A sharp and tangy culinary mystery featuring Tish Tarragon. Can Tish beat the curse of the cherry pie to win first prize at the Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off?When literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon's friend and star baker at Cookin' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake , a frangipane cherry pie , be up to the grade?As the bake-off gets underway, Tish's worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus . . . and both women died suddenly before making their bakes.Amid bitter rivalries , simmering jealousy and the bakers' insatiable appetite for winning, is the curse of the cherry pie about to strike again ?
Amy Patricia Meade Bücher
Amy Patricia Meade schreibt fesselnde Kriminalromane, bekannt für ihre Marjorie McClelland Mysteries, historische Geschichten, die von Rosie the Riveter inspiriert sind, und ihre jüngste Vermont-Serie. Inspiriert von klassischen Krimiautoren, zeichnet sich ihre Arbeit durch komplexe Handlungsstränge und befriedigende Auflösungen aus. Meade versteht es meisterhaft, Spannung aufzubauen und clevere Wendungen zu liefern, die die Leser fesseln. Ihre Erzählweise bietet eine Mischung aus historischem Kontext und fesselnden Rätseln, was sie zu einer herausragenden Stimme in der zeitgenössischen Kriminalliteratur macht.
The Garden Club Murder
- 208 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
Literary chef Tish Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek's annual garden club awards, but two days before the event one of the competitors is found dead in his pristine garden. After hearing that he was the favourite to win the top prize this year, Tish can't help being drawn into the investigation...
Cookin' the Books
- 208 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
Literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon is delighted when Binnie Broderick, executive director of the local library, asks her to provide a literary inspired three-course dinner for the library's annual fundraiser. But when Binnie's food is poisoned, Tish suddenly finds herself fighting to save her reputation... and catch a killer.
The Christmas Fair Killer
- 224 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
Tish Tarragon finds a dead ingénue while catering breakfast for the Williamsburg Theatre Group during the Hobsen Glen Holiday Fair.