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1) Heartburn
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A 40th anniversary reissue of the national bestselling author's hilarious first novel that memorably mixed food, heartbreak, and revenge into a comic masterpiece—now with a new foreword by Stanley Tucci. • "Touching and funny.... Proof that writing well is the best revenge." —Chicago Tribune
Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is...
Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is...
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Prior's Ford volume 5
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The fifth warmhearted novel of village life in Evelyn Hood's much-loved Prior's Ford series - Cookery writer Laura Tyler arrives in Prior's Ford determined to become immersed in village life - and the village drama group's forthcoming production of The Importance of Being Earnest offers her the perfect opportunity. But Laura has cause to regret her involvement when murder calls a halt to rehearsals. Constable Neil White investigates, with help from...
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Hayley has been assigned to interview Edel Waugh, chef-owner of Key West's hottest new restaurant. But off the record, Edel reveals that someone's been sabotaging her kitchen and she asks Hayley to investigate. Things heat up fast when the resaurant is set on fire-and a body is discovered in the carred wreckage. Is someone out to destroy the chef's business-or actually kill her? Amid Christmastime and holiday festivites like the lighted-boat parade...
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Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell is not looking for love this Valentine's Day. Of course she also isn't planning on looking for a murderer...
Fed up with dating after a disastrous setup, the only thing Hayley wants to snuggle up to is a box of made-to-order chocolates from plus-sized, plus-mouthed chocolatier Bessie Winthrop. But when Bessie is found dead in her kitchen, only Hayley suspects that Bessie's "heart attack" might actually be...
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This alluring novel of friendship, love, and cuisine brings the best-selling author of Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light to one of the great Chinese subjects: food. As in her previous novels, Mones's captivating story also brings into focus a changing China - this time the hidden world of high culinary culture.
When Maggie McElroy, a widowed American food writer, learns of a Chinese paternity claim against her late husband's estate, she has...
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The annual Key West Loves Literature seminar is drawing the biggest names in food writing from all over the country, and Haley Snow is there to catch a few fresh morsels of insider gossip. Superstar restaurant critic Jonah Barrows has already ruffled a few foodie feathers with his recent tell-all memoir, and as keynote speaker, he promises more of the same jaw-dropping honesty. But when Hayley discovers Jonah's body in a nearby dipping pool, the cocktail-hour...
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Capucine culinary mysteries volume 3
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When a killer targets food critics in the City of Light, Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier, a seasoned member of the Paris Police Judiciaire, must decide whether or not to use her husband, a famous food journalist, as irresistible bait.
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Single mom Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaky roof over her head when her boss at the Island Times assigns her to take over the paper's food column. She's an office manager, not a writer, even if her friends clamor for her potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting, and Hayley's chatty first column is suddenly on everyone's menu -- with one exception. Rival food writer Karen Applebaum is found face-down in a bowl of Hayley's creamy clam...
11) State secrets
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Because a woman's cousin is about to becomes President of the United States, the entire family will be examined very closely by the secret service, and her life will be swept away in a current of controversy.
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Hayley Powell food & cocktail mysteries volume 14
Hayley Powell food and cocktail mysteries volume 14
Hayley Powell food and cocktails mystery volume 14
Hayley Powell food and cocktail mysteries volume 14
Hayley Powell food and cocktails mystery volume 14
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When Chef Romeo, who just opened up a new restaurant in town, dies from complications after having a heart attack, Hayley Powell, whose hospitalized brother swears it was murder, must find the person who had no reservations about killing the chef.
15) A deadly feast
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Key West food critic Hayley Snow scents-es something fishy when a customer falls stone-crab cold dead on a seafood tasting tour. Thanksgiving is nearly here, and Key West food critic Hayley Snow has just one more assignment to put to bed for Key Zest magazine before she gets to celebrate with her family and her police officer fianc©♭, Nathan Bransford. Then, just days later, wedding bells will ring--if death doesn't toll first. The sweet potatoes...
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Food and drink writer and single mom Hayley Powell figures it's up to her to save country music superstar Wade Springer's reputation after Wade's tour bus is burned and a roadie named Mickey Pritchett is found in the remains--shot, and with one of Hayley's trademark chicken legs stuffed in his mouth.
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"Haunted by the car accident that ended her career as a cookbook publicist, Val Deniston has traded the chaos of New York City for a quieter life near the Chesapeake Bay. Living with her curmudgeonly grandfather in the tourist town of Bayport is hardly glamorous, but she enjoys working at the Cool Down Cafe at the fitness club, and finally has time to work on her long-planned cookbook. But when one of the club's patrons is found dead, she'll have...
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"Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy's clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling...
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Parker Valentine has always dreamed of opening her own winery in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado. But she gets more than she bargained for when a food and wine critic unexpectedly shows up at Vino Valentine on opening day. A negative review could be fatal for her business, and not only does he seem to hate her chardonnay, he also collapses and dies shortly after drinking it.
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"Food critic and blogger Tiffany Austin's Pizza Bake-Off has the whole small town of Branson, Georgia excited. But then Tiffany discovers the body of one of the celebrity judges backstage.... With suspects abounding, Tiffany investigates, only to discover that revenge is indeed a dish best served cold!"--