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The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer

By: Livia J. Washburn

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In this delectable Fresh Baked mystery, Phyllis Newsom returns with a festive Christmas recipe that’s to die for… ‘Tis the season in Weatherford, Texas, and everyone in town is gearing up for the annual holiday parade and tree-lighting ceremony in the town square, where Phyllis Newsom will be serving her much-anticipated candy cane cupcakes. Local rancher Barney McCrory manages to charm one away from her before the ceremony begins. But unfortunately, when the minty confection is finished, so is he. This isn’t the first time someone has dropped dead after eating one of Phyllis’s treats. But when the paramedics determine the rancher was shot, suspicion swiftly falls on McCrory’s daughter and her husband—who both stand to reap some sweet rewards from his death. Though Phyllis doesn’t want to get mixed up in another murder investigation, something about this case doesn’t sit right with her. With a little help from a tabloid TV news crew, Phyllis must unwrap the truth and restore good cheer to Weatherford before it’s too late... Includes recipes!

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0451416716

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9780451416711

Call to Arms

By: Livia Hallam

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Call to Arms

By: Livia Hallam

On December 20, 1860, two friends take part in a momentous occasion in the graceful old city of Charleston, South Carolina. The stories of these young people and their friends & families play out against the drumbeat of impending war & many of their romantic notions about the glory of war are shattered.

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Cumberland House Publishing

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1581824793

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9781581824797

The Christmas Cookie Killer

By: Livia J. Washburn

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The Christmas Cookie Killer

By: Livia J. Washburn

Christmas comes to Weatherford, Texas, in this delicious new entry in the national bestselling series. Yuletide is here?and retired teacher cum amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom looks forward to finishing up this unlucky year. But she won?t be hanging up her apron just yet?because this year?s Christmas bake-off is going to be cutthroat. Phyllis would like to think she?s entering the Christmas cookie contest for the fun of it?but that?s not exactly true. She can?t imagine anyone beating her snowflake-shaped lime sugar cookies. Then, during her annual Christmas cookie exchange, Phyllis heads over to the elderly Mrs. Simmons?s home and finds her dead, in a pile of lime sugar cookies. But with a number of names on Santa?s naughty list, this case may be a hard cookie to crumble.

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Penguin

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0451225341

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9780451225344

Trick or Deadly Treat

By: Livia J. Washburn

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Trick or Deadly Treat

By: Livia J. Washburn

It’s Halloween in Weatherford, Texas—which means Phyllis Newsom is baking up a storm of yummy seasonal treats...but she’s about to get even busier unmasking a killer. While Phyllis and her friend Carolyn are preparing for a baking contest, her housemate Sam adopts Buck, an adorable Dalmatian who was hit by a car. To thank local veterinarian Hank Baxter for helping the dog, Phyllis and Carolyn bake a batch of doggie treats for his other four-legged patients. But when they arrive at the clinic, the vet is in the process of being arrested—for the murder of his wife! Convinced that the police are barking up the wrong tree and that someone’s been burying evidence, Sam begs Phyllis to help find the real killer. Joined by Buck, the friends engage in a dogged pursuit of the murderer, who will stop at nothing to muzzle them…permanently. Includes Recipes

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1101597232

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9781101597231

The Fatal Funnel Cake

By: Livia J. Washburn

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The Fatal Funnel Cake

By: Livia J. Washburn

It’s time for the State Fair of Texas—and cooking contests galore! Fryers are heating up and stomachs are growling. But Phyllis Newsom had better watch out. Someone’s brought an appetite for murder.... Phyllis and her friends Carolyn and Sam are ready to whip up their best dishes and win some ribbons in Dallas. And they’re excited to learn that one of their favorite celebrity chefs—Joye Jameson of The Joye of Cooking—is broadcasting her TV show from the fair. When Phyllis’s funnel cake is picked as one of the best of that category, Joye invites her and the other finalists to prepare their delicious recipes live on the air. But Phyllis’s moment in the spotlight is spoiled after Joye suffers a deadly allergic reaction from one bite of her funnel cake. Now she’s gone from top entry to top suspect. So in order to clear her name, Phyllis will have to turn up the heat on this investigation before the real killer slips through her fingers.... INCLUDES RECIPES!

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Penguin

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1101595310

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9781101595312

The Pumpkin Muffin Murder

By: Livia J. Washburn

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The Pumpkin Muffin Murder

By: Livia J. Washburn

It's Thanksgiving in Weatherford, Texas, and Phyllis is taking her grandson, Bobby, to the first annual Harvest Festival with hopes of winning the baking contest now that her friendly competitor, Carolyn, is judging and not competing. But when a decorative scarecrow turns out to be a dead body in disguise, Phyllis must dish out some justice...

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1101466138

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9781101466131

The Gingerbread Bump-Off

By: Livia J. Washburn

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The Gingerbread Bump-Off

By: Livia J. Washburn

This Christmas, a killer's serving up a trayful of trouble in a new holiday Fresh Baked Mystery. As Christmas approaches in Weatherford, Texas, Phyllis Newsom is decorating her house in preparation for the Jingle Bell Tour. The last thing she expects is that one of her ceramic gingerbread men will be used to commit murder.... When her friend Georgia Hallerbee asks Phyllis to have her house featured in the annual Christmas Jingle Bell Tour of Homes, Phyllis is equally flattered and flustered. She already has a bridal shower on Christmas Eve and a wedding on New Year’s Eve to prepare for, and she’s been baking gingerbread cookies like they’re going out of style. But like her tasty treats, she rises to the occasion. Before the tour can even get under way, Phyllis hears a crash on her front porch and makes a gruesome discovery. Someone has broken a decorative gingerbread man over Georgia’s head. Santa’s naughty list just got longer—and with the police baffled, it’s up to Phyllis to catch a half-baked killer... Includes recipes!

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0451235916

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9780451235916

Wedding Cake Killer

By: Livia J. Washburn

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Wedding Cake Killer

By: Livia J. Washburn

Wedding bells will be ringing in Weatherford, Texas, this Christmas when Phyllis Newsom opens up her home for her best friend’s wedding. And although the bride is wearing white, no one suspects that she’ll soon be wearing black.... After all the planning—and the cake tasting—the big day has finally arrived. Eve Turner, one of Phyllis’s boarders—and her best friend—is moving out and getting married to the affable Roy Porter. While she’s sad to see Eve go, Phyllis is more than happy to host the event in her home and to bake the bride and groom a delicious three-tiered coconut wedding cake. Even though a snowstorm in the forecast seems like a recipe for disaster, the day runs as smoothly as buttercream. But the marriage doesn’t last long past the honeymoon. When Roy’s found dead at a Weatherford bed-and-breakfast, Eve’s the top suspect. Now Phyllis must find out who iced Roy before her friend finds herself behind bars…. Includes recipes!

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Penguin

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110160882X

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9781101608821

A Peach of a Murder

By: Livia J. Washburn

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A Peach of a Murder

By: Livia J. Washburn

All year round, retired schoolteacher Phyllis Newsom is as sweet as peach pie-except during the Peach Festival, whose blue ribbon has slipped through Phyllis's fingers more than once... Everyone's a little shook up when the corpse of a no-good local turns up underneath a car in a local garage. But even as Phyllis engages in some amateur sleuthing, she won't let it distract her from out-baking her rivals and winning the upcoming Peach Festival contest. She and all the other contestants guard their secret, original recipes with their lives-and talk a whole lot of trash. With her unusual Spicy Peach Cobbler, Phyllis hopes to knock 'em dead. But that's just an expression-never in her wildest dreams did she think her cobbler would actually kill a judge. Now, she's suspected of murder-and she's got to bake this case wide open.

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Penguin

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1101550570

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9781101550571

Killer On A Hot Tin Roof

A Delilah Dickinson Literary Tour Mystery

By: Livia J Washburn

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Killer On A Hot Tin Roof

A Delilah Dickinson Literary Tour Mystery

By: Livia J Washburn

Delilah Dickinson is looking forward to a relaxing getaway leading her literary travel agency's latest tour at the annual Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans. But a group of low-key English professors waste little time drawing their claws, especially when one of them claims he can prove Williams didn't even write Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. But when the supposed real author turns up dead, Delilah knows she's got to get to the bottom of things. . .even if the truth is as dirty as all them lies! Finding a murderer amidst all the steamy affairs, squabbling, and shouts of"Shut up! / No, you shut up!" is making Delilah feel like a certain cat stuck on a certain roof. Plus there's still a killer on the loose, and if she doesn't act quickly she just may find herself starring. . .in her very own death scene! Praise for Livia J. Washburn and Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead "Amusing, breathlessly quick." --Publishers Weekly "Gone with the Wind fans will cozy up to this tale." --Mystery Scene

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0758274173

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9780758274175

Killer Crab Cakes

By: Livia J. Washburn

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Killer Crab Cakes

By: Livia J. Washburn

In this bake-off, people get knocked off. The irresistible new entry in the national bestselling series. When Phyllis?s cousin asks her to look after her Oak Knoll bed-and-breakfast for a few weeks, Phyllis jumps at the chance?mostly because the inn is located close to the annual Rockport, Texas, Just Desserts competition. Determined to beat her friendly rival and enjoy some peaceful downtime with her boyfriend Sam, Phyllis concocts the ultimate sweet treat. But Phyllis?s holiday turns bitter when she and Sam discover a dead body?and all signs point to murder. Dismayed that bad luck seems to pop up wherever she goes, Phyllis wants to stay out of this one. But as the list of suspects gets too close for comfort, she decides to throw herself into the mix. Because when it comes to solving murders, Phyllis is one smart cookie.

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1101140461

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9781101140468

Murder By the Slice

By: Livia J. Washburn

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Murder By the Slice

By: Livia J. Washburn

At this year's school carnival fund-raiser, the obnoxious president of the Parent Teacher Organization is found stabbed through the heart with Phyllis Newsom's own knife, with traces of incriminating frosting. Clearing her name will be no piece of cake...

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0451222504

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9780451222503

The Vampire Affair

By: Livia Reasoner

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The Vampire Affair

By: Livia Reasoner

The world knew Michael Brandt as a playboy tycoon. The underworld knew him as a fierce vampire hunter. Armed with a wooden stake and superior strength, Michael targeted the most powerful overlords in a clandestine do–or–die operation...and then tabloid reporter Jessie Morgan uncovered his secret. Only once before had Michael allowed a woman into his secret lair. Now he'd fight heaven and hell to keep Jessie from the same fate. But he couldn't fight the attraction that drew him to her like a bloodlust. An attraction that might prove deadly...or worse. For Michael was going up against the most powerful of the undead; and that vampire had his fangs bared for Jessie.

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HarperCollins Australia

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1460826906

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9781460826904

Tie a Black Ribbon

By: James Reasoner,Livia J. Washburn

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Tie a Black Ribbon

By: James Reasoner,Livia J. Washburn

A husband-and-wife veteran writing team, Reasoner and Washburn combine two loves -- mysteries and westerns -- in the character of Skeeter Barlow. A private investigator by day, Skeeter spends her nights as head of security for the Horsehead Bar and Grill ... in other words, bouncing rowdy cowboys before they cause serious problems. But when she's hired to locate a missing dog, a simple case turns into mayhem and Skeeter has to dance pretty fast to stay ahead of the bad guys.

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0786223626

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9780786223626

Dark Nights: Mistress of the Underground / The Vampire Affair

By: Lisa Childs,Livia Reasoner

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Dark Nights: Mistress of the Underground / The Vampire Affair

By: Lisa Childs,Livia Reasoner

Secrets... Agreeing to run popular nightclub Club Underground is a bigger challenge than Paige ever dreamed, as she discovers that no one in her life is who they seem – not her customers, her handsome doctor ex-husband Ben... not even herself. But when evil is unleashed, rekindling her passion with Ben may be the only way to save herself.

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147204133X

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Book's by Livia Reasoner

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Call to Arms

Call to Arms

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The Christmas Cookie Killer

Trick or Deadly Treat

Trick or Deadly Treat

The Fatal Funnel Cake

The Fatal Funnel Cake

The Pumpkin Muffin Murder

The Pumpkin Muffin Murder

The Gingerbread Bump-Off

The Gingerbread Bump-Off

Wedding Cake Killer

Wedding Cake Killer

A Peach of a Murder

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Killer On A Hot Tin Roof

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Killer Crab Cakes

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Murder By the Slice

Murder By the Slice

The Vampire Affair

The Vampire Affair

Tie a Black Ribbon

Tie a Black Ribbon

Dark Nights: Mistress of the Underground / The Vampire Affair

Dark Nights: Mistress of the Underground / The Vampire Affair

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