Culinary Fiction

Cupcake caterer Emory Martinez is hosting a Halloween bash alongside her octogenarian employer, Tillie. With guests dressed in elaborate costumes, the band is rocking, the cocktails are flowing, and tempers are flaring when the hired Bavarian Barmaid tries to hook a rich, hapless husband. Except one of her targets happens to be Emory’s brother-in-law, which bodes ill for his pregnant wife. When Emory tracks down the distraught barmaid, instead of finding the young woman in tears, she finds her dead.

Samantha is mixing up traditional cocktails at the German Texan Lodge’s Fourth of July festival—a gig she was roped into by her mother—but amidst the bratwurst and brass bands, trouble is brewing. Lodge loyalties are divided over a proposal to build a private country-club-style tennis center on the lodge grounds. Her mom’s best friend, Patty Davis, is vehemently opposed to the plan. Society matron Angela Clawson is all for it. At the festival, they’re seen in a heated argument—and hours later, Angela is found dead.

On the tropical island of Paraiso, Plum Lockhart has a new zest for life. Not only is her new villa rental company growing like a weed, but things are also finally heating up between her and the handsome Director of Security at Las Frutas Resort. Plum's thrilled when she gets an invite to dinner on the yacht of a wealthy music executive, grateful for a luxurious night on the water, surrounded by A-listers. But days later, one of the servers from the yacht—a girl with a dragonfruit tattoo—washes up dead, and Plum's sweet bit of paradise quickly goes rotten.

Keaton and Koby are fraternal twins who were separated as children, but now they've found each other and opened Books & Biscuits in the pleasant Pacific Northwest town of Timber Lake. Business is booming, but even so, trouble always seems to find them. Mama Zola, Koby's devoted foster mom, has taken up residence in Timber Lake. She and Pete, one of the bookstore's quirky employees, bring a peach cobbler over to her church's potluck, and then someone who sampled the cobbler is found dead.

For one brief hour on a sunny Texas morning, amateur baker Rosie Hart glimpses the life she’s always dreamed about - thanks to a surprise inheritance from the late Miss Alice. But her benefactor is barely cold in the ground when Rosie is accused of her murder. As the only stranger in the tight-knit Airlie Falls community, and the only person with an obvious motive, all eyes turn to Rosie. Especially when more bodies begin to pile up and mysterious letters from the grave start circulating faster than Rosie can pull a tray of cherry nut clusters out of the oven.

Sadie Hoffmiller believes in her abilities as a cook and as a detective. She believes in the beauty of a perfectly baked pumpkin roll. She does not, however, believe in ghosts. As Halloween approaches, Sadie is looking forward to spending her favorite baking season of the year making delicious New England recipes in Boston, Massachusetts, with her favorite leading man, Pete Cunningham, as they babysit his three young grandsons. When the boys insist that Mrs. Wapple, the woman who lives across the street, is a witch, Sadie and Pete are anxious to distract the boys from such silly ideas.

Ein verflucht schwieriger Fall: Hauptkommissar Hirschberg steht im Wald. Am Nikolaustag liegt der wohlhabende Großbäcker Alfons Gerstl auf einer idylischen Waldlichtung am See - tot! Ihm wurde der Schädel eingeschlagen. Wer könnte dem Bäckerei-Mogul Böses wollen? Stimmt etwa tatsächlich die Legende von dem Fluch, nach der alle hundert Jahre an diesem Tag ein Mitglied der Familie Gerstl gewaltsam zu Tode kommen müsse? Hauptkommissar Hirschberg begibt sich auf Spurensuche in der Krindelsdorfer Vergangenheit - und deckt so manches Geheimnis auf.

Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is gorgeous in the fall, and Bronwyn Crewse, owner of Crewse Creamery, knows just how to welcome the new season. At the annual Harvest Time Festival, residents will get a chance to enjoy hot-air balloons and hayrides, crown a new Harvest Time Festival Queen, and eat delicious frozen treats sold at Win's freshly purchased ice cream truck. But she gets into a sprinkle of trouble when a festivalgoer is poisoned and Win is implicated.

Die verschwundene Frau von Edinburgh Abigail Logan, die Besitzerin einer preisgekrönten Destillerie, besucht ein Whisky-Seminar in Edinburgh. Dort freundet sie sich mit Amanda an, die ein Frauenhaus leitet. Als kurz darauf eine der Frauen tot aufgefunden wird, bittet Amanda Abigail um Hilfe. Dann verschwindet eine weitere Frau spurlos, und eine Lösegeldforderung erreicht das Frauenhaus. Während Abigail sich um die Tochter der Entführten kümmert, beginnt sie auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln - denn sie hat einen schrecklichen Verdacht.

Komm, süßer Tod. Als sein Imker zu Tode kommt und dessen Bienenstöcke verschwinden, beginnt der Luxemburger Koch Xavier Kieffer zu recherchieren. Hat der Tod mit dem weltweiten Geschäft mit dem Honig zu tun? Der ehemalige Sternekoch Xavier Kieffer lässt von einem Imker speziellen Honig aus der Luxemburger Unterstadt für sein Restaurant produzieren. Als der Mann plötzlich stirbt und seine Bienenstöcke nicht mehr aufzufinden sind, geht Kieffer der Sache nach.

Now that her moonshine shop is up and running, Hattie Hayes can focus her efforts on expanding her fledgling business to events in the area, like the Chattanooga Choo Choo Model Train Convention, which is running full steam ahead at the convention center down the block. Hattie is all aboard, seizing this perfect opportunity to promote her Southern homebrew to the folks who have come to the city for the annual event. But when an attendee dies after drinking some of Hattie’s moonshine, she’ll need to prove her innocence.

Armand Gamache, ehemaliger Chief Inspector der Sûreté du Québec, hat sich in Three Pines zur Ruhe gesetzt. Die vergangenen Monate haben ihm viel abverlangt. Gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Reine-Marie sucht der einstige Leiter der Mordkommission in dem beschaulichen kanadischen Dörfchen im Schutz der drei Kiefern Geborgenheit. Er genießt die Köstlichkeiten in Oliviers Bistro, verbringt unzählige Stunden in Myrnas Buchhandlung - und findet endlich eine Art inneren Frieden.

A holiday costume party in the sleepy coastal town of Santa Sofia could be just the boost Ivy needs for her fledgling photography business. At the party, Ivy enters a Victorian fantasy come to life, all courtesy of the fabulous Ms. Eliza Fox. Ivy gets to play shutterbug while hanging with Scrooge, Marley, the Cratchits, and other classic Dickens characters.

Im malerischen Saint-André-du-Périgord hat Marie Mercier einst unbeschwerte Sommerferien auf dem Bauernhof ihrer Großeltern verbracht. Nun hat die Pariser Kommissarin den Hof geerbt und plant eine Auszeit. Dass nebenan ihre lebensfrohe Großtante Léonie wohnt, eine begnadete Köchin, wärmt ihr Herz. Doch kurz nach Maries Ankunft trübt der mysteriöse Tod eines Bikers aus Bordeaux die Idylle. Das Opfer hatte eine Liaison mit der begehrten Dorfschönheit Hélène, und der zuständige Kommissar Michel Leblanc vermutet Mord aus Eifersucht.

Freelance journalist Jessica Hart is excited to co-write her first magazine cover story with celebrity lifestyle maven Donna Vance, the Queen of Texas Chic. Their assignment is to cover the Valentine’s Day wedding of former Miss Texas, Chace Perez. Never mind that the groom just happens to be Jess’ ex-husband. Things are going well until the night of the bachelorette party. Jess discovers a body, the body of Donna Vance, dead from arsenic poisoning. There’s a killer on the loose. Now it’s up to Jess to keep the wedding on track.

Jeder in Barcelona weiß um die Gefahren des Correfoc, des traditionellen Feuerlaufs - was natürlich niemanden daran hindert, dem jährlichen Spektakel beizuwohnen. Auch Kommissar Karl Lindberg und sein charmanter Kollege Alex Diaz haben sich unter die Menge gemischt. Doch dann schlägt ganz in ihrer Nähe die aufgekratzte Stimmung in Panik um: Mitten auf der Via Laietana liegt die Leiche einer verwahrlosten Frau. Was erst wie ein tragischer Unfall aussieht, erweist sich schnell als kaltblütiger Mord. Die Ermittlungen führen Lindberg und Diaz in ein kleines Dorf in den Pyrenäen, das mehr als nur ein Geheimnis birgt.

When former San Francisco cop Maggie Doyle extends her stay in Ireland, dealing with more murder and mayhem isn’t on her to-do list. Can she solve two crimes before St. Patrick’s Day? Or will the island’s annual celebrations end in a glittery flame of green, white, and orange?

Vincent van Dough focaccia is being touted on Instagram as the best thing since sliced bread. By strategically placing chives, olives, and yellow peppers to look like poppies and sunflowers, bakers create a mouthwatering masterpiece in the style of the great postimpressionist painter. At Yeast of Eden, where bread making has always been an art, they're baking their own version for the school district's Spring Fling. But one person won't be tasting the Mexican bakery's latest specialty. Ambitious school-board president Nessa Renchrik has been murdered.

Nell Valenti is settling into her role of transforming the Villa Orlandini into a superb farm-to-table cooking school, and the time has finally come for a full taste test run. But when Chef Orlandini prepares to reveal his top secret marinara recipe for the first time to a group of American gastro-tourists, Nell realizes she might have bitten off more than she can chew.

Tressa Jayne Turner, known in her hometown as "Calamity Jayne" for her unconventional exploits, is the newest reporter at the Grandville Gazette. And after a whirlwind start to her new job, she's ready to enjoy the final weeks of summer at The Iowa State Fair. The homegrown good-time is Tressa's favorite time of year — donuts, funnel cakes, cotton candy, turkey legs. It's also her Uncle Frank's busiest. His ice cream stand is in a prime location, and he's poised to scoop the competition.