Mystery with recipes
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Mystery with recipes volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Bernadette Simmons wasn't sure what to expect when she left L.A.--and her no-good, cheating boyfriend--to move back in with her family in New York. And her sister Libby had no idea what she was in for when she hired Bernie to work for her catering business. But in between cutting up canapés and dishing up desserts, the two find themselves in the midst of a mystery they can really sink their teeth into. . .
It's only been a few days since Bernie...
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Mystery with recipes volume 2
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English
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Bernadette and Libby Simmons have been working twelve-hour days at their store, A Taste of Heaven. And in between whipping up sweet treats and catering high school graduation parties, the sisters have to fit one more event into their busy schedule: catering a high-society wedding that takes a very low turn. . .
Leeza Sharp is getting ready to have the wedding of her dreams. She's got a $25,000 dress (gorgeous and made to order), a rich Estonian
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Mystery with recipes volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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As picturesque Longley, New York, gets ready to ring in the holiday season, caterers Bernadette and Libby Simmons are coping with their busiest time of year. If that's not enough to make them run around like crazed elves, they're recruited for a cooking show contest that pits celebrity chefs against each other--and gives rise to murder...
Visions of sugar plums are most decidedly not dancing in Libby's head--especially since she and her sister are...
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Mystery with recipes volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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In this "well-paced" mystery, a chocolate shop owner is killed, and there's quite an assortment of suspects (Publishers Weekly).
Sisters Bernie and Libby, owners of A Taste of Heaven, have plans to partner up with the Just Chocolate store for a taste-tempting Valentine's Day fundraiser featuring pairings of exotic chocolates, food, and wine, as well as a bachelor auction. And though Bernie isn't too happy about her boyfriend...
Sisters Bernie and Libby, owners of A Taste of Heaven, have plans to partner up with the Just Chocolate store for a taste-tempting Valentine's Day fundraiser featuring pairings of exotic chocolates, food, and wine, as well as a bachelor auction. And though Bernie isn't too happy about her boyfriend...
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Mystery with recipes volume 5
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English
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A haunted-house party turns homicidal: "Fun, well-plotted...A selection of delectable seasonal recipes rounds out the volume."—Publishers Weekly
With the promise of a hefty commission and some valuable word-of-mouth for their catering business, A Little Taste of Heaven, sisters Bernadette and Libby Simmons agree to cater the charity haunted house being staged at the old Peabody School. But when wealthy socialite Amethyst...
With the promise of a hefty commission and some valuable word-of-mouth for their catering business, A Little Taste of Heaven, sisters Bernadette and Libby Simmons agree to cater the charity haunted house being staged at the old Peabody School. But when wealthy socialite Amethyst...
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Mystery with recipes volume 6
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
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"Fans of Diane Mott Davidson and Joanne Fluke will enjoy the investigative and culinary antics of the nosey sisters."—Library Journal
A Little Taste of Heaven catering certainly knows how to feed people. Dogs, however? When sisters Bernie and Libby sign on to cater Trudy the Pug's birthday bash, it isn't just any doggie do. Trudy's owner, Annabel Colbert, is one of the richest women in town—and as mascot of the Colbert...
A Little Taste of Heaven catering certainly knows how to feed people. Dogs, however? When sisters Bernie and Libby sign on to cater Trudy the Pug's birthday bash, it isn't just any doggie do. Trudy's owner, Annabel Colbert, is one of the richest women in town—and as mascot of the Colbert...
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Mystery with recipes volume 7
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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A dysfunctional family holiday turns deadly in this "sprightly" mystery (Publishers Weekly).
Whipping up Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful for anyone, but that goes double for the Field family. Everything has to be perfect, or they risk getting cut out of dominating patriarch Monty's lucrative will. That's where sisters Bernie and Libby's catering company, A Little Taste of Heaven, comes in. Surely with their lumpless...
Whipping up Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful for anyone, but that goes double for the Field family. Everything has to be perfect, or they risk getting cut out of dominating patriarch Monty's lucrative will. That's where sisters Bernie and Libby's catering company, A Little Taste of Heaven, comes in. Surely with their lumpless...
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Series
Mystery with recipes volume 8
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"Cozy fans will appreciate the zany characters, witty dialogue and puzzling plot."—Publishers Weekly
To most of the people of Longely, New York, St. Paddy's Day means good food, great music, and plenty of Guinness. But when the lifeless body of Mike Sweeney floats to the top of a vat of green beer, it looks like the luck o' the Irish has just run out. Unfortunately for the Simmons sisters, Bernie and Libby, the number...
To most of the people of Longely, New York, St. Paddy's Day means good food, great music, and plenty of Guinness. But when the lifeless body of Mike Sweeney floats to the top of a vat of green beer, it looks like the luck o' the Irish has just run out. Unfortunately for the Simmons sisters, Bernie and Libby, the number...
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Mystery with recipes volume 9
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English
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"Fans of culinary cozies by Joanne Fluke and Diane Mott Davidson will enjoy discovering Crawford."—Library Journal
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...
The feisty members of the Christmas Cookie Club Exchange are busy perfecting their recipes once again. And with the Baking for...
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...
The feisty members of the Christmas Cookie Club Exchange are busy perfecting their recipes once again. And with the Baking for...
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Mystery with recipes volume 10
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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High noon on July Fourth in the quiet town of Longley, New York, and it's got to be one hundred degrees. Thankfully, sisters Bernie and Libby are setting up their yummy catering out of the sun in the gazebo for the reenactment of The Battle of Meadow Creek--and not baking in those Revolutionary War uniforms with their fellow townspeople . . .
After a few cheery exchanges of "Moveth" and "Thou speakest treason," the muskets are fired and the...
After a few cheery exchanges of "Moveth" and "Thou speakest treason," the muskets are fired and the...
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Mystery with recipes volume 11
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When a prank goes horribly wrong, ending up with her old college roommate Ellen Hadley being accused of murder, caterer Bernie Simmons, along with her sister, Libby, enlists the help of Ellen's kids to solve the mystery.
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Mystery with recipes volume 12
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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A billionaire is felled at a fundraiser: "Fans of culinary cozies by Joanne Fluke and Diane Mott Davidson will enjoy discovering Crawford."—Library Journal
Everyone in Longely, New York is talking about Blue House, an art complex that will bring the quaint little town a theater, an art gallery, and even a restaurant and coffee bar. But they're less than enthusiastic about Ludvoc "Zeb" Zalinsky, the self-made...
Everyone in Longely, New York is talking about Blue House, an art complex that will bring the quaint little town a theater, an art gallery, and even a restaurant and coffee bar. But they're less than enthusiastic about Ludvoc "Zeb" Zalinsky, the self-made...
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Mystery with recipes volume 13
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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A man is found hanging at a Halloween party, and two sleuthing sisters must unmask a killer: "Charming."—Publishers Weekly
When sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons agree to cater an extravagant Halloween party in their little town of Longely, New York, they figured a ghost or two and a bloodcurdling scream might be part of the menu, but they never expected to be haunted by the specter of murder.
Darius Witherspoon...
When sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons agree to cater an extravagant Halloween party in their little town of Longely, New York, they figured a ghost or two and a bloodcurdling scream might be part of the menu, but they never expected to be haunted by the specter of murder.
Darius Witherspoon...
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Mystery with recipes volume 14
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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An "amusing" mystery filled with "lively characters, irresistible food descriptions, and witty dialogue" (Publishers Weekly).
Susie Katz is known as the crazy cat lady of Longely, New York, and goes out of her way to earn the title, right down to her cat T-shirts and porcelain Hello Kitties. She's a fanatic for anything feline. Humans, not so much.
So when she decides to put up a tent on her property...
Susie Katz is known as the crazy cat lady of Longely, New York, and goes out of her way to earn the title, right down to her cat T-shirts and porcelain Hello Kitties. She's a fanatic for anything feline. Humans, not so much.
So when she decides to put up a tent on her property...
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Mystery with recipes volume 15
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons are reunited with a distant relative who wants them to cater a New Year's Eve event—and help find a guilty party . . .
It's been years since Bernie and Libby's parents became estranged from Ada Sinclair's side of the family—though the reasons for the rift are lost to history. The sisters, however, are intrigued when Ada makes contact and tells them about the long-ago deaths...
It's been years since Bernie and Libby's parents became estranged from Ada Sinclair's side of the family—though the reasons for the rift are lost to history. The sisters, however, are intrigued when Ada makes contact and tells them about the long-ago deaths...
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Mystery with recipes volume 16
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons run a catering business in their upstate New York town, and they're delighted for the chance to provide tasty desserts for the local mystery lovers' book club. But when fiction spills into a reality and the sisters find themselves investigating a suspicious death, it's up to them to figure out whodunit ..."--Publisher
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Mystery with recipes volume 17
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"At A Little Taste of Heaven, Bernie and Libby Simmons cater all sorts of affairs, from book clubs to bridal showers and everything in between. So when their counterman, Googie, asks them to cater a doggie wedding for his girlfriend Jenni's eight-month-old golden retrievers, they jump on the opportunity. The reception, which will also serve as a grand opening for Jennie's new doggie daycare center, is no small affair. Bertha and Ernie--the bride and...