Aames, Avery. Lost and Fondue (2011) ISBN 9780425241585 $7.99 pbk
While catering a fund-raiser for her best friend, Charlotte Bessette–the owner of Providence, Ohio’s Cheese Shop–soon discovers that murder is also on the menu when a dead body is found in the wine cellar and her niece Quinn becomes the prime suspect in the case.

Bolin, Janet. Dire Threads (2011) ISBN 9780425241899 $7.99 pbk
When Mike Krawbach, the town’s corrupt commissioner, who keeps denying her renovation plans, is found dead in her yard, Willow Vanderling, Threadville’s newest resident, becomes the prime suspect and works to clear her name.

Carl, JoAnna. The Chocolate Castle Clue: a Chocoholic Mystery (2011) bk. 11 ISBN 9780451234742 $22.95 HC
When a dusty old trophy awarded to her aunt’s old high school singing group turns up and brings back memories of an old unsolved murder, chocolate shop manager Lee McKinney Woodyard realizes it is actually a clue to a present-day killing.

Dunnett, Kaitlyn. Scotched (2011) ISBN 9780758238818 $22.00 HC
When her hometown of Moosetookalook, Maine hosts the First Annual Maine-ly Cozy Con, a mystery book conference, Liss MacCrimmon and her fiancée Dan discover that the truth is stranger–and deadlier–than fiction when a muckraking reviewer with a grudge supposedly jumps to her death.

Hechtman, Betty. Behind the Seams (2011) Crochet, bk. 6. ISBN 9780425241424 $24.95 HC
The Tarzana Hookers investigate the poisoning of a television producer to clear the name of CeeCee’s production-assistant niece.

Lipperman, Liz. Liver let die (2011) Clueless Cook, bk.1. ISBN 9780425244043 $7.99 pbk
While filling in for the culinary reporter at the Ranchero Globe, Jordan McAllister, who dreams of being a sports reporter, finds her first assignment taking a deadly turn when a waiter from the new steak house in town is found murdered outside her door.

Swanson, Denise. Murder of a Creped Suzette (2011) Scumble River, bk. 14. ISBN 9780451235008 $7.99 pbk
School psychologist Skye Denison becomes immersed in honky-tonk murder and mayhem when Suzette Neal, a rising country star, is found murdered after asking Skye to investigate her mother’s suspicious death, which occurred 27 years earlier.

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