Ellie Alexander je autorkou napínavých detektívok z pekárského prostredia, ktoré sa odohrávajú v malebnom Pacifickom severozápade. Jej príbehy sa často točia okolo starostlivo pripravených receptov a skúmania zložitých zápletiek. Alexanderová majstrovsky vykresľuje atmosféru malomestských komunít a skúma ich tajomstvá skryté za zdanlivo pokojným povrchom. Jej štýl je navyše obohatený o pútavé opisy a nečakané zvraty, ktoré čitateľov udržujú v napätí až do samého konca.
Malé město, velká záhada. První díl pohodové detektivní série
Annie miluje detektivky a práce v knihkupectví je pro ni splněným snem. Jenže prodeje klesají, a tak uspořádá Detektivní festival, který zachrání i další podniky v ospalém městečku Redwood Grove – včetně hospody, jejíž majitel Liam akci moc nefandí. Ale pak je mezi regály s knihami objevena zavražděná žena a Annie má možnost využít své znalosti ze studia kriminalistiky. Podezřelí přibývají a Liam se nečekaně stává jejím spojencem. Dokáže Annie odhalit vraha dřív, než se festival promění v ještě větší drama?
Set against the backdrop of a small-town film festival, the story follows bookseller Annie Murray as she navigates a web of intrigue after a film critic's suspicious death. As she investigates, Annie uncovers a cast of characters, each with their own secrets, including a scandalous actress and a protective film historian. With humor and charm, she races against time to expose the killer and save her beloved festival, all while keeping readers guessing with unexpected twists until the very end.
Autumn has arrived in Ashland, Oregon. The Pastry Channel has also landed in the quaint little town to film the "Take the Cake" reality show. Jules Capshaw, now that she's decided to move home and help her mom run Torte, the family bakeshop, wants nothing to do with the competition - until she is unwittingly entered into the competition. Read les.
Amateur sleuth Sloan Krause returns in another delightful cozy - this time
investigating a movie star who's murdered not long after arriving in
Leavenworth, WA to film his latest project.
Things are getting spooky in Catch Me If You Candy, the next delicious installment in the Bakeshop Series from author Ellie Alexander, set in Ashland, Oregon!Halloween has arrived in picturesque Ashland, Oregon, and all of the ghouls and goblins have descended on Main Street for the annual parade. It’s a giant street party and Torte is right in the mix. Jules Capshaw and her team have been baking up autumn delights and trick-or-Torte bags filled with sugar cookie cutouts, spiced cider, and mummy munch. It’s the end of the season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which means that the costumes for the parade are going to be out of this world. The elaborate guises even extend to pets. The grand marshal of this year’s parade is no other than a regal pug aptly named King George. Jules is delighted to get to share the experience with Carlos and Ramiro, but things take a dark turn when she discovers a dragon slumped in front of the bakeshop. Jules is distraught when she realizes the dragon is dead. She’s also shaken because a few days before the parade, her mother's Mahjong partner Helen discovered a warning note about a dragon in an antique game set. Jules hopes it’s just a random coincidence, but as the clues begin to unfold it becomes evident that there’s been a murder on All Hallow’s Eve. Can Juliet sift out the truth before the killer comes after her?
