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Mystery with recipes volume 9
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Bernie and Libby Simmons, caterers extraordinaire, are hosting a televised cookie contest just in time for Christmas, but unfriendly rivalries cook up a cutthroat competition.
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English
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When an audit finds money missing from the minister's discretionary fund at Aleford's First Parish Church, suspicion falls on Faith's husband, the Rev. Thomas Fairchild, the only person with access to the account. To complicate matters, Ursula Rowe, Faith's friend Pix Miller's elderly and ailing mother, asks Faith's help in dealing with the disquieting letters she's recently received. Secrets, the kind that fester and can make even strong people ill,...
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Mystery with recipes volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
25) Sticks & scones
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English
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While caterer Goldy Schulz tries to plan the most important luncheon she has ever catered, gun shots and dead bodies become a bit of a distraction. Goldy must come up with some answers to some tough questions before she becomes the next target.
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Attorney Sophie Maxwell has come to Savannah to be with her new husband, Will. But nothing throws cold water on a hot relationship faster than a dead body. Worse for Sophie, no one believes the body she knows she saw is real. Fortunately, Sophie has a good friend in Faith Fairchild. With teenage Amy being bullied by mean girls and husband Tom contemplating a major life change that will affect all the Fairchilds, Faith is eager for distraction in the...
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Odessa Jones volume 1
Language
English
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In the first of a thrilling new series, one woman's extraordinary psychic gift plunges her already-troubled present into chaos--and puts her future in someone's deadly sights... Until now, Odessa Jones' inherited ability to read emotions and foretell danger has protected her. But second sight didn't warn her she would soon be a widow--and about to lose her home and the catering business she's worked so hard to build. The only things keeping Dessa...
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The Fourth of July is one of the hottest on record and even the breeze off Penobscot Bay can't seem to cool things down for Faith Fairchild and the rest of the folks on Sanpere Island. After the celebrations are over, Faith discovers a body in the woods near the Birches, an early twentieth century cottage. The body is identified as the Birches' housekeeper. The death is only one of the dramatic events upending the historic house.
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The O'Sullivan clan of County Cork, Ireland, are thrilled to be catering the matrimonial affairs of a celebrity couple--until a cunning killer turns an Irish wedding into an Irish wake. Any wedding is a big deal in the small village of Kilbane--even more so when the bride is a famous fashion model. It's also good for business. Not only has customer traffic picked up at Naomi's Bistro, Siobhan's O'Sullivan and her five siblings have a full plate catering...
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Faith Fairchild mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1998, ©1997
Language
English
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Series
Stuff mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When Reverend Preston Cashdollar and his traveling tent revival come to town, James and Skip reinvent themselves as Holy Rollers. But when they see that the revival has a dark side of greed, corruption, and murder, they'll need to run like the devil.
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English
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"It's the beginning of the university's fall semester and Dani can't wait for the college students to return to Normalton, Illinois--after all, without them, there is no one to support her Lunch-to-Go service, which is a vital part of her Chef-to-Go business. But Normalton University's orientation week is marred by a mysterious murder, along with a series of car-jackings and sightings of a mysterious creature in a pond on campus. And with the whole...
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English
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For the first time in years, Faith Fairchild has time for herself. Her husband Tom is spending days on the other side of the island using a friend's enhanced WiFi for a project; their son, Ben, after his first year in college, is studying abroad for the summer; and their daughter Amy is working at the old Laughing Gulls Lodge, now a revamped conference center. Faith is looking forward to some projects of her own. Her friend Sophie Maxwell is also...
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Mystery with recipes volume 16
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When a loyal member of their mystery book club is found murdered after failing to appear at a monthly gathering, sisters Bernie and Libby uncover the victim's shady dealings and knowledge of scandalous community secrets.
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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While at her friend's lavish baby shower at a rival catering hall, Mia Carina discovers that murder and theft are also in attendance when a stolen painting is discovered and the body of a party guest is found floating in the marina.
39) A shimmer of red
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Odessa Jones volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When her young co-worker, Anna Lee, is killed in a hit-and-run, realtor Odessa Jones uses special talent, and the help of family, friends and a feisty cat named Juniper, to find answers-and draw out a killer hiding in plain sight.
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Mystery with recipes volume 14
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Susie Katz, the crazy cat lady of Longely, New York, is stabbed in the back during an extravagant wedding ceremony for her two Russian blues, caterers and sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons must paw through the clues to catch a killer.
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