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For someone whose greatest culinary skill is ordering takeout, Sarah never expected to be co-owner of a restaurant. But while Sarah and her twin sister, Chef Emily, are tangled up in red tape, an attention-stealing new establishment - run by none other than Sarah's late ex-husband's mistress, Jane - is having its grand opening across the street. Jane's new sous chef, Riley Miller, is the talk of Wheaton with her delicious vegan specialties. Then Riley is found dead outside the restaurant with Sarah's friend, Jacob, kneeling over her.

Parker Hayes is busy serving up steaming lattes and warm smiles at her cozy cafe, Catch You Latte, when Magnolia Grove's annual tree-lighting ceremony takes a shocking turn. A prominent town figure is found dead, clutching a cup of Parker's signature blend, throwing the community into turmoil. Determined to clear her friend Maggie's name, Parker once again takes on the role of amateur sleuth. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a tangled web of secrets, scandals, and surprising betrayals hidden beneath Magnolia Grove's quaint charm.

Asia Village is in peril when Private detective Lydia Shepard returns to enlist the help of Lana Lee to solve a rash of unsolved murders and thefts. When Lydia brings Lana onto the case, three of the members of an elite Asian order known as the Eight Immortals have already been murdered. Each member of the order holds one item that represents their immortal counterpart, and someone is dying to get their hands on them all. Lydia's client insists he―and only he―knows who will be next and wants the murderer captured before there is another victim.

A delightful vacation. An astonishing dispatchment. Will she uncover why the victim was fatally retired? Leta Parker has rest and relaxation on her social agenda. Arriving at a luxurious Cotswold estate with her friends for a winter retreat, the recently engaged fifty-something is happily...

She thought she'd turned the page on murder. But after an author takes a lethal leap, is she back at Chapter One? Leta Parker would rather not solve another crime. Hoping to turn her gift for sleuthing into a successful fiction career, the retired American expat attends a writers retreat in...

Willow Morgan thought she was only in the city to cheer on her best friend Julia, a contestant on a nationally televised baking competition. But when a powerful producer drops dead mid-filming—face-first into his morning pastry—Willow finds herself in the middle of a recipe for murder. With the competition in limbo, the police investigating, and her friends busy with other things, it’s up to Willow to sniff out the killer before the entire season—and Julia’s big break—gets canceled. Unfortunately, almost everyone on set has a grudge and a spatula to grind.

When a jailbreak at Steve’s prison threatens her safety, Kelly is drawn once again to solving the mystery of what made her ex-husband derail in the first place. When Kelly finds out one of her close family members may have been involved in Steve’s fraudulent money schemes, Kelly begins to doubt everyone around her. Did she trust the wrong people? Is Steve coming back to get his revenge on Kelly? Featuring an interesting heroine who is determined to make a new start, Take the Donut is a cozy mystery that centers on temptation, family drama, greed, and sweet revenge.

When murder mars the grand opening for Lila Macapagal’s aunties’ new laundromat, she will have to air out all the dirty laundry in Shady Palms to catch a killer… Lila Macapagal's godmothers April, Mae, and June—AKA the Calendar Crew—are celebrating the opening of their latest joint...

Trapped in Paradise, Washington by a snowstorm, Lily and Judy fear for their lives. A sudden blizzard confines a group of shelter seekers to a lodge that has been closed for the season. The scenery is breathtaking, but when bodies start to drop, it seems clear that one of their companions is a murderer.

The fun of an English baking contest set in the beautiful English countryside complete with witches, recipes, and murder. Join Poppy and her friends as she puzzles out another complex murder that might have ties to her!

Charlie Kingsley escapes Wisconsin’s winter chill for sunny Cabo, Mexico, hoping for sandy beaches and endless margaritas. But her vacation takes a deadly turn when she stumbles upon a body on the beach, and worse, becomes the prime suspect! Now Charlie must swap her flip-flops for detective shoes to clear her name and catch the killer before her getaway turns into a stay behind bars.

Key Zest food critic Hayley Snow and her groom, Police Detective Nathan Bransford, chose Scotland for their long-delayed honeymoon, hoping to sightsee and enjoy some prize-winning scones. But their romantic duo swells to a crowd when they're joined by Nathan's family as well as octogenarian Miss Gloria. Nathan's sister Vera takes the women on a whirlwind tour of some of Scotland's iconic mystic places as research for a looming book project. But the trip takes a deadly tartan turn when a dinner party guest falls ill and claims she was poisoned.

It's Halloween in New Orleans, and the staff of Bon Vee Culinary House Museum is setting up a fantastic haunted house tour for their visitors. But when flashy movie star Blaine Taggart and his entourage move into the mansion next door, gift shop proprietor Ricki James-Diaz gets a fright of her own.

A race to save a woman at the museum falls short, leading Sid into a sorted whodunit with more questions than answers. Meanwhile, Kiera does some sleuthing of her own, as she solves the puzzle of why houses are being broken into but not robbed. With a growing list of suspects in one mystery and unending questions in the other, Kiera and Sid help each other to unexpected conclusions. Emotional tension between Kiera and Ray comes to the forefront as the two Corn and Daisy get involved. Will their good intentions come to something good, or something else?

Zwischen Bierbank und Bergpanorama wird es diesmal tödlich. Leni führt den Gasthof zur Post in Garmisch. Zwischen Bierkrügen, Wanderern und Stammtisch kennt sie fast jeden im Ort – und sie weiß, dass hinter manchen Geschichten mehr steckt, als man auf den ersten Blick sieht. Als während einer exklusiven Veranstaltung im Salon Fortuna ein Unternehmer tödlich verunglückt, scheint zunächst alles klar: ein tragischer Unfall.

August in Lake Potawatomi, Wisconsin, always means one thing: the annual baking contest. Picture The Great British Baking Show, writ Midwestern. It's a huge draw for the upper crust of Wisconsin pastry aficionados. And, of course, bon vivant baker-turned-mystery writer Teddie St. John has a pie in the ring. The white vinyl baking tent boasts an array of folding tables housing each entrant's daily baked good. And at one of those tables sits the corpse of the head judge, his face half-buried in a delectable coconut cream pie.

To top off her coffee business, Sage is now helping out with her boyfriend Bax's gaming company. Conveniently for Sage, it's located next door to her Ground Rules Roastery. That makes it easy for her to pitch in with Bax's employee team-building event. The plan is to boost morale with a scavenger hunt. And it seems to be going well—until Robbie, a programmer known for being a prankster, turns up dead in Sage's roastery.

Something strange is going on in Spellford Cove. No one is acting quite as they should, and Robin is starting to think there might be some sort of dark magic involved. And with her new employee she knows to be working for her biological father, Robin puts a plan in place that will hopefully stop him from being able to find her. Will Robin be able to overcome the dark magic at work, or will she find herself a few layers short of a full cake?

The heat is on for pastry chef, family business operator, and unlikely sleuth Jules Capshaw. Just when she thought she could enjoy some time away from the kitchen, Jules manages to discover a skull during a picnic by the lake. As if unearthing remains that may be connected to a missing-persons case from the 1960s isn’t enough on her plate, Jules must contend with the unsolved matter of her own marriage while her estranged husband Carlos sails the open seas, awaiting a verdict.

Easter weekend on the Jersey Shore is hopping. Poppy's Bed and Breakfast is busier than ever, but she needs to leave things in the hopefully capable hands of Aunt Ginny - and paws of Figaro the black smoke Persian. She's selling her paleo muffins and keto cookies at the Health and Beauty Expo in Cape May's Convention Hall. Normally sharing a booth with the love of her life would be a treat, but she's recently discovered secrets that throw her new romance into chaos.