"Food anthropologist Miriam Quinones-Smith's move from New York to Coral Shores, Miami, puts her academic career on hold to stay at home with her young son. Adding to her funk is an opinionated mother-in-law and a husband rekindling a friendship with his ex. Gracias to her best friend, Alma, she gets a short-term job as a Caribbean cooking expert on a Spanish-language morning TV show. But when the newly minted star attends a Women's Club luncheon,...

Unlucky Lori has the opportunity to inherit her aunt's entire estate if she visits her aunt's cottage and unearths a secret hidden in a trove of letters.

Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz's newly secure home life is shattered when her latest client is found dead, and her violent ex-husband is the chief suspect. This first-class mystery is guaranteed to satisfy your hunger for a delectable blend of heart-stopping suspense, mouth-watering menus, and wry humor.

Helen Bradley has arrived at a charming bed and breakfast on a small peninsula off the coast of Washington, where she will assemble a regional travel guide. Soon, Helen discovers that the woman who began the guide may have been murdered. Then a local fisherman disappears. But when Helen herself is attacked, she knows she must investigate. Helen's search will lead her to the sea and buried secrets that threaten the security of the entire community....

Hannah Swensen tracks a killer through "eccentric Minnesota locals" and batches of cookies.

Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne wants nothing more than a quiet day hunting in the mountains on his fiftieth birthday, as his wife plans for the opening gala of the new luxury resort. Reverend Clare Fergusson is getting ready for the bishop's annual visit ... and one from her long-distance suitor. But in Millers Kill, what begins as a simple case of a woman lost in the woods leads to a tangle of revenge, blackmail, assault, kidnapping, and murder....

Leia Kahale lives a quiet life in Hawaii, taking care of her grandmother, who is suffering from leprosy and dementia, and her sister Eva, who has Down Syndrome. When she is reunited with her old love, Bane Oana, Leia is nervous, afraid Bane's charm will sweep her off her feet again. Then a close friend of theirs dies in a diving accident. Neither is convinced it is an accident, though. As they investigate, Bane and Leia grow closer, but Leia is still...

Life has hit some sour notes as of late for B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn and her cousin Renie. Graphic design guru Renie's up to her eyebrows in debt after some seriously overzealous spending sprees. Meanwhile, Judith's got her hands full with her wacky new neighbor, Rudi, a virtuoso violinist whose daily-and usually unclothed-practices are unhinging her and other neighbors in the cul-de-sac. But, though they'd all love to kill nude, rude Rudi,...

Two Attempts On Mayor's Life by Colleen Montgomery (staff reporter) Draft Mayor Maxwell Vance was shot in an apparent assassination attempt yesterday. A second attempt on his life was made at Vance Memorial Hospital, where nurse [leave her name out?] Chloe Tanner managed to stop the assailant before being injured herself. She is currently under protection. [Note to self: disclose FBI agent protecting her and her kids is my brother Brendan.]...