Peppermint Barked: A Spice Shop Mystery
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- Synopsis
- A Dickens of a Christmas turns deadly… As the holiday season lights up Seattle&’s famed Pike Place Market, Pepper Reece&’s beloved Spice Shop is brimming with cinnamon, nutmeg, and shoppers eager to stuff their stockings. Add to the mix a tasty staff competition—a peppermint bark-off—along with Victorian costumes for this year&’s Dickensian Christmas theme, and Pepper almost forgets to be nervous about meeting her fisherman boyfriend&’s brother for the first time. But when a young woman working in her friend Vinny&’s wine shop is brutally assaulted, costumed revelers and holiday cheer are the last things on Pepper&’s mind. Who would want to hurt Beth? Or were they looking for Vinny instead? The vicious attack upsets everyone at Pike Place, but none more than Pepper&’s own employee, Matt Kemp. At first, Pepper is baffled by his reaction, but his clandestine connection to Beth could hold the key to the assailant&’s motive. Or perhaps it&’s Vinny&’s ex-wife who knows more than she&’s letting on . . . and what about the mysterious top-hatted man with whom Pepper saw Beth arguing that morning? As the secrets of the market come to light, long-held grudges, family ties, and hidden plans only further obscure the truth. Is it a ghost of the past rattling its chains, or a contemporary Scrooge with more earthly motives? As Pepper chases down a killer, someone is chasing her, and in the end, the storied market itself may hold the final, deadly clue. A cozy holiday mystery full of culinary delights and a rich cast of characters, the sixth installment in the Spice Shop Mystery series will keep you turning the page . . . and reaching for another piece of peppermint bark.
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 240 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781645060703
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781645060543
- Publisher:
- Seventh Street Books®, an imprint of Prometheus Books
- Date of Addition:
- 07/06/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Leslie Ann Budewitz.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Cooking, Food and Wine, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.