The Agatha Award-winning author of CRIME RIB is proud to introduce Pepper Reece, the owner of the Seattle Spice Shop who thinks she can handle any kind of salty customerβuntil a murderer ends up in the mixβ¦
After leaving a dicey marriage and losing a beloved job in a corporate crash, Pepper Reece has found a new zest for life running a busy spice and tea shop in Seattleβs Pike Place Market. Her aromatic creations are the talk of the town, and everyone stops by for a cup of her refreshing spice tea, even other shopkeepers and Market regulars. But when a panhandler named Doc shows up dead on the storeβs doorstep, a Seattle Spice Shop cup in his hand, the local gossip gets too hot for Pepper to handleβespecially after the police arrest one of Pepperβs staffers, Tory Finch, for murder.
Tory seems to know why sheβs a suspect, but she refuses to do anything to curry favor with the cops. Convinced her reticent employee is innocent, Pepper takes it on herself to sniff out some clues. Only, if sheβs not careful, Pepperβs nosy ways might make her next on the killerβs listβ¦
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