Results for "The Holiday" in Culinary

When the nineteen-time champion of a local eggnog contest is found dead at the foot of a boathouse stair, the baker he asked to be his witness becomes the prime suspect. To clear her name, she must break the one alibi the whole town heard with its own ears: a mixer that whipped egg whites behind...

Identical twin sisters Alex and Hannah are the owners of Murder and Mayhem, a mystery bookshop that sells their famous poison-themed Killer Chocolates. But now, there’s a real killer in their midst. Shortly before Christmas, their septuagenarian neighbor, Jane, confides to Alex that a murderer from a true-crime show has taken up residence in the village. Unfortunately, she’s also shared her suspicions with town gossip Netta. The next morning, Alex shows up at Jane’s house to watch the show, but instead she discovers Jane's body, with a box of Killer Chocolates nearby.

On the first night of Sorrel Harbor's Twelve Windows festival, the village's most hated man promises to reveal twelve ugly truths—saving the worst, about a decades-old hit-and-run, for last. By dawn he is dead, the final envelope is missing, and the baker who found him has just eleven days to...

In Book 41, autumn arrives with a bang as Holiday Bay transforms into the first-ever Halloween Hamlet, an immersive live role-playing event where ghosts and goblins mingle with the everyday visitors who come to shop, compete in festive contests, indulge in seasonal treats, and dance the night away.

When the grumpy town Julenisse turns up dead beside a krumkake iron, baker Dagny Lunde suddenly finds herself the prime suspect in a very merry murder. With eleven days until Christmas, she must sift through the clues to save her bakery before a stubbornly sugar-free county investigator locks...

Holiday Cozy Mystery Series is a spin-off of Tonya Kappes’s popular A Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery Series! You do not want to miss Violet Rhinehammer’s journey and some appearances from our beloved Laundry Club Ladies and favorite characters from A Camper and Criminals Cozy Mystery crossover series!

Nine days before Christmas, cocoa shop owner Romy Dabney finds her fiercest business rival dead at the bottom of the old cannery stairs. When Romy's own hand-painted key fob is discovered beside the body, she must clear her name before she trades her pastry apron for a jumpsuit. Welcome to the...

When the reigning Christmas fruitcake champion is found dead beside a slice of her own bake, bakery owner Tilly Haverstick knows it's murder. Her baker's eye can tell the candied cherries haven't bled into the crumb, meaning a killer swapped the real cake for a deadly decoy—and Tilly holds the...

When the town bully's antique sleigh trots into the village square with a cracked bell ringing and no driver, the annual Bell Night parade comes to a frosty, fatal halt. To save her beloved inn's reputation, a local cook must figure out how a dead man just led the holiday procession. Welcome to...

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Holiday cheer, dachshund-style. Pull up a chair and grab a slice of pie—Humboldt Cove’s favorite amateur sleuths are celebrating the holidays! Join mystery writer Willa Lattner and her three doxies—Killer, Kyle, and Wags—as they sniff out trouble from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve. Inside you’ll find heartfelt holiday capers, including The Terrible Trouble of the Turkey Trot and The Gift of the Doxies—plus lots of festive recipes to bring the bakery home.

In Masquerade Murder, event planner Piper Fairchild is back—and this time, she's taking on her biggest job yet: organizing the annual masquerade ball at the legendary Breckenridge Estate, a seaside mansion steeped in nearly 200 years of history...and ghost stories.

Summer is winding down in Holiday Bay, and Shelby and the Bistro crew are preparing for one of the town's biggest events of the season, the annual Lobsterfest Celebration. Everyone is involved in the celebration until the Labor Day festivities come to a halt when one of the Bistro's favorite customers is found dead in his home. With only a handful of suspects to consider, Bistro employee Calliope Rosenthall, Callie to her friends, appears to top the list.

Hope Lyons's husband ran through all their money and split Portland, Oregon, forcing Hope to sell her beloved Pie in the Sky bakery and move with her two children back to charming Hope Valley, her hometown. She has been working as a waitress and pinching pennies to get their lives back on track; however, when her children win KPRL's Spirit of Christmas vacation contest, Hope worries about the extra expenses she will incur on such a trip and turns it down.

Trickery in Toyland - It's the week before Christmas, and Abby and Lacy are on a mission—find the one toy Lacy's youngest wants more than anything. But when Toyland's long-awaited shipment arrives without the elusive gift, the pair jump into a high-stakes holiday scavenger hunt where the coveted toy is part of the prize package. What begins as merry fun quickly turns chaotic as half the parents in town seem to be chasing the same hard-to-find treasure… and some will do anything to win.

Summer has arrived in Maine, bringing heat, humidity, and an influx of visitors to the seaside community of Holiday Bay. Known for its enthusiasm for festivals and special events, the town thrives during the busy summer season. While the crowds are good for business, they leave employees and business owners stretched thin as they struggle to keep up with the demands of another record-breaking tourist season.

Cate knew she had seen those jewels before. As her eyes scan the newspaper article from 1925, she is shocked to read about the theft of two priceless necklaces from her family’s home. When Cate recognizes one of the stolen necklaces from when she traveled back in time to the year 1856 to solve a murder mystery, Cate knows there’s only one thing left for her to do. Despite the hectic holiday season approaching, complete with two grand holiday events, Cate must travel to 1925 and unravel the mystery surrounding the jewelry theft.

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Annie Murray's festive plans at the Secret Bookcase are thrown into disarray when a celebrity baker drops dead during a gingerbread-baking competition As whispers of foul play swirl like snowflakes, Annie soon finds herself tangled in a web of secrets, small-town rivalry, and long-buried...

In book 1 of this series, Piper manages to land a job planning an exclusive black-tie event to be held at a local estate, only to find a body in the bedroom just hours before the first honored guests are due to arrive.