Gourmet Mysteries

Many of these mysteries may be purchased from:

Abresch, Peter.  KILLING THYME.  WriteWay,

Albert, Susan Wittig.  THYME OF DEATH. MacMillan,1992

            Herbalist China Bayles. Her first.

Albert, Susan Wittig. WITCH’S BANE.  MacMillan,1993.

Albert, Susan Wittig.  HANGMAN’S ROOT.1994.

Albert, Susan Wittig.  ROSEMARY REMEMBERED.  Berkley, 1995.

Albert, Susan Wittig.  RUEFUL DEATH.  Berkley, 1996.

Albert, Susan Wittig.  LOVE LIES A BLEEDING, Berkly, 1997.

Albert, Susan Wittig.  CHILE DEATH,  Berkley, 1998.

Albert, Susan Wittig.  LAVENDER LIES. 1999

Albert, Susan Wittig.  MISTLETOE MAN. 2000

Albert, Susan Wittig.  BLOODROOT. 2001

Albert, Susan Wittig.  INDIGO DYING. 2002

Akst, Daniel.  BURL'S OBITUARY.

Andrea, Christine.  TRAIL OF MURDER.  St. Martin’s , 1992

            Montana camp cook Lee Suires.

Babson, Marian. CANAPES FOR THE KITTIES.

Babson, Marian.  DEATH WARMED UP. Warner,1992.

Barnes, Linda.  CITIES OF THE DEAD. 1986.

            Michael Sprague.

Beaton, M. C. AGATHA RAISIN AND THE QUICHE OF DEATH.  St Martin’s, 1992

            Agatha Raisin.

Beaton, M. C,  DEATH OF A GLUTTON.  St. Martin’s, 1993.

Beaton, M. C.  DEATH OF A NAG.  St. Martin’s 1995.

            Hamish MacBeath is upset by bad food.

Beck, K. K.  COLD SMOKED.  1995.

            A hostess at a seafood convention turns up dead.

Bell, Nancy. BIGGIE AND THE POISONED POLITICIAN.  1996

            Biggie Weatherford.

Bell, Nancy.  BIGGIE AND THE MANGLED MORTICIAN.  1997

Berkeley, Anthony.  THE POISONED CHOCOLATES CASE.  1929.

Bishop, Claudia.A TASTE FOR MURDER. Berkley, 1994.

            An Inn at Hemlock Falls mystery featuring Meg and Quill

Bishop, Claudia.  A DASH OF DEATH. Berkley, 1995.

            Second Hemlock Falls,

Bishop, Claudia,. A PINCH OF POISON.  Berkley, 1995.

            Third Hemlock Falls

Bishop, Claudia.  MURDER WELL-DONE.  Berkley, 1996

            Fourth Hemlock Falls.

Bishop, Claudia.  DEATH DINES OUT. Berkley, 1997

            Fifth Hemlock Falls.

Bishop, Claudia.  A TOUCH OF THE GRAPE.  Berkley, 1998.

            Sixth Hemlock Falls.

Bishop, Claudia.  A STEAK IN MURDER.

            Seventh Hemlock Falls.

Bishop, Claudia.  MARINADE FOR MURDER.

            Eighth Hemlock Falls

Bishop, Claudia.  JUST DESSERTS. Berklery, 2002

Bishop, Claudia.  FRIED BY JURY, Berkley, 2003

Blochman, Lawrence G.  RECIPE FOR HOMICIDE. Lippincott, 1952.

Bond, Michael. MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE.  Hodder, 1983.

            French culinary critic Aristide Pampelmousse, and his dog Pomme Frites.

Bond, Michael. MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE EN FETE.  Hodder, 1984.

Bond, Michael. MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE AND THE SECRET MISSION.  Hodder, 1985.

Bond, Michael. MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE ON THE SPOT.  Beaufort, 1986.

Bond, Michael. MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE ALOFT.  Fawcett, 1989.

Bond, Michael. MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE TAKES THE CURE.  1990

Bond, Michael. MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE RESTS HIS CASE.  Fawcett, 1991.

Bond, Michael.  MONSIEUR PAMPLEMOUSSE STANDS FIRM, 1993.

Bourdain, Anthony.  BONE IN THE THROAT.

Bourdain, Anthony.  GONE BAMBOO.

Boyle, Thomas.  THE COLD STOVE LEAGUE.  Academy Chicago, 1969

Braun, Lilian Jackson.  THE CAT WHO ATE DANISH MODERN.  1967.

Braun, Lilian Jackson.  THE CAT WHO CAME TO BREAKFAST.  1994.

Braun, Lilian Jackson.  THE CAT WHO SAID CHEESE.  1996.

Qwil, Koko and Yum-Yum are on the trail of a mad bomber at a food expo.

Bruce, Leo.  DEATH WITH A BLUE RIBBON. Allen, 1969.

Byrne, Beverly.  MURDER ON THE MENU. 

            Former chef gets embrolied with Pate and Brioche.

Cannell, Dorothy.  THIN WOMAN. St. Martin’s, 1984

            Ellie Haskell. Her first.

Cannell, Dorothy.  FEMME FATALE. Bantam, 1992

            Ellie Haskell

Cannell, Dorothy.  MUM’S THE WORD. Bantam, 1990.

Carl, Joanna. CHOCOLATE BEAR BURGLARY, 2002

Carl, Joanna. CHOCOLATE CAT CAPER, 2002

Cerne, Barbara. BELLA DONNA.

            Cooking in Italy.

Childs, Laura. GUNPOWDER GREEN, 2000

            First Thoeodosia Browning Charleston Tea Shop Mystery

Childs, Laura. DEATH BY DARJELLING, 2001

Childs, Laura. SHADES OF EARL GREY, 2002

Childs, Laura. ENGLISH BREAKFAST MURDER, 2003

Christie, Agatha.  FUNERALS ARE FATAL. 

“Poirot guzzles crème de cacao at the meals’s conclusion, when a decent port is at hand. Well, what can you ex[ect from a from a man whose head is shaped like an egg?”

Christie, Agatha.  HALLOWEEN PARTY.  1969.

            Adriadne Oliver in a tale og a child drowned while bobbing for apples.

Churchill, Jill. KNIFE TO REMEMBER.

Churchill, Jill.  QUICHE BEFORE DYING.  Avon, 1993.

            Jane Jeffry.

Churchill, Jill.  SILENCE OF THE HAMS.  Avon, 1996.

            Jane tracks the slayer of an unpopular attorney who is felled by a rack of hams.

Churchill, Jill. WAR AND PEAS., Avon, 1997.

Churchill, Jill. FEAR OF FRYING., Avon, 1997.

Clark, Douglas. TABLE D’HOTE. Gollancz,  1977.

Clark, Douglas.  THE LONGEST PLEASURE.  1981.

            Sup. Masters investigates a case of botulism. Spores in a supermarket cans of food.

Craig, Philip.  A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO DIE.  1989.

            Martha’s Vineyard Mystery. Ex-cop J. W. Jackson.

Craig, Philip.  A DEADLY VINEYARD HOLIDAY.  1997.

Craig, Philip.  A DEADLY VINEYARD POISON.  1995.

Craig, Philip.  DEATH IN A VINEYARD BEACH.  1996.

Craig, Philip.  A SHOOT ON MARTHA’S VINEYARD,  1999.

Craig, Philip.  FATAL VINEYARD SEASON, 2000

Craig, Philip.  VINEYARD BLUES, 2001

Craig, Philip. VINEYARD SHADOWS, 2002

Craig, Philip R. VINEYARD ENIGMA, 2003

Crespi, Camila T.  TROUBLE WITH A HOT SUMMER,  1997.

Crespi, Camila T.  TROUBLE WITH THIN ICE.  Harper, 1993.

Crofts, Freeman Wills.  FOUND FLOATING.  Hodder, 1937.

            Mysterious poisoning of all present at a dinner party.

            Simona Grifffo.

Daheim, Mary.  JUST DESSERTS

Hillside Bed and Breakfast series. Her first Judith McMonigle. 1991.
Daheim, Mary.  FOWL PREY
Daheim, Mary. HOLY TERRORS
Daheim, Mary.  DUNE TO DEATH
Daheim, Mary.  BANTAM OF THE OPERA.

Daheim, Mary.  FIT OF TEMPERA
Daheim, Mary.  MAJOR VICES
Daheim, Mary.  MURDER, MY SUITE
Daheim, Mary. AUNTIE MAYHEM
Daheim, Mary.  NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE
Daheim, Mary.  SEPTEMBER MOURN
Daheim, Mary.  WED AND BURIED
Daheim, Mary.  SNOW PLACE TO DIE
Daheim, Mary.  LEGS BENEDICT
Daheim, Mary.  CREEPS SUZETTE
Daheim, Mary.  A STREETCAR NAMED EXPIRE
Daheim, Mary.  SUTURE SELF
Daheim, Mary.  SILVER SCREAM, 2002, 2003.

D’Amato, Barbara.  HARD EVIDENCE.  Scribner, 1999.

            Cat Marsala is involved in a culinary crime.

Davidson, Diane Mott.  CATERING TO NOBODY.  St. Martin’s, 1990.

            Caterer Goldy Bear.  Her first.

Davidson, Diane Mott.  DYING FOR CHOCOLATE.  Bantam, 1992.

Davidson, Diane Mott.  CEREAL MURDERS.  Bantam, 1993.

Davidson, Diane Mott.  THE LAST SUPPERS.  Bantam, 1994.

Davidson, Diane Mott.  KILLER PANCAKES.  Bantam, 1995.

Davidson, Diane Mott. MAINE CORPSE.  Bantam, 1996.

Davidson, Diane Mott.  GRILLING SEASON.  Bantam, 1997.

Davidson, Diane Mott.  PRIME CUT.  Bantam, 1998.

Davidson, Dianne Mott.  STICKS AND SCONES. 2001

Davidson, Dianne Mott. CHOPPING SPREE, 2002, 2003.

Dunbar, Tony.  CITY OF BEADS.  1996.

            Tubby Dubonnet’s New Orleans client is killed and marinated in peanut oil.

Elkins, Aaron.  OLD SCORES.  Scribners, 1993

            Chris Norgren take son a mystery and “deliciously served up food.”

Fairbanks, Nancy. TRUFFLED FEATHERS.

Fairbanks, Nancy. CHOCOLATE QUAKE

Farmer, Jerrilyn. SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL.

            First Madeline Bean Catering mystery.

Farmer, Jerrilyn. IMMACULATE RECEPTION

Farmer, Jerrilyn. KILLER WEDDING.

Farmer, Jerrilyn. DIM SUM DEAD

Fluke, Joanna.  STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE MURDER, Kensington,

            Hannah Swensen.

Fluke, Joanna. BLUEBERRY MUFFIN MURDER.

Fluke, Joanna. CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE

Fluke, Joanna. LEMON MERINGUE  PIE MURDER, Kensignton, 2003

Furie, Ruthe.  A DEADLY PATE.  1996.

            Who killed Denis, Chef of the Chez le Rouquin? Fran Kirk tries to find out.

Gadol, Peter.  THE MYSTERY ROAST.

Girdner, Josephine.  FAT, FREE AND FATAL.  Diamond, 1993.

            A cooking class goes fatal when the main dish is murder.

Hager, Jean.  BLOOMING MURDER.

            Iris Bed and Breakfast. Also gardening tips.

Hager, Jean.  DEAD AND BURIED
Hager, Jean. DEATH ON THE DRUNKARD’S PATH
Hager, Jean.  THE LAST NOEL
Hager, Jean.  SEW DEADLY
Hager, Jean.  WEIGH DEAD
Hager, Jean.  BRIDE AND DOOM

Halliday, Fred.  THE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE MURDERS.  Pinnacle, 1974.

Halliday, Fred.  THE RASBERRY TART AFFAIR.  Pinnacle, 1976.

Hart, Carolyn G.  MINT JULEP MURDER.  1995.

            Annie and Max Darling.

Hart, Carolyn G.  SUGARPLUM DEAD

Hart, Ellen. Hart, Ellen,  HALLOWED MURDER.  1989

            Minnesota restauranteur Jane Lawless.

First Jane Lawless.

Hart, Ellen.  VITAL LIES.  1991.

            Second Jane Lawless.

Hart, Ellen.  STAGE FRIGHT.  1992.

            Third Jane Lawless.

Hart, Ellen, A KILLING CURE.  1993.

Hart, Ellen. A SMALL SACRIFICE.  1994

Hart, Ellen  FAINT PRAISE.  1995.

Hart, Ellen. ROBBER’S WINE.  Seal Press, 1996.

Hart, Ellen. WICKED GAMES.  St. Martin’s, 1998

Hart, Ellen. HUNTING THE WITCH, St. Martin’s 1999.

Hart, Ellen.  THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MURDER.

Hart, Ellen.  MURDER IN THE AIR.

Heald, Tim.  JUST DESSERTS.  Hutchinson, 1977.

Hemlin, Tim.  DEAD MAN'S BROTH

Hess, Joan.  A DIET TO DIE FOR.  1989.

            Claire Malloy.

Hess, Joan.  MAGGOTY IN MANHATTAN.  1992.

            Arly Hanks.

Iakovou, Takis.  SOLDIER TO WICKED MEN, 1996.

            Nick and Julia Lambros.

Iakovou, Takis.  GO CLOSE AGAINST THE ENEMY.

Iakovou, Takis.  THERE LIES A HIDDEN SCORPION.

John, Cathie. ADD ONE DEAD CRITIC

John, Cathie. BEAT A ROTTEN EGG TO THE PUNCH

John, Cathie. CARVE A WITNESS TO SHREDS.

Kahn, Sharon.  FAX ME A BAGLE.

Kahn, Sharon. NEVER NOSH A MATZO BALL

Killham, Nina. HOW TO COOK A TART. 2002.

            Hysterical non-mystery about food.

Kimball, Stephen.  RED DAYS.  1993.

            A madman is poisoning the food supply from Seattle to Miami.

King, Peter.  DEATH AL DENTE

King, Peter.  DYING ON THE VINE.

King, Peter.  HEALTHY PLACE TO DIE

King, Peter.  THE GOURMET DETECTIVE.  St. Martin’s 1996

            Meet the Gourmet Detective a chef turned sleuth. His first.

King, Peter.  SPICED TO DEATH.  1997.

King, Peter. ROUX THE DAY.

Kingsbury, Kate.  ROOM WITH A CLUE.  1993.

            Edwardian hotel owner Cecily Sinclair serves up lots about cooks, food and kitchens.

            Her first.

Kingsbury, Kate.  DO NOT DISTURB.  1994

Kingsbury, Kate.  SERVICE FOR TWO.  1994

Kingsbury, Kate.  EAT, DRINK, AND BE BURIED.  1994.

Kingsbury, Kate.  CHECK-OUT TIME.  1995

Kingsbury, Kate.  GROUNDS FOR MURDER.  1995.

Kingsbury, Kate.  PAY TH EPIPER.  1996.

Kingsbury, Kate.  CHIVALRY IS DEAD.  1996.

Kingsbury, Kate.  RING FOR TOMB SERVICE, 1997.

Kingsbury, Kate.  DEATH WITH RESERVATION.  1998

Kingsbury, Kate.  DYING ROOM ONLY.  1998

Lamalle, Cecile. APPETITE FOR MURDER

Lamalle, Cecile. GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT

Lamalle, Cecile. PREPARED FOR MURDER

Landrum, Graham.  THE FAMOUS DAR MURDER MYSTERY.  St. Martin’s 1992.

Lathen, Emma.  MURDER TO GO.  Simon, 1969.

Laurence, Janet.  A DEEP COFFYN.  MacMillan, 1989.

            British cookbook editor Darina Lisle. Her first.

Laurence, Janet.  TASTY WAY TO DIE.  MacMillan, 1990.

Laurence, Janet.  HOTEL MORGUE.  St. Martin’s 1992.

Laurence, Janet.  RECIPE FOR DEATH.  St. Martin’s, 1993.

Laurence, Janet.  DEATH AND THE EPICURE.  St. Martin’s, 1993.

Laurence, Janet.  DEATH A TABLE.  MacMillan, 1994.

Laurence, Janet. DEATH AT LA PROVENCAL.  Headline, 1996.

Laurence, Janet. DIET FOR DEATH. 1997.

Laurence, Janet. MERMAID’S FEAST.

Lileks, James.  MR. OBVIOUS.  1995

            Minneapolis food critic is shot after he encounters Marxist food terrorists.

Lyons, Nan and Ivan.  THE PRESIDENT IS COMING TO LUNCH.

Lyons, Nan and Ivan.  SOMEONE IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE.

            Warner, 1978.

            Natasha O’Brien and Millie Ogden.

Lyons, Nan and Ivan.  SOMEONE IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF AMERICA.

            Warner 1993.

Manson, Cynthia.ed.  CRIME A LA CARTE.  1994.

            Nineteen stories in which the key ingredient in the mystery is food.

Manson, Cynthia, ed.  MURDER AT TEATIME.  1996.

            The culinary works of thirteen British cozy authors.

Mason, Sarah. THE CORPSE IN THE KITCHEN.  1993

Mason, Sarah. FROZEN STIFF.  1993

Mason, Sarah. MURDER IN A MAZE.  1993

Mayle, Peter. ANYTHING CONSIDERED.

            Expatriate Bennett in Provence.

Mayle, Peter.  CHASING CEZANNE.

            Andre Kelly in the South of France and the Caribbean.

Mayor, Archer.  FRUITS OF THE POISON TREE

McKevett, G. A.  BITTER SWEETS.  1996

McKevett, G. A.  COOKED GOOSE

McKevett, G. A. JUST DESSERTS.  Kensington, 1995.

            Sexy Savannah Reid is told to turn over her police badge because she is overweight. She becomes a PI instead.

McKevett, G. A.  KILLER CALORIES.  1997

McKevett, G. A. SUGAR AND SPITE

Meyers, Annette.  GROANING BOARD,  1997

            Xenia Smith and Leslie Wetzon.

Mitchell, Gladys.  WATSON’S DINNER.  1955.

            Dame Beatrice investigates a murder at a Sherlock Holmes dinner.

Myers, Amy.  MURDER IN PUG’S PARLOR.  Malvern, 1987.

            Auguste Didier

Myers, Amy.  MURDER IN THE LIMELIGHT.  Malvern, 1987.

Myers, Amy.  MURDER AT PLUM’S.  Headline, 1989.

Myers, Amy.  MURDER AT THE MASQUE.  Avon, 1993.

Myers, Amy. MURDER MAKES AN ENTRÉE.

Myers, Amy.  MURDER IN THE SMOKEHOUSE.

Myers, Amy. MURDER WITH MAJESTY.

Myers, Amy. MURDER IN THE QUEEN’S BOUDOIR.

Myers, Tamara.  TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH.  Doubleday, 1994.

            Pennsylvania Dutch Magdelena Yoder. Her first. Recipes.

Myers, Tamara. NO USE DYING OVER SPILT MILK.  Dutton, 1995.

Myers, Tamara.  PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND CRIME.  1996.

Myers, Tamar.  JUST PLAIN PICKLED TO DEATH.  1997

Myers, Tamar. BETWEEN A WOK AND A HARD PLACE, 1998

Myers, Tamar. EAT DRINK AND BE WARY, 1999.

Myers, Tamar.  PLAY IT AGAIN, SPAM.  2000.

Myers, Tamar. HARD THAT ROCKS THE LADLE, 2001.

Myers, Tamar. CREPES OF WRATH, 2002.

Myers, Tamar. GRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT, 2002, 2003.

Myers, Tamar. CUSTARD’S LAST STAND, 2003

Myers, Tamar, Carl, et al. AND THE DYING IS EASY.

            Short story collection.

Neel, Janet.  TO DIE FOR.  1998.

            John McLeish and Francesca Wilson.

Neri, Kris.  REVENGE OF THE GYPSY QUEEN.

Oppenheim, E. Phillips.  MILAN GRILL ROOM. Hodder, 1940.

Page, Katherine Hall.  BODY IN THE BELFRY.  St. Martin’s, 1990.

            Caterer Faith Fairchild.  Her first.

Page, Katherine Hall.  BODY IN THE KELP.  1991.

Page, Katherine Hall.  BODY IN THE BOULLION, 1991.

Page, Katherine Hall.   BODY IN THE VESTIBULE.  1992.

Page, Katherine Hall.  BODY IN THE CAST.  St. Martin’s, 1993

Page, Katherine Hall.  BODY IN THE BASEMENT.  St. Martin’s, 1994

Page, Katherine Hall.  BODY IN THE BOG.  Morrow, 1996.

Page, Katherine Hall. BODY IN THE FJORD,  1997.

Page, Katherine Hall.  BODY IN THE BOOKCASE.1998.

Page, Katherine Hall. BODY IN THE BIG APPLE, 1999.

Page, Katherine Hall. BODY IN THE MOONLIGHT, 2000

Page, Katheirne Hall. BODY IN THE BONFIRE, 2001

Page, Katherine Hall. BODY IN THE LIGHTHOUSE, 2003

Peck-Hill, Susan.  WOLF AT THE WEDDING

Peck-Hill, Susan.  MUSHROOM CANAPE CAPER, 2002

Pence, Joanne. TOO MANY COOKS, 1993

Pence, Joanne.  SOMETHING COOKING.  1993.

Pence, Joanne.  COOKING UP TROUBLE.  Harper, 1995.

            Chef Angie Amalfi goes to Hill Haven Inn in Northern California.

Pence, Joanne,  COOKING MOST DEADLY.  Harper, 1996.

Pence, Joanne.  COOK’S NIGHT OUT.  1998.

Pence, Joanne,  COOKS OVERBOARD, 1999.

Pence, Joanne. A COOK IN TIME, 2000.

Pence, Joanne. TO CATCH A COOK, 2001

Pence, Joanne. BELL, COOK, AND CANDLE, 2002

Pence, Joanne.  IF COOKS COULD KILL, 2003

Pentecost, Hugh. SOW DEATH, REAP DEATH.

Pesetsky, Betty. MIDNIGHT SWEETS

Pickard, Nancy.  THE 27 INGREDIENT CHILI CON CARNE MURDERS. Delacorte, 1993.

            Mrs. Eugenia Potter.

Pickard, Nancy.  THE BLUE CORN MURDERS.  1998.

            Mrs. Eugenia Potter.

Relling, Jr., William.  DEADLY VINTAGE.  1995.

Jack Donne a former FBI agent turns to wine-making. Then someone counterfeits his friend’s prize-winning pinot noir.

Rich, Virginia. THE COOKING SCHOOL MURDERS.  Dutton, 1982.

            Mrs. Eugenia Potter.  Her first.

Rich, Virginia.  BAKED BEAN SUPPER MURDERS.  Dutton, 1983.

Rich, Virginia.  NANTUCKET DIET MURDERS.  Delacorte, 1985.

Rich, Virginia. SEE ALSO NANCY PICKARD

Richman.  Phyllis.  THE BUTTER DID IT.1997

            Washington Post culinary critic turns author. Her first.

Richman, Phyllis. MURDER ON THE GRAVY TRAIN.  1999.

Richman, Phyllis. WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA HAM?  Harper Collins, 2001.

Roudybush, Alexandra.  GASTRONOMIC MURDER

Rozan, S.J. BITTER FEAST.

Sawyer, Corinne.  MURDER HAS NO CALORIES.

Sawyer, Corinne.  PEANUT BUTTER MURDERS.

Sayers, Dorothy.  STRONG POISON.  Gollancz, 1930.

Sayers, Dorothy.  HANGMAN’S HOLIDAY, 1933.

Short story collection featuring Lord Peter and working class sleuth Montague Egg has a vintage case of wine poison.

Shankman, Sarah.  THE KING IS DEAD. 1992.

Atlanta journalist Samantha Adams goes to Tupelo MI and finds the site of an international barbecue cook-off and murder.

Simenon, Georges.  BATTLE OF NERVES.  Routledge, 1939.

Simpson, Dorothy.  A DAY FOR DYING, 1995.

            Honored guest is killed at an engagement party.

Smith, J. C. S. JACOBY’S FIRST CASE.  Atheneum, 1980.

            Jacoby is a security officer for the Pinnacle Room, a posh restaurant in NYC.

            First Jacoby.

Smith, J. C. S.  NIGHTCAP.  Atheneum, 1984

Smith, Julie.  HOUSE OF BLUES.  1995.

New Orleans homicide detective Skip Langdon searches for the killer of a prominent restaurateur.

Smith, Julie.  THE SOURDOUGH WARS. 1984.

            Rebecca Schwartz, the youngish SF attorney, confronts the war of the bakers.

Stout, Rex.  BAD FOR BUSINESS.  1995.

When a catering service head meets an untimely death, Tecumseh Fox sorts out the ingredients in the case.

Stout, Rex.  PLEASE PASS THE GUILT.

Stout, Rex.  TOO MANY COOKS.  Farrar, 1938.

            Nero Wolfe.

Temple, Lou Jane. DEATH BY RHUBARB. 1996.

            First Heaven Lee

Temple, Lou Jane.  REVENGE OF THE BARBEQUE QUEENS.  1997

Temple, Lou Jane.  STIFF RISOTTO.  1997

Temple, Lou Jane.  BREAD ON ARRIVAL 1998.

Temple, Lou Jane.  CORNBREAD KILLER. 

Temple, Lou Jane.  RED BEANS AND VICE  

Temple, Lou Jane. DEATH IS SEMISWEET.

Wainwright, John.  THE VENUS FLY-TRAP.  MacMillan, 1980.

Weber, Janice.  DEVIL'S FOOD

Weber, Janice.  FROST THE FIDDLER.  1992.

            First Leslie Frost.

Wolzien, Valerie.  ‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE MURDERED.  Fawcett, 1994.

            Susan Henshaw. Lots of cooking, and bookmark has recipes.

Wolzien, Valerie.  WE WISH YOU A MERRY MURDER.  Fawcett, 1991.

Between creating cheese balls and salmon mousse for her annual holiday party, our heroine does some yuletide detection.

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