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"Everyone in Lake Eden, Minnesota, may have had their doubts, but at long last, Hannah Swensen is getting married! Hannah is thrilled to be marrying Ross Barton, her college crush. And her excitement only grows when she learns he'll be able to join her on her trip to New York City for the Food Channel's dessert chef contest. They get a taste of the Big Apple before Hannah wins the Hometown Challenge and the producers bring all the contestants to Lake...
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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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New Jersey bail-bonds office worker Lula is a witness to celebrity chef, Stanley Chipotle, losing his head, literally. Now Lula and Stephanie Plum, a bond enforcement officer, are on the hunt to identify the killers before Lula is next on the chopping block. Meantime, security expert Carlos manoso, aka Ranger, has recruited Stephanie for a top secret mission. Someone on the inside at Rangeman is leaking client information, determined to bring the...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Highly sought-after young cook Kat Holloway takes a position in a Mayfair mansion and soon finds herself immersed in the odd household of Lord Rankin. Kat is unbothered by the family's eccentricities as long as they stay away from her kitchen, but trouble finds its way below stairs when her young Irish assistant is murdered. Intent on discovering who killed the helpless kitchen maid, Kat turns to the ever-capable Daniel McAdam, who is certainly much...
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"When young cook Kat Holloway learns that the children of London's Foundling Hospital are mysteriously disappearing and one of their nurses has been murdered, she can't turn away. She enlists the help of her charming and enigmatic confidant Daniel McAdam, who has ties to Scotland Yard, and Errol Fielding, a disreputable man from Daniel's troubled past, to bring the killer to justice. Their investigation takes them from the grandeur of Mayfair to the...
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Series
Savannah Reid mystery volume 9
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
247 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Full-figured fashionista and private eye Savannah Reid must catch a killer who is preying upon plus-sized models, all of whom had been working for Wentworth's Slenda Flakes, a secretly struggling cereal empire.
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Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Kensington Hardcover Edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Tinker's Cove is abuzz with excitement when Norah, the queen of daytime TV, comes to town and selects Lucy and her pals to be featured in her "Women Who Make a Difference" episode. In recognition for their charitable work, the ladies and their husbands are awarded a dream vacation in Paris, complete with classes at Le Cooking School with renowned pastry chef Larry Bruneau. But their bon voyage is cut short when Lucy discovers the chef in a pool of...
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Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Clare's daughter, Joy, is immersing herself in the foodie culture with an internship at Solange, one of New York's hottest French restaurants-and she's getting pretty intimate with the older, married Chef Tommy Keitel as well. Clare's not buzzed about the relationship, but what twenty-something takes romantic advice from her mother? Resolved to keep a closer eye on Joy, Clare makes a deal to micro-roast and French press exclusive coffee blends for...
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Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Some baby-faced chefs are looking to open a restaurant in Granford. They plan on using local foods--great news for city girl banker-turned-orchard owner Meg Corey. Yet when one of the chefs is found dead, Meg discovers they may have a locally grown killer on their hands.
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Pub. Date
2010
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English
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"Sophie Winston's reclusive neighbor, Professor Mordecai Artemus, has died and left his sprawling home to his Pomeranian. Sophie feels a tad guilty for not having befriended Mordecai. But at least she's not as heartless as her nemesis, Natasha, who's descended upon the house with a crew of interior designers and contractors to renovate the place for the statewide Spring Home and Garden Tour. Even Sophie's been assigned a room to decorate: the family...
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Publisher
Minotaur Books,a Thomas Dunne book
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Piper Prescott, a transplanted Yankee living in the South, has got her sass back. She might be down, but don't count her out. "Change of life?" she asks. Bring it on. Recently divorced, Piper decides to pursue a dream she's secretly harbored: owning her own business, Spice it Up!, a spice shop in her adopted hometown, Brandywine Creek, Georgia. But Piper's grand opening goes awry when the local chef who's agreed to do a cooking demo is found stabbed....
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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"For someone whose greatest culinary skill is ordering takeout, Sarah never expected to be co-owner of a restaurant. Even her Siamese cat, RahRah, seems to be looking at her differently. But while Sarah and her twin sister, Chef Emily, are tangled up in red tape waiting for the building inspector to get around to them, an attention-stealing new establishment--run by none other than Sarah's late ex-husband's mistress, Jane--is having its grand opening...
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Many of Brandywine Creek's citizens plan to participate in the [town's] week-long [barbeque] festivities and are busily concocting savory rubs and sassy sauces. Among the locals vying for the grand prize are Becca Dapkins and Maybelle Humphries. The women have been arch enemies ever since Buzz Oliver dumped Maybelle after a thirteen-year courtship and started seeing Becca. When Becca's body is found near one of the festival booths, bludgeoned by...
14) Death of a chef
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Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st Kensington hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Quel horreur! When the body of acclaimed Chef Jean-Louis Brault and a shotgun are discovered in an antique Louis Vuitton portemanteau, everyone is convinced it's suicide. Distraught at rumors perpetuated by the vituperative food critic, Lucien Folon, that his restaurant La Mère Denis might lose its precious third Michelin star, Brault was considered to be très désolé by friends and family alike. But when Capucine is called to the mise-en-scène,...
15) Death du jour
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Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
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264 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
Fanny Delarue is a young cook for a wealthy family in the Place Royale. In her heart, she is keeping two fires burning-for food, and for her head chef, Henri. Together they feed the household, above stairs and below, and take lessons from Henri's mentor, Etienne de la Porte, chef to a neighboring household. At the same time, Fanny's trying to ignore the political heat that is building all around her. Chefs need to prove that food and cuisine can promote...
16) Cinco de murder
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her uncle is accused of murdering the competition during the first annual chili cook-off in Broken Boot, Texas, Tex-Mex waitress and part-time reporter Josie Callahan must serve some Lone Star justice and catch the real killer before things get even hotter.
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Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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It's December in Cornwall, and Mousehole harbour is illuminated with its famous Christmas lights. Ally Bright is among the crowd listening to the carol singers--and then to the piercing screams that rip through the darkness. A body has been found, brutally murdered and dumped in a fisherman's boat. The victim is chef JP Sharpe and there is no shortage of people who might have wanted him dead. Eager for a new case for The Shell House Detectives, Ally...
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Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Inspiration Valley, North Carolina, is bubbling with excitement for the Taste of the Town festival, and Lila is right in the middle of it all. Along with her coworkers at the Novel Idea Literary Agency, Lila is organizing a grand celebrity chef event, featuring food television's biggest stars, complete with cooking demonstrations, cookbook giveaways, and even a culinary writing contest. But just as the celebration is about to start, the demo kitchen...
19) Toast mortem
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Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Large print ed. ; Unabridged.
Physical Desc
331 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
The grouchiest chef in the world of haute cuisine' Bernard LeVasque, has opened a multimillion-dollar cooking school and has made a splash in the quiet village of Hemlock Falls. Sisters Quill and Meg wish he would leave, but they never wished him dead. Which is exactly what happened, thanks to the knife in his neck. A mysterious scrap of a long-lost recipe found in his hands may hold clues to his killer. With Meg on the suspect list, it's up to Quill...
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Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Large print edition ; Unabridged.
Physical Desc
467 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
To help boost ratings for her cable cooking show, humble host Della Carmichael reluctantly agrees to enter a televised cake competition sponsored by Reggi-Mixx - even though the company's owner, Regina Davis, is an old college nemesis. When Della hears that competitive pastry making is a blood sport, she doesn't take it literally - until she finds someone drowned in a mixing bowl full of cake batter. When her dear friend's husband becomes the prime...