Synopses & Reviews
Trixie Matkowski is warming up to running her familys diner in the small town of Sandy Harbor in upstate New York. But the only thing more demanding than serving up piping-hot comfort food twenty-four hours a day is getting to the bottom of a double homicide.... Trixie fondly remembers summers as a child spent visiting the shores of Lake Ontario. Not much has changedthere are still vinyl booths at the Silver Bullet Diner, families eating home-cooked comfort food, and days of swimming in the lake.
But before Trixie can say Orders up,” someones summer is abruptly cut short. One of the cottage residents is found dead, and Trixie suspects the crime might be linked to an unsolved disappearance in the picturesque towns past.
As Trixie works with Deputy Ty Brisco to solve both mysteries, their shocking discoveries will shake up the small town. And when word gets out that shes on the case, Trixies in troubleafter all, the murderer wont spare her life just because she makes a killer corned beef sandwich....
Includes Delicious Home-Style Recipes!
Review
“Like good old-fashioned comfort food,
Second Helping of Murder will satisfy your mystery-loving taste buds. Trixie Matkowski is a frisky, sassy sleuth with a heart of gold.”—Daryl Wood Gerber, national bestselling author of the Cookbook Nook mystery series
Praise for the Comfort Food Mystery series:
"The first Comfort Food mystery is a real treat! Well plotted, itll keep you guessing right up to the final chapter." --Romantic Times, Top Pick!
"A comfort foodie and cozy readers delight!" --Escape With Dollycas (blog)
“Culinary mystery fans have a new series to sample.” -The Poisoned Martini
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Praise for the Comfort Food Mysteries
“A frisky, sassy sleuth with a heart of gold.”—National Bestselling Author Daryl Wood Gerber
“[A] promising and very well-written series.” —Kings River Life Magazine
“Well plotted and sufficiently twisted.”—Fresh Fiction
Synopsis
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
BBQ-joint owner Lulu Taylor knows pretty much everyone in Memphis who loves ribs. But one person she'd rather not know is Tristan Pembroke, a snooty pageant coach with a mean streak. When she finds Tristan's dead body stuffed in a closet at a party, the police are suspicious- especially since Lulu's developed a taste for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Caught in a situation stickier than molasses, Lulu must clear her name, or risk getting fried...
Synopsis
For Sandy Harbors tastiest comfort food, venture to the Silver Bullet Diner. But head next door to the new drive-in theater if you have an appetite for murder
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Trixie Matkowski has a tall order to fill this fall. Aside from dishing out delicious fare at the Silver Bullet during peak fishing season, shes helping her friendAntoinette Chloe Brown, or ACB for shortopen a drive-in movie theater in the vacant lot beside her diner. Its just the thing to take ACBs mind off Nick, her missing biker beau.
But their plans are fried after Nicks body is discovered during the groundbreaking for the drive-in. And when the police connect the murder weapon to ACB, she becomes the prime suspect in eighty-sixing Nick. With the fate of her innocent friend and her business on the line, Trixie must make the guilty party pay up before someone else gets stiffed
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Includes Delicious Home-Style Recipes!
Synopsis
BBQ-joint owner Lulu Taylor knows pretty much everyone in Memphis who loves ribs. But one person she'd rather not know is Tristan Pembroke, a snooty pageant coach with a mean streak. When she finds Tristan's dead body stuffed in a closet at a party, the police are suspicious- especially since Lulu's developed a taste for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Caught in a situation stickier than molasses, Lulu must clear her name, or risk getting fried...
About the Author
Paige Shelton spent lots of years in advertising but now writes novels full time. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and son. When she’s up early enough, one of her favorite things is to watch the sun rise over the Wasatch Mountains.