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Continue reading →: The Pickled Piper (Pickled & Preserved Mystery #1) by Mary Ellen Hughes
After her dreams of romance are crushed, Piper Lamb decides to pursue her dream of opening her own shop of pickles and preserves, called Piper’s Picklings, in the idyllic small town of Cloverdale. But she isn’t in town long before she encounters a barrelful of trouble… The Cloverdale fair offers…
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Continue reading →: Red lentil & chorizo soup
Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling 200g cooking chorizo, peeled and diced 1 large onion, chopped 2 carrots, chopped pinch of cumin seeds 3 garlic cloves, chopped 1 tsp smoked paprika, plus extra for sprinkling pinch of golden caster sugar small splash red wine vinegar 250g red…
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Continue reading →: Split Pea Soup with Barley and Vegetables
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 medium potatoes or 1 medium-large sweet potato, scrubbed or peeled, and diced 1 large or 2 medium carrots, diced 1 pound green or yellow split peas, rinsed and sorted 1/2 cup pearl barley…
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Continue reading →: Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn #2) by Ngaio Marsh
The crime scene was the stage of the Unicorn Theatre, when prop gun fired a very real bullet; the victim was an actor clawing his way to stardom using bribery instead of talent; and the suspects included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail victims. The stage is set for…
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Continue reading →: Bitter Harvest (Orchard #5) by Sheila Connolly
Now that Meg Corey's apples have been harvested and sold, she's enjoying some free time. But when the small but annoying mishaps plaguing her start turning sinister, Meg begins to worry that her first harvest may be her last. It is Winter and the harvest is over, Meg, Seth and…
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Continue reading →: Mystery Mile (Albert Campion #2) by Margery Allingham
Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind the deadly Simister gang. After four attempts on his life, he ends up seeking the help of the enigmatic and unorthodox amateur sleuth, Albert Campion. After Campion bundles Lobbett off to a country house in…
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Continue reading →: A Killer Crop (Orchard #4) by Sheila Connolly
After an English professor-and old friend of her mother-is found dead in a cider house, orchard owner Meg Corey starts to wonder: Could her own mother have committed murder? Everything is happening at once for Meg, her Mother has arrived to visit, the harvest has started and Detective Marcus is…
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Continue reading →: Red lentil & carrot soup
Ingredients 1 white onion, finely sliced 2 tsp olive oil 3 garlic cloves, sliced 2 carrots, scrubbed and diced 85g red lentils 1 vegetable stock cube, crumbled generous sprigs parsley, chopped (about 2 tbsp) plus a few extra leaves Method Put the kettle on to boil while you finely slice…
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Continue reading →: Death Distilled (Whisky Business Mystery #2) by Melinda Mullet
Award-winning photojournalist turned whisky distillery proprietress and amateur sleuth Abigail Logan returns in the charming follow-up to Single Malt Murder.It’s been three months since Abi Logan last checked in on Abbey Glen, the celebrated whisky distillery she inherited. With her oversize wheaten terrier, Liam, by her side, Abi returns to…
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Continue reading →: Mist Over Pendle by Robert Neill
The forest of Pendle during the early seventeenth century: a wild, inaccessible corner of Lancashire where the ancient fear of demons and witches is still part of life – and death. When several local people die in mysterious circumstances, Squire Roger Nowell dismisses talk of witchcraft as superstition. But soon…
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