Death of A Bad Apple (A Food Festival Mystery)

Author: Pike, Penny

Color: Multicolor

Number Of Pages: 320

Details:

The latest deliciously appealing mystery from the author of Death of a Chocolate Cheater...   Anxious to take a break from bustling San Francisco, Darcy and her Aunt Abby pack up the food truck and head for the apple festival at Apple Valley, California. Aunt Abby is sure her almond apple tarts will be a hit and Darcy wants to collect more recipes for her food truck cookbook.   But when a fellow guest at the Enchanted Apple Inn is pared-down—and the Inn’s owner ends up the prime suspect—Darcy must peel away the layers of the mystery. Because an apple a day certainly isn’t keeping the killer away...

Reviews:

Praise for Death of a Chocolate Cheater   “You will need—and want!—to immerse yourself in this enjoyable novel. The only caveat is that you must be sure to have plenty of chocolate on hand, so that you can read without interruption.”—Mystery Scene Magazine   “You’ll drool over every page”—King’s River Life Magazine   “What a treat this book was to read”—A Cozy Girl ReadsPraise for Death of a Crabby Cook   “A fun food-related series…[with] recipes to die for.”—Kings River Life Magazine   “A clever new series that cozy mystery lovers will eat up.”—MyShelf.com   “The food truck angle and the mouthwatering descriptions of the truck’s offerings give this one a very appealing flavor.”

— Booklist

About the Author:

Penny Pike is the author of the Food Festival Mysteries, including Death of a Chocolate Cheater, as well as the Party-Planning Mysteries, including How to Dine on Killer Wine, under the name Penny Warner. She has published more than sixty books and is a winner of the Macavity and Agatha awards. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Praise Other Books by Penny Pike Title Page Copyright Dedication Acknowledgments Epigraph Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Recipes Excerpt from How to Host a Killer Party Chapter 1 “What smells so good?” I asked as I entered my aunt Abby’s home through the back door of her San Francisco Victorian. The aroma of cinnamon, sugar, and baked apples perfumed the air and made my mouth water. I inhaled deeply, trying to fill my lungs with the intoxicating fragrance. “Abby’s Salted Caramel-Apple Tarts!” she exclaimed proudly as she lifted a tray of steaming-hot pastries out of the oven and onto the stove to cool. “It’s my latest creation. I’m using caramel in the recipe and sprinkling it with salt. I’ll let you taste one as soon as they cool down a bit. The flaky crust just melts in your mouth.” “Yum!” I stared at the lightly browned individual tartlets, willing them to cool off faster. “Sit,” Aunt Abby ordered. “You’ll get drool all over my tarts.” I obeyed her command and took a stool at the island counter that occupied much of the kitchen. Basil, my aunt’s long-haired Doxie, nuzzled my red Toms. “What prompted you to whip up something new?” I asked, petting the dog with one foot. “Your customers love the comfort foods you already serve. I hope you’re not going to replace your caramel chocolate brownies with these. That could cause a riot.” Shortly after my aunt retired from serving cafeteria food at the local high school, she bought an old school bus, tricked it out, and turned it into a kitchen on wheels. For the past year, she’d been serving “old-school” comfort food in her Big Yellow School Bus at Fort Mason, where a dozen other food trucks gathered. Since I was between jobs, I’d been helping her out by making sandwiches, mixing up mac and cheese, and taking orders from hungry customers. Truth was, I’d recently been let go from my job as restaurant critic at the San Francisco Chronicle and hadn’t yet finished writing my soon-to-be bestselling cookbook featuring food t...

EAN: 9780451467836

Release Date: 05-01-2016

Languages: English

Item Note: Good shape with typical wear. Has a remainder mark. Mass Market Paperback Used - Very Good Ships fast! 2016

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood

Binding: Mass Market Paperback