Hard-boiled breakfasts, thrilling entrees, cozy desserts, and more--this illustrated cookbook features more than 100 recipes from legendary mystery authors. Whether you're planning a sinister dinner party or whipping up some comfort food perfect for a day of writing, you'll find plenty to savor in this cunning collection. Full-color photography is featured throughout, along with mischievous sidebars revealing the links between food and foul play. Contributors include Lee Child, Mary Higgins Clark, Harlan Coben, Nelson DeMille, Gillian Flynn, Sue Grafton, Charlaine Harris, James Patterson, Louise Penny, Scott Turow, and many more.
Apple crumble. It is a near miracle to have it intact between getting it out of the oven and serving it for a dessert at our house. (G. Bisbjerg 12:53pm March 30, 2015)
Love this idea, and would love to win a copy. Can't wait to try some of the recipes. (B Tritt 4:03pm March 30, 2015)
Pie - any kind of pie. Between my husband and son, no pie stands a chance! (Janis Milford 4:24pm March 30, 2015)
chocolate chip cookies (Angela Parrish 4:55pm March 30, 2015)
Well the mystery at my house is why am I in the kitchen. However, I do make desserts as my sweet tooth insist. I can make a killer of a Red Velvet cake and it turns up missing all too quickly. (Margie Whitten 9:13pm March 30, 2015)
No one ever knows what happened to my black bottom strawberry pie. It just disappears. (Kirsten Kimball 9:44pm March 30, 2015)
Brownies. Thank-you. (John Fry 10:15pm March 30, 2015)
Any kind of cookie disappears like magic. (Jacqueline Wyllys 11:03pm March 30, 2015)
Giraffe Chews - they are chewylicious! (Amber Mancebo 11:22pm March 30, 2015)
I'm afraid ALL desserts disappear almost instantly unless I stand guard. Only birthday cakes survive until dinner. (Sharon Mitchell 2:33am March 31, 2015)
Carrot Cake it's the best. Would love to win this book. Wont to try the recipes. (Linda Hall 2:53am March 31, 2015)
My dad's jam-jam's, My mom's jumbo raisin cookies, and my chocolate chip cookies :) (Holly Loch 4:51am March 31, 2015)
All are desserts magically dissappear. LOL. Cookies go the fastest. That cake sounds devine. (Sue Brandes 6:51am March 31, 2015)
Any time I bake a cake, it's gone, because I use home-made buttercream frosting that's to die for (no pun intended)!! My brownies go quickly as well. So do my cookies - especially at Christmas, and most of the time, people wait outside the stove to grab them as they come out of the oven!! Can't wait to read your book, since there are a lot of my favorite Authors in it!! (Peggy Roberson 9:55am March 31, 2015)
Cookies. Cookies always disappear in twos & threes, never singly. (Kristine Murphy 10:44am March 31, 2015)
Brownies disappear very rapidly. The cake looks delectable. (Sharon Berger 11:50am March 31, 2015)
Anything chocolate or with strawberries. (Pam Howell 11:56am March 31, 2015)
Can't keep my flour less peanut butter cookies for more than a couple days. (Jordan Grubich 1:04pm March 31, 2015)
My coconut pineapple ice cream disappears faster than you can say chocolate cake! (Susan Coster 4:35pm March 31, 2015)
All deserts disappear in my kitchen. (Danniell Hampton 5:36pm March 31, 2015)
Brownies! Especially with the marshmallow chocolate/peanut butter/rice krispie topping. (Eileen Pelletier 5:43pm March 31, 2015)
We are dessert lovers but my Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Icing is one that doesn't last long (Connie Saunders 6:50pm March 31, 2015)
Grandma's Coffee Cake. (Susan Illis 7:57pm March 31, 2015)
Oh my...many of my favorite author's have contributed to this book..Jame Patterson, Harlon Coben, Lee Child, Sue Grafton, etc. Need to try their favorite recipes. (Nancy Hoptar 9:12pm March 31, 2015)
I would have to say that chocolate chip cookies disappear. (Sarah Bauman 9:15pm March 31, 2015)
Strawberry cheesecake!! (Patricia Cochran 9:39pm March 31, 2015)
Apple pie, any cake and all the ice cream disappears. LOL (Marcy Shuler 9:41pm March 31, 2015)
This book has a lot of great authors that I love. I want to read all their yummy recipes. Grandma's Killer Cake, I could die for a piece of that. I like to bake cookies and make deserts. Everyone loves my Snickerdoodle Cookies. I will have to say they are great. Along with my Cheesecake made from scratch. (Sherry Cockerham 9:41pm March 31, 2015)
That would be every dessert :) It doesn't matter, we love dessert. (Leni Kaye 9:55pm March 31, 2015)
Love this cookbook.... Cheesecake does not last here, seldom any leftovers and when I do, it's just after breakfast that I notice. (Ruth Bousquet 10:16pm March 31, 2015)
Turn-of-the-century Red Velvet Cake with homemade frosting. (Andrea Roland 10:18pm March 31, 2015)
My carrot cake cupcakes. They are a family favorite and are gone as soon as I finish making them. Grandma's cake looks fabulous. YUM!!! Jane (Jane Frisch 10:32pm March 31, 2015)
I love chocolate cake, chocolate brownies - this cake recipe looks like a great one to try. (Connie Sahn 10:41pm March 31, 2015)
The desserts that mysteriously disappear from my kitchen are Blonde Brownies and Burgundy Berry Pie. My Burgundy Berry Pie even Won the Prize at the Texas Secretary of State Office where I worked many years in the Corporations Section. I love that Grandma's Killer Chocolate Cake. Makes me think of Death by Chocolate. Congrats on this book: THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA COOKBOOK. I would love to win and read and obtain the fantastic recipes from this wonderful book. Thank You very much. Cecilia Dunbar Hernandez CECE (Cecilia Dunbar Hernandez 11:12pm March 31, 2015)
Cookies. I'll make a ton of cookies, and they'll start disappear like an army of mice came in and carted them off! This cake looks delicious, I would love to win a copy of this book! (Sara Doyle 11:20pm March 31, 2015)
Double chocolate fudge brownies are gone in a flash. (Diane Pernick 11:34pm March 31, 2015)
when my daughter makes her delicious chocolate chip cookies! they are gone in a flash! they blame me but its my husband who 'mysteriously' sneaks them. (Marygrace Monteleone 12:50pm April 1, 2015)
Apple crisp or homemade brownies. (Seanna Yeager 9:47am April 1, 2015)
Cheese cake, soft creamy and yummy. My husband and I love this dessert. (Mary Roya 11:53am April 1, 2015)
The recipes sound amazing; but my fave is for James Patterson's grandma's chocolate cake. Thank you for the chance, would love to try all of the recipes. (Nancy Wolfe 12:11pm April 1, 2015)
Brownies (Doris Losey 12:27pm April 1, 2015)
I would love this book! (Sharon Long 5:01pm April 1, 2015)
When the kids were young and at home....cookies disappeared as fast as they came out of the oven (hint...the oldest kid, my husband was the main culprit!) (Kimberley Coover 5:48pm April 1, 2015)
Any Sweet baked goods but especially my cinnamon rolls! (Teresa Decker 6:07pm April 1, 2015)
Excellent recipe and awesome giveaway. Yahoooo!!!! (Tiffany Miles 6:18pm April 1, 2015)
sounds 'intriguing' (Suzy Manning 8:59pm April 1, 2015)
A chocolate cake to die for, I'll get the coffee. (Sally Lincoln 9:03pm April 1, 2015)
Any chocolate in our home is gone within minutes. Cake is great with any kind of drink. (Sherrie Wood 9:34pm April 1, 2015)
My coconut cream pie . I would love to have this book .I'm keeping my fingers crossed . Thanks for this chance . (Joan Thrasher 9:56pm April 1, 2015)
nuts - just a few here, just a few there, pretty soon they're all gone! (Beth Fuller 11:08pm April 1, 2015)
Brownies disappear almost immediately. It seems that everyone is magically home when they come out of the oven. (Michelle Whitwam 11:43pm April 1, 2015)
Yum! (Saundra Warren 11:57am April 2, 2015)
thanks for the chance to win (Susan Gannon 7:36am April 3, 2015)
Cake is good for disappearing! (Rhonda Rogers 7:46am April 3, 2015)
Cupcakes! I can never resist a cupcake. (Kristine Murphy 10:28am April 3, 2015)
Baklava----how I love that stuff. (Sue Farrell 11:35am April 3, 2015)
Oatmeal raisin cookies! (Maria Proctor 12:27pm April 3, 2015)
my specialty is to die for cheesecake, i especially like the turtle version with fudge,caramel,and pecan layers. any cheesecake, however, lasts just about half the time it took to make it,LOL ps i want to make this cheesecake for james, i have such a crush on him. (shhhh) (Sue Hieber 3:16pm April 3, 2015)
My grandmas lemon bars! (Denise Austin 5:06pm April 3, 2015)
Rhubard Delight; my kids named this recipe years ago. I make it from the rhubarb from my garden and it is my own recipe. I love the books that have recipes and I make them. This chocolate cake sounds sooo good. (Leona Olson 7:46pm April 3, 2015)
I love this, I wish I had a special desert. Thank you, I need this. (Sharon Sommer 10:29pm April 3, 2015)