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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
April Springs, North Carolina, is hosting a grand tour of extraordinary kitchens, and local donut shop owner Suzanne Hart is dying to cook up something fabulous for the event. Unfortunately, dying turns out to be the key word. A local busy body drops dead after eating one of Suzanne's famous treats, and a forensic team is soon swarming through her kitchen. But with the help of police inspector Jake Bishop and her ex-husband Max, Suzanne hopes to clear...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Meet Suzanne Hart, owner and operator of Donut Hearts coffee shop in April Springs, North Carolina. After her divorce from Max, an out-of-work actor she's dubbed 'The Great Impersonator,' Suzanne decided to pursue her one true passion in life: donuts. So she cashed in her settlement and opened up shop in the heart of her beloved hometown. But when a dead body is dumped on her doorstep like a sack of flour, Suzanne's cozy little shop becomes an all-out...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Just in time for the Winter Festival, a glistening layer of snow has covered the streets of April Springs, North Carolina. Of course, it reminds donut shop owner Suzanne Hart of sweet delicious frosting. But her visions of sugar plums plummet when her ex's ex-girlfriend gets iced...
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Language
English
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Description
It's hard to keep a secret in April Springs, especially about a no-good cheater like Peter Morgan. Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart has tried to be civil with the guy since he's dating her best friend Grace. Then Grace shows up at her doorstep sobbing, and Suzanne is the first to admit she's glad the relationship is over. She's also the first to spot the footprints leading to Peter's dead body. Now, instead of the usual morning donuts, the police are...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
The whole town of April Springs is stirring over the upcoming mayoral election. Suzanne Hart's mother, for one, is dead-set on replacing the current mayor...and what better way for Momma to drum up support than by luring in voters with Suzanne's drop-dead-delicious donuts? Just add chocolate, and they're sure to kill the competition... With Momma's half-baked campaign heating up faster than a donut shop deep fryer, Suzanne wonders if they've bitten...
Author
Series
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
172 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Grace invites Suzanne to a corporate mountaintop weekend retreat to relax, but when they are cut off from the rest of the world, Suzanne ends up investigating the unexpected death of another attendee.
Author
Series
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
169 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the new attorney in April Springs is found dead soon after a public spat with Jake, Suzanne and her husband must team up to solve the woman's murder before they are both set up to take the fall for a crime neither one committed. Added to the intrigue in her life is news from Suzanne's mother that very well may change the donut maker's life forever.
Author
Series
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
183 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Suzanne, Grace and Jake must investigate a murder confession found in the town's time capsule, as well as the killer's more recent work.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart sees customers come and go all day long. But when one of them up and disappears, the police start asking questions. It seems Suzanne is the last person to have seen Emily Hargraves. She has to admit that Emily's last request was a little odd--a blueberry donut with chocolate icing, sprinkles, stars, and a sour gummy worm coiled on top. Odder still: Suzanne's ex-husband also appears to be missing. But what really takes...
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
363 pages (large print) : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart knows how to treat her customers. But sometimes life can get a bit sticky. When a spat she has with a local blacksmith--one that could have been solved with a handshake and a mixed dozen--ends with his murder, Suzanne is caught dead in her tracks. Suddenly everyone in April Springs has their eyes on her. And they're hungry with suspicion. Left with little choice but to catch the killer herself, Suzanne starts lining up...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
383 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As owner of April Springs's one and only donut shop, Suzanne Hart is privy to the deliciously personal, downright eccentric tastes of her customers. One man is crazy for crullers--heavy on the icing. But when he doesn't pick up his order, a tall dark stranger buys the whole box. Which he tosses, one drippy cruller at a time, at her friend Gabby's storefront next door... The man claims that stolen family valuables ended up in Gabby's thrift shop. His...
15) Dark drizzles
Author
Series
Donut shop mystery volume 40
Publisher
[Jessica Beck]
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The owners of Donut Hearts and The Last Page decide to hold a festival featuring donuts and books, but when one of the guest authors dies in the middle of robbing the donut shop, Suzanne and Grace must solve the case and get the missing money back--or risk losing more than the proceeds from the festival.
Author
Series
Donut shop mystery volume 33
Publisher
Jessica Beck
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's finally time for Barton Gleason's pop-up bistro, but the grand opening is marred when a fellow chef and rival from culinary school is murdered nearby in one of the staging areas. Suzanne stumbles across the body, and while Jake is away dealing with his own family issues, she and Grace tackle the job of tracking down the real killer before someone else's goose gets cooked.
17) Pumpkin pleas
Author
Series
Donut shop mystery volume 26
Publisher
Jessica Beck
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Suzanne's old flame Tom Thorndike dies under mysterious circumstances and newspaper owner Ray Blake is missing, Suzanne must look to her past to understand the events in her present and immediate future.
18) Troubled treats
Author
Series
Donut shop mystery volume 19
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
171 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a murder happens at the old wagon factory currently under renovation and owned by Suzanne's mom, Suzanne and Jake's investigation uncovers motives ranging from personal reasons to hidden gold.
Author
Series
Publisher
Createspace
Pub. Date
c2014.
Physical Desc
176 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Suzanne's boyfriend, Jake, is shot in the line of duty, he comes to April Springs to recuperate. The only problem is the that the man Jake was trying to capture has a partner, a very bad man now intent on seeking revenge. Add another villain returning from Suzanne's own past into the mix, and the donut shop owner's normally tranquil world is suddenly turned upside down.
20) Caramel canvas
Author
Series
Donut shop mystery volume 39
Publisher
Jessica Beck
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Suzanne Hart returns to April Springs after being away, she learns that one of her good friends, artist Annabeth Kline, has died by accident in her studio, but as Suzanne looks deeper into the situation, it quickly becomes clear to her that Annabeth's death was no accident!