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Continue reading →: Spiced and Iced (A Callie’s Kitchen Mystery #2) by Jenny Kales
The season is bright when Calliope “Callie” Costas agrees to contribute her Greek snowball cookies to a December bridal shower at The English Country Inn in the scenic waterfront town of Crystal Bay, WI. But when Callie finds a colleague dead, she's sucked into another murder investigation — all while…
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Continue reading →: Somerset stew with cheddar & parsley mash
Ingredients 1 tbsp oil 1 onion, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 1 large carrot, finely chopped 1 leek, chopped 1 tbsp tomato purée 400g can chopped tomato 200g can butter bean, drained 400g can flageolet bean, rinsed and drained 200ml dry cider 250ml vegetable stock few sprigs…
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Continue reading →: Moroccan mushrooms with couscous
Ingredients 1 red onion, sliced 1 tsp olive oil ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground cumin 300g mushroom, quartered 400g can chopped tomatoes 410g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained 1 tsp clear honey 175g couscous 50g soft dried apricots, diced handful flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped Method Fry the onion…
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Continue reading →: Murder at the Marina (A Kelly Jackson Mystery #5) by Janet Finsilver (Review added)
Kelly Jackson, manager of the Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast, is fond of the Doblinsky brothers, Ivan and Rudy, members of the Silver Sentinels, a crew of crime-solving senior citizens in their Northern California seaside hamlet. After she discovers a jewel-encrusted dagger—with what appears to be dried blood on the…
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Continue reading →: Sifting Through Clues (Cookbook Nook Mystery #8) by Daryl Wood Gerber
Book clubs from all over have descended on Crystal Cove to celebrate the library’s Book Club Bonanza week, and Jenna Hart has packed the Cookbook Nook with juicy reads and tasty cookbooks. But she’s most excited about spending an evening with the Mystery Mavens and their moveable feast, when they…
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Continue reading →: Yarned and Dangerous (Tangled Web Mystery #1) by Sadie Hartwell
Josie Blair left Dorset Falls twelve years ago in hopes of making it big in New York City. But after earning an overpriced master’s degree and getting fired by a temperamental designer, she finds herself heading back to her hometown. Her great-uncle was injured in a car accident, and newly…
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Continue reading →: Connect the Dots (Mah Jongg Mysteries Book 3) by Barbara Barrett
How could a thirty-something man fall to his death from a fourth-floor balcony he knows is defective? That’s the question freelance writer Micki Demetrius is asked to answer by the man’s grieving mother, Clarissa White, who refuses to believe his death was an unfortunate accident. But when the authorities determine…
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Continue reading →: Fatal Frost (Dewberry Farm #2) by Karen MacInerney
Lucy Resnick’s nerves are as tight as a tea cozy. Her new goats, Hot Lips and Gidget, keep making a break for the town square, her truck is dying, and her boyfriend’s gorgeous ex-wife is in town for the holidays. Worse, someone’s digging holes on her land…and uprooting her peach…
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Continue reading →: Boo Buried Cupcakes (Black Cat Cafe #11) by Lyndsey Cole
There is one thing Annie Hunter hates more than surprises and costumes . . . and it’s the last thing she expects to stumble on. When a Halloween party turns deadly, Annie’s glow in the dark costume lights the path to a blood-soaked body. With killer frosting covering the body…
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Continue reading →: List for the year
Read 219 books (70/219) Read at least 150 books from my TBR list/pot (51/150) Do 13 new recipes (6/13) Go to Clinique for a make up lesson Finish red on Winnie the Pooh Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh Finish pale pink on Winnie…
