Synopses & Reviews
At Gram’s Country Cooking School in Broken Rope, Missouri, Isabelle “Betts” Winston and her grandmother share the secrets of delicious home-style recipes. But there’s one secret they keep from their classes—their ability to talk to ghosts from the town’s colorful past… Betts and Gram agree to help their friend Jake at Broken Rope’s Historical Society by accommodating some foodie tourists for the night and occupying them with cooking lessons. It couldn’t be worse timing when the pair encounter the ax-wielding ghost of Sally Swarthmore, one of Broken Rope’s legendary murderers, who pleads with Betts to help find her diary--a diary that could prove that Sally was really a victim, not a villain. But they soon have a modern-day murder on their hands when one of the tourists turns up dead with a noose around his neck and two other tourists are nowhere to be found. Now Betts needs to put the cooking classes on the back burner to untangle two knotty mysteries and rope in a cold-blooded killer.
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“Visit Broken Rope, Missouri, where the ghosts run free, the residents are a little wacky, and a mystery is shaking up everybody’s life.”--E.J. Copperman, author of
An Uninvited Ghost “Shelton writes with a Hitchcock essence that readers once found missing...until now.”--Blogcritics.org
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Praise for the Country Cooking School Mysteries
“Visit Broken Rope, Missouri, where the ghosts run free, the residents are a little wacky, and a mystery is shaking up everybodys life.” —E. J. Copperman, author of An Uninvited Ghost
“[A] blue ribbon-winning recipe for a tasty read.” —New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay on If Fried Chicken Could Fly
“[Paige Shelton is] a prevailing voice in the culinary cozy genre…[A] rib-tickling read with a sturdy family core filled with amusement, hijinks, and love…Shelton writes with a Hitchcock essence that readers once found missing…until now…If Fried Chicken Could Fly simply warms your spirit with delicious homespun goodness.” —Blogcritics
“If Fried Chicken Could Fly has terrific characters, including a wonderful ghost, and a perfect setting…” —Lesas Book Critiques
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Praise for the Country Cooking School Mysteries
“[O]ne of those series that has you waiting with bated breath for the next book to come out.”
—Debbies Book Bag
“[A] blue ribbon-winning recipe for a tasty read.”
—New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay
"[A] treat for cozy mystery lovers."
—Lesas Book Critiques
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“Im addicted to [these] mysteries…Ghosts, history of the Old West, and cooking are blended together skillfully.”—
Lesas Book Critiques
“[A] blue ribbon-winning recipe for a tasty read.”—Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author
“Shelton lets readers hit the ground running.”—Cozy Mystery Book Reviews
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Praise for Murder and Marinara “The tastiest item on the menu with colorful characters, a sharp plot, and a fabulous Jersey setting. I enjoyed every bite.”—Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author
“Clever and intriguing….It definitely left me hungry for more.”—Livia J. Washburn, author of the Fresh Baked Mystery series
Synopsis
At Gram s Country Cooking School in Broken Rope, Missouri, Isabelle Betts Winston and her grandmother share the secrets of delicious home-style recipes. But there s one secret they keep from their classes their ability to talk to ghosts from the town s colorful past
Betts and Gram agree to help their friend Jake at Broken Rope s Historical Society by accommodating some foodie tourists for the night and occupying them with cooking lessons. It couldn t be worse timing when the pair encounter the ax-wielding ghost of Sally Swarthmore, one of Broken Rope s legendary murderers, who pleads with Betts to help find her diary--a diary that could prove that Sally was really a victim, not a villain.
But they soon have a modern-day murder on their hands when one of the tourists turns up dead with a noose around his neck and two other tourists are nowhere to be found. Now Betts needs to put the cooking classes on the back burner to untangle two knotty mysteries and rope in a cold-blooded killer.
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Read Paige Shelton's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. Becca Robbins sells her farm-made jams and preserves at the local farmers' market to make a living. But when a local lovely decides to tie the knot at the same market, someone else decides to make a killing-and only Becca has the down-home know-how to shut the lid on a canny killer.
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Bailey's Farmer's Market is all abuzz with the impending visit of the Central South Carolina Restaurant Association. Becca is quite excited, especially since her parents are visiting. But when the president of the Association vetoes Becca's strawberry preserves, she finds herself reeling from the snub. After pulling herself together, Becca heads home, only to find the president's body in her kitchen and her mother with bloody hands. Now, Becca has to use her sleuthing skills to get her mom out of this terrible jam...before she winds up preserving in prison.
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First in the Farmer's Market Mystery Series.
Becca Robins leads a simple life, making jams and preserves on her very own farm. But when there's a murder in her quaint little town, she puts herself in the line of fire to defend her friend's innocence-and goes from making jam to being in one.
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At Gram's Country Cooking School, Betts and Gram are helping students prepare the perfect dishes for the Southern Missouri Show-Down, the cook-off that draws the first of the summer visitors. Everything is going smoothly until they discover the body of local theater owner Everett Morningside in the school's supply closet, and Everett's widow points an accusatory finger at Gram. Now, Betts has to dig deep into Broken Rope's history to find the modern-day killer-before the last piece of chicken is served...
Synopsis
Read Paige Shelton's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. Becca Robbins sells her farm-made jams and preserves at the local farmers' market to make a living. But when a local lovely decides to tie the knot at the same market, someone else decides to make a killing-and only Becca has the down-home know-how to shut the lid on a canny killer.
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First in the Farmer's Market Mystery Series. Becca Robins leads a simple life, making jams and preserves on her very own farm. But when there's a murder in her quaint little town, she puts herself in the line of fire to defend her friend's innocence-and goes from making jam to being in one.
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At Grams Country Cooking School, Isabelle Betts” Winston and her grandmother share their home-style culinary secrets. But what they keep to themselves are the secrets of Broken Rope, a quiet little Missouri town, that isn't nearly as quiet as it seems...
A fresh school year begins as Gram and Betts anxiously await the arrival of their new crop of students. But their enthusiasm is thwarted when a stranger named Freddie OBannon arrives and claims to have proof that he was accepted to the school despite what is in their files. And when the ghost of Cylas Gent, a young man who might have a romantic past with Gram, also appears, there are suddenly two mysteries demanding their attention.
But just as Gram and Betts start sifting through the past, one of their new students is murdered. Does the seemingly sweet Freddie OBannon have something sinister to hide, or are Grams ghosts trying to teach her a lesson? Either way, its up to the country cooks to catch a killer before another living soul gets burned.
Includes delicious recipes!
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Hit whodunit writer Victoria Rienzi is getting back to her roots by working at her familys Italian restaurant. But now in between plating pasta and pouring vino, shell have to find the secret ingredient in a murder....
When Victoria takes a break from penning her popular mystery series and moves back to the Jersey shore, she imagines sun, sand, and scents of fresh basil and simmering marinara sauce at the family restaurant, the Casa Lido. But her nonnas recipes arent the only things getting stirred up in this Italian kitchen.
Their small town is up in arms over plans to film a new reality TV show, and when Victoria serves the shows pushy producer his last meal, the Casa Lido staff finds itself embroiled in a murder investigation. Victoria wants to find the real killer, but there are as many suspects as tomatoes in her nonnas garden. Now shell have to heat up her sleuthing skills quickly
before someone else gets a plateful of murder.
First in a new series!
RECIPES INCLUDED!
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Betts Winston has inherited more than her cooking skills from her grandmothershe can also see and talk to ghosts of people that once roamed the streets of Broken Rope, Missouri, in the days of the Old West
With Grams Country Cooking School on spring break, Betts and Gram are taking part in this years cowboy poetry convention, offering lessons on frying catfish over an open campfire. But when a staged gunfight ends in real death and her brother Teddy becomes a prime suspect, Betts may be the one to jump from the frying pan into the fire.
After her ghostly guardian Jerome appears to watch her back and a spectral Pony Express rider gallops into town with some unfinished business, Broken Rope starts to seem more like a cowboy ghost convention. With trouble on both sides of this mortal coil, its up to Betts to clear her brother, put the spirits to rest, and make sure the true killer doesnt become the one who got away.
Includes Recipes!
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The New York Times bestselling author of If Catfish Had Nine Lives returns to Broken Rope, Missouri, where ghosts of the Old West seek assistance from country cooks and amateur sleuths Betts Winston and her grandmother.
With summer tourists flocking to Broken Rope, locals volunteer to keep chaos to a minimum. Old West skits are running smoothly, actors are behaving, and stagecoach rides are more popular than ever, but when a spectral visitor appears by ghost train, its a job only Betts and Gram can handle.
Gram soon starts having nightmares about their ghostly visitors demise. And if a ghost and the hot summer weather werent making things sticky enough, one of the towns volunteersa man notorious for having more than his fair share of ex-wivesis murdered. When Jerome, Betts otherworldly friend, makes an unsettling appearance, this simmering double mystery becomes a recipe for disaster.
Includes delicious recipes!
About the Author
Paige Shelton is the author of the New York Times bestselling Farmers Market Mysteries, including Bushel Full of Murder, Merry Market Murder, A Killer Maize, and Crops and Robbers. Previous books in the Country Cooking School Mysteries include If Catfish Had Nine Lives, If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion, If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance, and If Fried Chicken Could Fly. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and son. When shes up early enough, one of her favorite things is to watch the sun rise over the Wasatch Mountains.