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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Praise for the novels of Paige Shelton
“Becca is a genial heroine, and Shelton fashions a puzzling and satisfying whodunit.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
“[A] tasty delight.” —Sheila Connolly, national bestselling author of Sour Apples
"[A] series full of homegrown goodness." —themysteryreader.com
"Should appeal to fans of Laura Child and Joanne Fluke." —Publishers Weekly
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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
Review
Praise for the novels of Paige Shelton
"Becca is a genial heroine, and Shelton fashions a puzzling and satisfying whodunit."—Richmond Times-Dispatch
"[A] tasty delight."—Sheila Connolly, national bestselling author of Bitter Harvest
"Fun characters and a great setting are the highlights of this series full of home-grown goodness."—The Mystery Reader
"Should appeal to fans of Laura Childs and Joanne Fluke."—Publishers Weekly
"A delicious mystery to be savored."—Fresh Fiction
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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Becca Robbins is selling her farm-made jams and preserves at a county fair where business is not the only thing that’s dead… The last person Becca expects to run into at the Swayton County Fall Festival is her ex-husband, Scott Triplett, who’s operating a shooting gallery. Honesty was not always Scott’s policy, and their unexpected reunion is further complicated when the festival becomes a crime scene. On Becca’s second day there, Ferris wheel operator Virgil Morrison is found hanging from his rickety ride, dead from a gunshot.
As Becca starts to notice Scott suspiciously sneaking around the fairgrounds, she begins to worry her ex may be involved in the murder. Then there’s the shadow she sees in the creepy corn maze and rumors of a gypsy curse—not to mention Virgil’s mysterious spider tattoo. Now Becca must search through a labyrinth of lies, secrets, and superstition to find a kernel of truth…before the killer starts stalking her.
Synopsis
Becca Robbins is selling her farm-made jams and preserves at a county fair where business is not the only thing that’s dead… The last person Becca expects to run into at the Swayton County Fall Festival is her ex-husband, Scott Triplett, who’s operating a shooting gallery. Honesty was not always Scott’s policy, and their unexpected reunion is further complicated when the festival becomes a crime scene. On Becca’s second day there, Ferris wheel operator Virgil Morrison is found hanging from his rickety ride, dead from a gunshot.
As Becca starts to notice Scott suspiciously sneaking around the fairgrounds, she begins to worry her ex may be involved in the murder. Then there’s the shadow she sees in the creepy corn maze and rumors of a gypsy curse—not to mention Virgil’s mysterious spider tattoo. Now Becca must search through a labyrinth of lies, secrets, and superstition to find a kernel of truth…before the killer starts stalking her.
Synopsis
Baileys Farmers Market is this seasons go-to holiday destination, but not all the vendors are feeling the Christmas spirit... Jam and preserve maker Becca Robins is excited about the extra business that the Ridgeway Christmas Tree Farm is bringing to the market this holiday season. But when a competing tree farmer, Reggie Stuckey, arrives with a truck full of trees, angrily barking that he has exclusive selling rights at the market, Becca finds herself pining for more goodwill toward men.
After Reggie is found with a tree stake in his chest, she wonders when the Christmas tree business turned so deadly. Now Becca has to use the only clues she has to the killers identitymysterious ornaments that begin to show up in her stallto hook a sinister Scrooge who will go to any lengths to drive home a point
Synopsis
The New York Times bestselling author of Merry Market Murder returns to Baileys Farmers Market where Becca Robins must get her cousin out of a jam
This summer, Becca is looking forward to selling her delicious jams and preserves, but things are changing fast at the farmers market. A fleet of food trucks has arrived for a two week visit, peddling cupcakes, tacos, chicken wings, and moreincluding a gourmet hot dog truck operated by Beccas own cousin, Peyton.
Tensions between truck operators and market vendors over their required licenses reach a crescendo when the towns business manager is murdered. With Peyton already under suspicion of stealing money and a secret recipe from the restaurant where she worked in Arizona, the cops start grilling her as their prime suspect. Now its up to Becca to clear her cousin and find out who at the market gave themselves a license to kill
About the Author
Paige Shelton also writes the Country Cooking School Mystery series. She 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 shes up early enough, one of her favorite things is to watch the sun rise over the Wasatch Mountains.