Pumpkin Spice Peril

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451492668
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
In the twelfth Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay, the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew follows the clever crumb trail of a killer who's anything but cookie-cutter. Life is all sugar and spice for the Fairy Tale Cupcake bakers--Melanie Cooper is engaged to the delectable Joe DeLaura, Angie Harper and her husband Tate are savoring married life, and the bakery is bustling with happy customers. Until one of their most valued cupcake connoisseurs ends up dead. Local glass artist and cupcake lover Rene Fischer-Klein has always suffered from a wide variety of health issues. In an effort to cheer her up, her doting husband, Peter, brings her a four-pack of her favorite cupcakes every week. But when the police discover that Rene has been poisoned, there's no sugarcoating the fact that the last things she ate were the bakery's signature pumpkin spice cupcakes! With their lives and bakery at stake, it's up to Mel and Angie to find out who poisoned their artist friend and why, before their future is frosted for good.

Pumpkin Spice Peril

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 045149265X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Sprinkle with Murder

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425233421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are finally living out their dream as the proud owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. But their first big client is a nightmare. She's a bridezilla who wants 500 custom cupcakes for her wedding. When Mel stumbles upon the bride-to-be dead-by-cupcake, she becomes the prime suspect. To save themselves and their business, the ladies need to find the real murderer, before the cupcake killer ices someone else.

For Batter or Worse

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593333373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
The Fairy Tale Cupcake crew must discover the truth behind a death sprinkled with suspicion before Mel and Joe can say "I do”, in the thirteenth Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay. Life is sweet and business is booming at the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery--and the fact that Mel and Joe are getting married is the icing on the cake. Their reception will be held at the swanky resort where Oz works as the pastry chef. The wedding planning is all fun-fetti and games until Mel and Joe meet the head chef at the resort who has been making Oz's life miserable. When the eccentric chef insults Mel's bakery, Oz gets into a blowout argument with the culinary prima donna. Things turn extra sour when the chef is murdered, and Oz is the police's main suspect. As the countdown to the wedding day begins, Mel, Joe, and the rest of the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew must sift through clues to catch the real killer and clear Oz's name before their wedding plans are totally battered and baked.

Buttercream Bump Off

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101476729
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura's Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery is gearing up for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately someone has iced Baxter Malloy on his first date with Mel's mother. Now Mom's a suspect, and Mel and Angie need to find time around frosting to dig into the man's shady past and discover who served him his just desserts.

Dying for Devil's Food

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451492641
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
As the New York Times bestselling series continues, it's going to take every recipe the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew has to whip up a quick defense for Mel Cooper when her high school reunion goes from a cake walk to a car wreck... Melanie Cooper has zero interest in catering her fifteen-year high school reunion, but Angie insists it's only right that they bask in the success of Fairy Tale Cupcakes--and Mel's engagement to the delicious Joe DeLaura is the cherry on top! Everything is going better than expected until Cassidy Havers, resident mean girl and Mel's high school nemesis, picks a fight. No longer willing to put up with Cassidy's bullying, Mel is ready to tell the former homecoming queen to shut her piehole and call it a night. But as Mel and Joe prepare to depart, Cassidy is found dead in the girl's bathroom, next to a note written in lipstick that points right to Mel--making her the prime suspect. Now, Mel must follow the clues to find the real killer and keep her reputation from being frosted for a crime she didn't commit.

Going, Going, Ganache

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101619740
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
A new Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay is icing on the cupcake! After a cupcake-flinging fiasco at a photo shoot for a local magazine, Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura agree to make amends by hosting a weeklong corporate boot camp at Fairy Tale Cupcakes. The idea is the brainchild of billionaire Ian Hannigan, new owner of SWS (Southwest Style), a lifestyle magazine that chronicles the lives of Scottsdale’s rich and famous. He’s assigned his staff to a team-building week of making cupcakes for charity. It’s clear that the staff would rather be doing just about anything other than frosting baked goods. But when the magazine’s creative director is found murdered outside the bakery, Mel and Angie have a new team-building exercise—find the killer before their business goes AWOL. INCLUDES SCRUMPTIOUS RECIPES

Pumpkin Pie & Murder

Author: Miranda Brickett
Publisher: Miranda Brickett
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Book 3 of the Prairie Crocus Cozy Mystery Series. Clean, wholesome fun (& murder) for all ages! Holidays: a time to gather, spend time with loved ones and...stress over hosting? Claudia Porter’s parents are visiting for the first time since she abruptly quit her job and fled to Prairie Crocus. She’s determined to impress them with her hospitality and everything the picturesque small town has to offer. But when Claudia and her folks discover a dead body, it seems like her plan is doomed to fail. Can Claudia salvage the holiday and catch the killer? A fun, casual read with a thirty-something amateur sleuth. Set in a charming rural town on the Canadian prairies, this series has quirky characters, no profanity, and plenty of cats. Each book is a full-length, standalone novel. ____________ autumn, thanksgiving, fall, amateur detective, cozy mystery series, female sleuth, amateur sleuth, small town, romance, cozy mystery with romance, cat cozy, culinary cozy, cat cozy mystery, culinary cozy mystery, cozy mystery ebook, cozy mystery ebooks, murder mystery, easy read, beach read, women's fiction, contemporary women, chick lit, hallmark mystery, cozy mysteries, whodunit, whodunnit, cosy mystery, cosy mysteries, new beginnings, wholesome romance, clean romance, sweet romance, cozy, seasons, cozies, cosy, seasonal, ebook, female detective, woman detective, female protagonist, charming, small town, rural, canada, prairies, cozy mystery with cats, cozy mystery with love, love story, mystery with romance, family, family dynamics, holidays

Wedding Cake Crumble

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 039958384X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
For the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew, wedding bells turn to death knells in this latest mystery in the New York Times bestselling series. With Angie and Tate's wedding just around the corner, it's a happy time for Melanie Cooper and the bakery crew. Not only are they finessing the last minute details of the big day, but their bakery, Fairy Tale Cupcakes, has just been hired to bake cupcakes for the blockbuster book signing of a controversial author who wrote a steamy bestseller filled with juicy local gossip. But one by one, the people Angie has hired to work at the wedding begin turning up dead. As the body count rises, the bestselling author is the next to bite the dust. Mel quickly realizes she needs to figure out how the murders are connected and why--before the killer brings the entire cupcake crew crumbling down. After all, Angie and Tate deserve their sweet happily ever after. INCLUDES SCRUMPTIOUS RECIPES!

Due or Die

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 042524668X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Library director Lindsey Norris must solve a murder in her cozy Connecticut hometown before anyone else is checked out for good in this Library Lover’s mystery. Carrie Rushton, the president of the Friends of the Library, has been accused of murdering her husband. The evidence is stacking up against Carrie, but neither Lindsey nor the Briar Creek crafternoon club is buying it. When a nor'easter buries the small coastal town, the police are too busy digging out the locals to investigate the murder. With the help of her crafternoon friends and an abandoned puppy they name Heathcliff, Lindsey has to solve the question of who murdered Mr. Rushton before the killer closes the book on Carrie...