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Haunted by the car accident that ended her career as a cookbook publicist, Val Deniston has traded in the chaos of New York City for a quieter life near the Chesapeake Bay. Living with her curmudgeonly grandfather in the tourist town of Bayport is hardly glamorous, but she enjoys working at the Cool Down Cafe at the local fitness club, and she finally has time to work on her long-planned cookbook. But when one of the club's patrons is found dead,...
2) Scam chowder
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Val Deniston loves the historic Chesapeake Bay town where she lives with her grandfather, the Codger Cook. Running the fitness club's Cool Down Caf�e--and salvaging the five-ingredient dishes Granddad messes up--keeps her busy. Shes used to his catastrophes in the kitchen, but not in the dining room. Especially when one of his dinner party guests winds up face down in the chowder. The demised diner apparently scammed Granddad's best buddy,...
3) Final fondue
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Val Deniston has her plate full running a caf�e, dabbling with recipes, and helping her grandfather perfect his chocolate fondue for Bayport's upcoming tri-centennial celebration. Then she finds a houseguest strangled to death in her grandfather's backyard. Val suspects a case of mistaken identity -- especially when another guest nearly bids her life a fondue farewell.
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Five ingredient mysteries volume 4
Thorndike Press large print clean reads
Five-Ingredient Mystery volume Book 4
Thorndike Press large print clean reads
Five-Ingredient Mystery volume Book 4
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The last thing Val needs in her life is an unsolved murder, especially when the victim, an actor famed for impersonating Edgar Allan Poe, happens to be dressed exactly like her Granddad. To keep an eye on Granddad, whose latest job takes him to the home of Rick Usher, a local author inspired by Poe, Val gets herself hired as a cook in Rick s House of Usher. When she discovers the actor wasn't the only one doing an impersonation, separating the innocent...
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Managing a fitness club café and collaborating on a cookbook with her grandfather are Val Deniston's usual specialties, but she's about to set sail into nearby Chesapeake Bay-straight into a murder case . . .
Since catering themed events is a good way to make extra cash, Val agrees to board the Titanic-or at least cater a re-creation of the doomed journey on a yacht. The owner of the yacht, who collects memorabilia related to the disaster, wants...
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"Suzette Cripps has been occupying a spare bedroom at Val's granddad's house while she takes classes in this Maryland Eastern Shore town-but she's always seemed a little secretive and fearful, and any talk about her past is a closed book. After winning the costume contest at the Halloween-themed bookstore party, Suzette is mowed down by a hit-and-run driver-and Val and her grandfather start to wonder whether it was really an accident or if someone...
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When Santa is sleighed by a poison gingerbread cookie at a holiday party, Val Deniston's reputation is on the line ...
This holiday season Bayport, Maryland, is a dead ringer for Victorian London. Val and her grandfather are taking part in the Dickens of a Holiday festival. Val is hosting a private tea party serving the festival's costumed volunteers, who range from Dickens divas like Madame Defarge and Miss Havisham to Ebenezer Scrooge and old St....
8) Bake Offed
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Managing a fitness club café and collaborating on recipes with her grandfather are Val Deniston's usual specialties, only she's about to set sail into another murder case-this time at a mystery lovers convention!
When the Deadly Desserts bake-off lives up to its name, Val and Granddad turn up the heat on a killer . . .
The Maryland Mystery Fan Fest sounds like exactly the fun getaway cafe manager Val Deniston and her grandfather could use....
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