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Also by Cricket McRae:

Wined And Died, July 2011
Trade Size
Something Borrowed, Something Bleu, July 2010
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Heaven Preserve Us, August 2008
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Lye in Wait, October 2007
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LYE IN WAIT
By: Cricket McRae

Home Crafting
Midnight Ink
October 2007
On Sale: October 1, 2007
324 pages
ISBN: 0738711160
EAN: 9780738711164
Paperback
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Mystery Woman Sleuth

Cocoa butter soap, check. Lemon lip balm, check. A dead body?

That's just what Sophie Mae Reynolds finds in her workroom: the corpse of Walter Hanover, the neighborhood handyman. He died from drinking lye, something she has in good supply. But the police don't suspect Sophie Mae, a thirty—something widow who makes and sells beauty products. Instead they call it a suicide. But why would a man with lottery cash and a loving fiancée kill himself?

No one can stop the impulsive Sophie Mae from answering this riddle, not her sensible best friend Meghan or Detective Ambrose, who incites annoyance as well as stomach flutters. Sophie Mae's big mouth and sharp nose lead her to a peppermint—scented trail of arson, bigamy, and a shocking family secret that reveals a personal connection to Walter . . . and his killer.

This crafty new series features real recipes and a blundering, yet lovable, amateur sleuth who brings a fresh face to cozy mysteries.