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Spice Shop Mystery
Seventh Street Books
July 2022
On Sale: July 19, 2022
240 pages
ISBN: 1645060543
EAN: 9781645060543
Kindle: B09JPHR9CH
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As the holiday season lights up Seattle’s famed Pike Place Market, Pepper Reece’s beloved Spice Shop is brimming with cinnamon, nutmeg, and shoppers eager to stuff their stockings. Add to the mix a tasty staff competitionβ€”a peppermint bark-offβ€”along with Victorian costumes for this year’s Dickensian Christmas theme, and PepperΒ almostΒ forgets to be nervous about meeting her fisherman boyfriend’s brother for the first time.

But when a young woman working in her friend Vinny’s wine shop is brutally assaulted, costumed revelers and holiday cheer are the last things on Pepper’s mind. Who would want to hurt Beth? Or were they looking for Vinny instead?

The vicious attack upsets everyone at Pike Place, but none more than Pepper’s own employee, Matt Kemp. At first, Pepper is baffled by his reaction, but his clandestine connection to Beth could hold the key to the assailant’s motive. Or perhaps it’s Vinny’s ex-wife who knows more than she’s letting onΒ .Β .Β . and what about the mysterious top-hatted man with whom Pepper saw Beth arguing that morning?

As the secrets of the market come to light, long-held grudges, family ties, and hidden plans only further obscure the truth. Is it a ghost of the past rattling its chains, or a contemporary Scrooge with more earthly motives? As Pepper chases down a killer, someone is chasing her, and in the end, the storied market itself may hold the final, deadly clue.

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Seattle Spice Shop

Assault And Pepper
ASSAULT AND PEPPER
#1.0 β€’ March 2015
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Guilty as Cinnamon
GUILTY AS CINNAMON
#2.0 β€’ December 2015
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Killing Thyme
KILLING THYME
#3.0 β€’ October 2016
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Chai Another Day
CHAI ANOTHER DAY
#4.0 β€’ June 2019
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The Solace of Bay Leaves
THE SOLACE OF BAY LEAVES
#5.0 β€’ November 2020
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Peppermint Barked
PEPPERMINT BARKED
#6.0 β€’ July 2022
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Between A Wok And A Dead Place
BETWEEN A WOK AND A DEAD PLACE
#7.0 β€’ July 2023
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To Err is Cumin
TO ERR IS CUMIN
#8.0 β€’ August 2024
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Lavender Lies Bleeding
LAVENDER LIES BLEEDING
#9.0 β€’ July 2025
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