Description
Val Deniston is catering the debut of Bayport's newest bookstore--but the death of a customer is about to draw her into a real-life murder mystery ...
Suzette Cripps has been occupying a spare bedroom at Val's granddad's house while she takes classes in this Maryland Eastern Shore town--but she's always seemed a little secretive and fearful, and any talk about her past is a closed book. After winning the costume contest at the Halloween-themed bookstore party, Suzette is mowed down by a hit-and-run driver--and Val and her grandfather start to wonder whether it was really an accident or if someone was after Suzette. Granddad is a little distracted by his new enterprise as a ghost-buster, but as Val talks to Suzette's coworkers and fellow creative writing students, she grows more convinced that the dead woman's demons weren't imaginary--and that she needs to rip the mask off a killer ... Includes delicious five-ingredient recipes!
Author: Maya Corrigan
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Published: 08/27/2019
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.60h x 4.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781496722423
ISBN10: 1496722426
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Cozy | Culinary
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Amateur Sleuth
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths
Suzette Cripps has been occupying a spare bedroom at Val's granddad's house while she takes classes in this Maryland Eastern Shore town--but she's always seemed a little secretive and fearful, and any talk about her past is a closed book. After winning the costume contest at the Halloween-themed bookstore party, Suzette is mowed down by a hit-and-run driver--and Val and her grandfather start to wonder whether it was really an accident or if someone was after Suzette. Granddad is a little distracted by his new enterprise as a ghost-buster, but as Val talks to Suzette's coworkers and fellow creative writing students, she grows more convinced that the dead woman's demons weren't imaginary--and that she needs to rip the mask off a killer ... Includes delicious five-ingredient recipes!
Author: Maya Corrigan
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Published: 08/27/2019
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.60h x 4.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781496722423
ISBN10: 1496722426
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Cozy | Culinary
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Amateur Sleuth
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths
About the Author
Maya Corrigan lives near Washington, D.C., within easy driving distance of Maryland's Eastern Shore, the setting for this series. She has taught courses in writing, detective fiction, and American literature at Georgetown University and NOVA community college. A winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense, she has published essays on drama and short stories under her full name of Mary Ann Corrigan. Visit her at mayacorrigan.com.