TASTY MYSTERIES

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AUTHOR:   Albert, Susan Wittig    SERIES:  China Bayles mysteries; Darling Dahlias mysteries;     Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter.  

While the mysteries themselves do not deal directly with food, all they all  include recipes.    

AUTHOR:   Allen, Robin                    SERIES        Poppy Markham, culinary cop

    Poppy Markham, a former chef, is now a health inspector in Austin, Texas.

AUTHOR:    Babson, Marian.            TITLE:        No cooperation from the cat : a mystery

    Overseeing her daughter's frantic attempts to identify recipes in time for a cookbook deadline, aging actress Trixie and her companion, Evangeline, investigate claims that the original cookbook author died after eating one of the recipes

AUTHOR:   Ballard, Mignon Franklin.   SERIES:     Augusta Goodnight mysteries (with heavenly recipes)
                   Charming, witty, and atmospheric cozy mysteries set in the American South featuring a quirky guardian angel with a flair for fashion and cooking in the  Augusta Goodnight Mysteries.

AUTHOR:   Camilleri, Andrea.              SERIES:      Salvo Montalbano Mysteries

        Sicilian Andrea Camilleri's mysteries feature police Inspector Salvo Montalbano, who dances carefully through organized crime and bureaucratic corruption, while still finding time for good Sicilian food.

AUTHOR:    Campion, Alexander.       SERIES:    Capucine Culinary Mysteries

        Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier, of Paris's judicial police, and her food critic husband, Alexandre de Huguelet, get entangled in food related crimes.

AUTHOR:    Cavender, Chris              SERIES:    Pizza Lovers Mysteries

        A small town in North Carolina is home to a pizzeria with more than its share of excitement for owner Eleanor Swift.

AUTHOR:      Conant-Park, Jessica.   SERIES:    Gourmet Girls Mystery
        Culinary mystery series featuring Chloe Carter (known in the chatrooms as GourmetGirl), food connoisseur and survivor of failed romances

AUTHOR:       Craig, Philip R.           SERIES:       Martha’s Vineyard Mysteries

        With his usual glorious mix of Vineyard ambience, romance, food, fishing, and first-rate suspense, Craig proves that his Martha's Vineyard mysteries are the perfect summer read.

AUTHOR:    Crawford, Isis.             SERIES:   Simmons Sisters Mysteries  with Recipes

Two quirky, squabbling sisters run a catering business in these upbeat, witty, and fast-paced culinary mysteries that offer enticing descriptions of cooking and delicious recipes.               

AUTHOR:      Davidson, Diane Mott.         SERIES:    Goldy Bear Mysteries

        Diane Mott Davidson is known for the humor, quirky characters, and small town feeling of her cozy, culinary mysteries with caterer Goldy Bear.

AUTHOR:       Fluke, Joanne,                   SERIES:     Hannah Swensen Mysteries

        Sprinkled with recipes, Fluke's books are known for quirky characters, humor, clever plots, and twist endings

AUTHOR:       Francis, Dick and Felix Francis     TITLE:        Dead Heat

With his rising culinary career threatened by an episode of food poisoning at a private affair that he had catered, Max Moreton caters an exclusive luncheon at the 2,000 Guineas horse race, a party devastated by a bomb blast that kills many of the guests..

AUTHOR:       Greenwood, Kerry.          SERIES:        Corinna Chapman mysteries
        Corinna Chapman, baker extraordinaire and amateur sleuth, features in these delicious mysteries set in Melbourne, Australia; recipes included

AUTHOR:       Myers, Tamar.              SERIES:         Pennsylvania Dutch Mysteries (with recipes)

        Insights into Mennonite customs and authentic Mennonite recipes mark mysteries set in Magdalena Yoder's Mennonite Inn

AUTHOR:      Page, Katherine Hall.     SERIES:          Faith Fairchild mysteries     

Faith, a former New Yorker and the minister's wife, caterer, and amateur sleuth is featured in these cozy mysteries.     
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AUTHOR:     Roker, Al          SERIES:      Billy Blessing novels:        

Celebrity chef turned sleuth Billy Blessing finds his plate full of danger in these three mysteries:  Morning Show Murders; Midnight Show Murders; Talk Show Murders.

AUTHOR:    Walker, Martin    SERIES:            Bruno Chief of Police

Bruno is a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life in the Dordogne—living in his restored shepherd’s cottage; patronizing the weekly market; sparring with, and basically ignoring, the European Union bureaucrats from Brussels.

AUTHOR:   West Michael           SERIES:     Teeny Templeton Mysteries

        Charleston pastry chef Teeny Templeton keeps getting involved in murder.

A classic food-centric mystery, Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe by Nan and Ivan Lyonds  was made into a movie in 1978: (and is available on DVD)
TITLE        Who is killing the great chefs of Europe?

              Director: Ted Kotcheff.  With : George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley

            

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