind will be like looking for a
needle in a haystack …
FREE CROCHET PATTERN INCLUDED
THIS OLD HOMICIDE, A Fixer-Upper Mystery by Kate
Carlisle
From the New York
Times bestselling author of the Bibliophile Mysteries
and A High-End Finish comes the second Fixer-Upper
Mystery...
Contractor and part-time sleuth Shannon Hammer specializes
in improving the quirks and flaws of the Victorian homes in
Lighthouse Cove, California. The quirks and flaws of their
residents are another story....
Valentine’s Day is approaching, and while Shannon is
delighted to be friends with not one but two handsome men,
not everyone in town is feeling the love. After her elderly
neighbor Jesse Hennessey fails to make his daily appearance
at the local diner, Shannon swings by his place to check on
him. Not only does she find Jesse dead—of an apparent heart
attack—but she also realizes that his home has been ransacked.
Someone suggests that a thief was searching for a priceless
necklace Jesse claimed to have retrieved from a capsized
sailing ship, but Shannon doesn’t believe it. Everyone knows
Jesse had a penchant for constructing tall tales—like the
one about him having a hot new girlfriend. But his death is
soon ruled a homicide, and shady suspects begin popping out
of the woodwork. When another victim turns up dead, Shannon
is convinced she must find the killer before someone else
gets nailed....
AS GOUDA AS DEAD, A Cheese Shop Mystery by Avery
Aames
Providence, Ohio, is celebrating Valentine’s Day with
weeklong events, including lovers’ baskets with heart-shaped
cheeses at Fromagerie Bessette. Charlotte Bessette is
celebrating by finally walking down the aisle with the man
of her dreams, handsome artisanal cheese farmer, Jordan
Pace. But when a beloved bar owner is discovered murdered on
Jordan’s farm, he believes they should reschedule their
wedding given the grim turn of events.
Charlotte is heartsick over the postponement. This killer
crossed the wrong woman. No one, but no one, is ruining her
wedding plans!