Synopses & Reviews
Zoe Chase always wanted to own her own restaurantbut first, shell have to serve up a heaping helping of meals on wheels, with a side of mystery
When shes once again passed over for a promotion at work, Zoe decides to take the big leap and go for her dream. She quits, gives up her fancy digs, and buys a fixer-upper diner in a shady part of town. To keep above water during the renovation, she buys a used food truck to serve the downtown and waterfront of Mobile, Alabama.
Zoe starts to dish out classic Southern foodbut her specialty is her deep-fried biscuit bowls that blow traditional bread bowls away.
After a promising start, things start to go downhill faster than a food truck without brakes. First, someone tries to rob the cash register. Next, Zoe is threatened by the owner of a competing food truck for taking their spot. And when the owner ends up dead inside Zoes rolling restaurant, Zoe and her sole employee, Ollie, find themselves hopping out of the frying pan into the fryer. They need to find the real killer, before both of them get burned.
Review
"A well-crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the smoke clears.” —Kari Lee Townsend
“Dark family secrets, a delicious mystery—and a ghost! What reader could ask for more?”—Casey Daniels, author of the Pepper Martin Mysteries
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Praise for That Old Flame of Mine
“A well-crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the smoke clears.”—Kari Lee Townsend, national bestselling author of the Fortune Teller Mysteries
“Dark family secrets, a delicious mystery—and a ghost! What reader could ask for more?”—Casey Daniels, author of the Pepper Martin Mysteries
“So difficult for me to put down, and even more difficult for me to have it end.”—Cozy Mystery Reviews
“A sizzling good mystery series.”—Lesas Book Critiques
Synopsis
Set in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, J. J. Cook’s thrilling new mystery series features Fire Chief Stella Griffin, who solves crime with the help of her predecessor, who just happens to be a ghost… NO MATCH FOR MURDER
After knocking the lights out of her boyfriend when she catches him cheating on her, Chicago fire fighter Stella Griffin hops on her Harley and heads for Sweet Pepper, Tennessee, where she ends up becoming the small town’s fire chief. When her dear friend Tory Lambert dies after her gingerbread-style house is set ablaze, Stella suspects arson and foul play.
As Stella investigates, she gets help from a most unlikely source—the ghost of Eric Gamlyn, Sweet Pepper’s old fire chief. And if that isn’t enough to rattle her, attractive police officer John Trump seems to have taken an interest in her. But Stella’s got to stay focused if she hopes to smoke out a killer before her own life is extinguished.
INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES!
Synopsis
Welcome to Sweet Pepper, Tennessee. Nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains, its home to the hottest and sweetest peppers in the worldas well as at least one ghost and a hotbed of secrets
GETTING WARMER
Fire Chief Stella Griffin is working to solve the mysterious death of her predecessor, Eric Gamlynwho also haunts her cabin. Yet the more she learns, the more burning questions she must answer. Just as Stella thinks she has a lead from Deputy Chum, someone snuffs her hopesand the lawman.
Adding fuel to the fire, Stellas parents soon arrivewith her ex-boyfriendhoping to persuade her to return to Chicago. Now Stella is torn between the life she left behind and uncovering what happened to her ghostly friend. But shed better think fast or more than her investigation could go up in flames
About the Author
J. J. Cook is a pseudonym for a married couple who writes mysteries, mostly set in the South, with a touch of paranormal and romance.