Cookin' the Books
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Publisher Description
Literary caterer Letitia ‘Tish’ Tarragon fights to save her reputation and catch a killer when a murder occurs during a fundraising dinner for the local library.
Letitia ‘Tish’ Tarragon has just moved to Hobson Glen and opened a new restaurant and catering business, Cookin’ the Books Cafe. So when her new landlord, Schulyer Thompson, recommends her to Binnie Broderick, the executive director of the local library, Tish is delighted. Binnie needs a last-minute caterer to create a literary inspired three-course dinner for the library’s annual fundraiser, one of the highlights of Hobson Glen’s social season.
But there’s a problem: Binnie Broderick is a notoriously difficult woman to please. And when she chokes to death from arsenic poisoning after dousing her main course in hot sauce, Tish suddenly finds herself fighting to save her business – and her reputation. It seems that very few of Hobson Glen’s residents escaped Binnie’s disapproval. But who would want her dead, and why?
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This breezy series launch from Meade (the Marjorie McClellan mysteries) introduces Letitia "Tish" Tarragon, a former banker who has moved to the little town of Hobson Glen, Va., to open Cookin' the Books Caf , which offers such dishes as Who's Afraid of Virginia Baked Ham on Cheesy Edgar Allan Poe-lenta. The caf is not yet up and running when her handsome landlord, Schuyler Thompson, tells her that he has recommended her services to Lavinia "Binnie" Broderick, executive director of the local library, who's organizing an annual fundraising event. A descendant of one of Virginia's oldest and richest families, Binnie feels it is her duty to instruct her fellow citizens on moral and social conduct, even if that means resorting to threats. She has therefore earned the antipathy of many Hobson Glen residents. When, at the big library do, she drops dead and the authorities start a murder investigation, no one's surprised and everyone seems to have a motive. Fans of food-themed cozies full of literary puns will be satisfied.
