Synopses & Reviews
Even a town called Snowflake, Vermont, has a summer season. In August, Lucky Jamiesonandrsquo;s By the Spoonful serves chilled soupsandmdash;celery and green onion, cream of asparagusandmdash;and salads. The shop also serves as a gathering place to talk about cold-blooded murderandhellip; A protest to stop the construction of an ugly car wash in the middle of the townandrsquo;s picturesque Village Green is interrupted by the discovery of a skeleton that may date back to the Revolutionary War. While the remains pose a historical mystery, a present-day murder shakes the town to its core when local auto mechanic Harry Hodges is found dead in his shop.
Straining the patience of Chief of Police Nate Edgerton, Lucky soon finds herself in the soup again when her dear friend Elizabeth, the Mayor of Snowflake, goes missing. No matter how much trouble she has to stir up, Lucky is determined to use her noodle to uncover a killer and recover her friendandhellip;
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Review
"Snow in Vermont, soup, and murder. What could be more cozy?"—Julie Hyzy, national bestselling author of the White House Chef Mysteries
Review
Praise for A Spoonful of Murder:
“Snow in Vermont, soup, and murder. What could be more cozy?...A charming new amateur sleuth series.”—Julie Hyzy, national bestselling author of the White House Chef Mysteries
"An engaging amateur sleuth due to the troubled heroine and the delightful Vermont location."—Genre Go Round Reviews
"Plenty of small town New England charm."—The Mystery Reader
Synopsis
Winter is big business in small-town Snowflake, Vermont. Tourists arrive to hit the ski slopes--and what could be more satisfying after a chilly day of carving powder than a steaming bowl of soup?
When Lucky Jamieson inherits her parents' soup shop, By the Spoonful, she realizes it's time to take stock of her life. Should she sell her parents' house or move in herself? Does she really want to run a restaurant business? And what about her grandfather Jack, who seems to be showing signs of Alzheimer's?
But her life decisions are moved to the back burner after an icy blonde tourist is found frozen to death behind the soup shop. and Lucky is bowled over when her soup chef, Sage DuBois, is led out of the kitchen by the police. As suspicion and speculations snowball, Lucky decides that the only way to save her employee and her business is to find out herself who iced the tourist--and landed her chef in the soup...
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Synopsis
STIRRING UP TROUBLE
Snowflake, Vermont, is known for its skiing in winterand its soup all year round, thanks to Lucky Jamiesons By the Spoonful. Autumn brings golden leaves, pumpkin rice soup, the annual Harvest Festival
and murder.
Luckys soup shop is busier than usual this October, with groups of itinerant travelers in town to work the Harvest Festival. One newcomer seems to take a particular interest in Luckys young waitress, Janie, spying on her from across the street. Is the stranger stalking Janie?
After an unidentified man is found murdered in a van by the side of the road, simmering suspicions about the travelers are brought to a boil. But when Janie is put in harms way, Lucky must join forces with the travelers to turn up the heat on a killer
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About the Author
Connie Archer is the author of the Soup Lover's Mystery series, including A Spoonful of Murder and A Broth of Betrayal.