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 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
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Praise for the first Italian Kitchen Mystery novel
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
“A delectable mystery with an original heroine who shines a light on the complexities of the business of mystery writing and the restaurant world of Italian cooking.”—Kings River Life
"The crime wraps up logically and the characters are likeable...I could easily see reading another in the series, preferably in a beach chair, down the Shore."—The Star Ledger
“What a great beginning to a new series. Love the characters and especially the setting of the series. I found it impossible to put down....So if you like your mystery down the shore, then you should be reading Murder and Marinara.”—MyShelf.com
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Praise for the Italian Kitchen Mysteries:
"So good I can taste it."—New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Evanovich
"I enjoyed every bite."—New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay
“Blends mystery with comedy, romance, family drama, a vivid and affectionate portrayal of the Jersey Shore.”—New Jersey Monthly
“More twists in it than a bowl of rotini.”—Suspense Magazine
“My mouth is already watering for the next book in this delicious series.”—Myshelf.com
Synopsis
Hayley Snow's life always revolved around food. But when she applies to be a food critic for a Key West style magazine, she discovers that her new boss would be Kristen Faulkner-the woman Hayley caught in bed with her boyfriend! Hayley thinks things are as bad as they can get-until the police pull her in as a suspect in Kristen's murder. Kristen was killed by a poisoned key lime pie. Now Hayley must find out who used meringue to murder before she takes all the blame.
Synopsis
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!
Synopsis
Victoria Rienzi came home to the Jersey Shore to write a new book, learn the family restaurant business, and practice the fine art of Italian cooking. But when delicious dishes are paired with murder, Vic has a little too much on her plate
When Vic asked her nonna for more responsibility in the kitchen, she didnt mean forming a thousand tiny meatballs by hand for the familys famous wedding soup. The dish is to be served at the reception for a close family friend at the exclusive Belmont Country Club. And once there Vic has to deal with a demanding bridezilla and clashes in the kitchenbetween the staff and servers, between two egocentric head chefs, and between the country club president and
well
everyone.
The wedding comes off without a hitchuntil the body of the clubs president is found on the beach below a high seawall. Now Vic will need to use her noodle to find out who pushed whom too far
before shes the one who lands in the soup!
INCLUDES RECIPES
Synopsis
The national bestselling author of The Wedding Soup Murder returns to the Jersey Shore where a killer is stirring up trouble during a hurricane
At the Casa Lido, the end of summer means a party, and hit whodunit writer Victoria Vic” Rienzi and her family are cooking like crazy for the restaurants seventieth anniversary celebration. As they chop onions and garlic, old family friend Pete Petrocelli stops by, saying he knows something that would make for a good mystery novel. Curious, Vic asks Nonna to elaborate on Petes claim and learns of a relative who mysteriously disappeared back in Italy
The night of the party brings a crowdand a full throttle hurricane. When the storm finally passes, everyone thinks theyre in the clearuntil the first casualty is found, and its Pete. Remembering his visit, Vic isnt certain Petes death was an accident and decides to dig deeper into his story. What she finds is meatier than Nonnas sauce
Synopsis
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!
About the Author
A Jersey girl born and bred, Rosie Genova left her heart at the shore, which serves as the setting for the Italian Kitchen Mysteries. An English teacher by day and novelist by night, Rosie also writes womens fiction as Rosemary DiBattista. She lives in central New Jersey with her husband and her two younger sons. She is the author of Murder and Marinara.