A sharp and tangy culinary mystery featuring Tish Tarragon. Can Tish beat the curse of the cherry pie to win first prize at the Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off?When literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon's friend and star baker at Cookin' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake , a frangipane cherry pie , be up to the grade?As the bake-off gets underway, Tish's worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus . . . and both women died suddenly before making their bakes.Amid bitter rivalries , simmering jealousy and the bakers' insatiable appetite for winning, is the curse of the cherry pie about to strike again ?
Amy Patricia Meade Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Táto autorka sa preslávila svojimi detektívnymi románmi Marjorie McClelland Mysteries, historickými záhadami z éry Rosie the Riveter a nedávnou sériou z Vermontu. Jej diela sa vyznačujú klasickým štýlom, ktorý odkazuje na autorov ako Agatha Christie a Dorothy Sayers, a sú napísané s citom pre detail a pútavým dejom. Meade sa sústreďuje na zložité zápletky a napínavé rozuzlenia, ktoré čitateľov vtiahnu do sveta napätia a intríg. Jej schopnosť vytvárať atmosférické prostredie a komplexné postavy z nej robí obľúbenú autorku milovníkov detektívneho žánru.




The Christmas Fair Killer
- 224 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
Tish Tarragon finds a dead ingénue while catering breakfast for the Williamsburg Theatre Group during the Hobsen Glen Holiday Fair.
The Garden Club Murder
- 208 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
Literary chef Tish Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek's annual garden club awards, but two days before the event one of the competitors is found dead in his pristine garden. After hearing that he was the favourite to win the top prize this year, Tish can't help being drawn into the investigation...
Cookin' the Books
- 208 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
Literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon is delighted when Binnie Broderick, executive director of the local library, asks her to provide a literary inspired three-course dinner for the library's annual fundraiser. But when Binnie's food is poisoned, Tish suddenly finds herself fighting to save her reputation... and catch a killer.