Summertime in Crystal Bay means tourist season for Calliope “Callie” Costas, owner of Callie’s Kitchen, a Greek-meets-Midwest from-scratch eatery. Business is booming but so is the stress. Callie can barely keep up with the demand for her famous summer fruit pies and savory Greek delicacies, plus she’s agreed to bake dozens of “pitas” for the annual Greek Fest.
When Callie is asked to deliver cast party treats for a Murder Mystery Night at the historic Harris House, it seems like a welcome break from her hot stove. That is, until she finds herself an unwilling player in yet another suspicious death. Worse yet, the victim is a family friend and graduate student working on a project involving Crystal Bay’s colorful past.
Before long, a motley crew of suspects makes things as juicy as the succulent berries strewn around Callie’s Kitchen. And that’s not all Callie’s got on her plate. Add family obligations, a deepening romance with a local detective and unexpected personnel problems to the mix.
It's hot in the kitchen and Callie is hot under the collar!
Callie had a lot on her plate catering wise, her father (George) needs her to make food for the Greek Fest, Mrs DeWitt (a lady people just can't say no to!) wants her to provide snacks (to be paid for, as in a concession stand) for the new Beats by the Bay music event, oh and a theatre troupe is putting on a murder mystery dinner at the Harris House hotel and Callie has been asked to provide the after show nibbles.
So far so good, only her amazing sous chef, Max, has to head back to the family farm as his father has broken his hip, his possible replacement (Josh) is very much a beginner in the kitchen and whilst George was great at teaching Callie how to cook, Josh doesn't take his instruction so well! Oh and just to add the honey to the Baklava there has been a murder, and Callie found the body which was in the grounds of a house the firm her ex-husband now works for is planning to do up, and the deceased is Olivia's favourite teacher.
Now with Sands trying to keep Callie safe (and ….. well out of his investigation), thefts, no staff and all the theatre troupe seeming shifty, can Callie see her way clear to just keep cooking?
Crafts and Life 
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