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Fudge Shop Mystery Series: Holly Jolly Fudge Folly

  Continue the Series:   "A truly engaging read with vibrant characters and just the right amount of Christmas magic. Christine DeSmet's Holly Jolly Fudge Folly is chock full of fun, including eccentric Midwesterner's defending hearth and home, suspects galore and of course fudge o'plenty. Cuddle up with some hot chocolate, this best of the best cozy is a 5-star read." ~Ann Garvin, USA Today best-selling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work ~~~ "Here comes Ava Oosterling's…
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Fudge Shop Mystery Series: Undercover Fudge by Christine De Smet

  Continue the Series:   Chapter 1 "Wedding Bell Blues"   My best friend Pauline Mertens barreled through the fudge shop door, her almost six-foot stature topped by a smile dressed up with red lipstick. Pauline had volunteered to organize the wedding for a good friend of ours scheduled for this Saturday. A mistake. Pauline in charge, that is, not the wedding. This was Wednesday late morning, the third week of July, a hot summer's day in Door County, Wisconsin,…
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Fudge Shop Mystery Series by Christine DeSmet

  Deadly Fudge Divas  A taste of trouble is in the air when a group of well-heeled, fudge-loving women descend on Ava Oosterling's newly acquired and lovingly refurbished bed & breakfast inn for a chocolate lovers' getaway. When one of the women turns up dead--and Ava's grandfather is a prime suspect--Ava plunges into the thick of a murder case stickier than her candy store's line of Fairy Tale fudge flavors and the chocolate facials the women adore at the local…
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Fudge Shop Mystery Series: Deadly Fudge Divas by Christine DeSmet

  Continue the Series:     "The same can be said for DeSmet's mysteries that can be said for actual fudge:  There is no way you can consume just one." ~Suspense Magazine   5 Stars! "When it comes to A Fudge Shop Mystery series, you can always count on an offbeat, fun and fantastic story that leaves you fiercely craving fudge (say that three times fast!). Christine DeSmet has another winner in Deadly Fudge Divas, the fourth in the series.…
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What is a “cozy” Mystery? By Christine DeSmet

The "cozy" mystery features an amateur sleuth who is usually a woman. The sleuth is likeable, smart and earnest, and they go about life with a good sense of humor. She's rarely a detective or police officer, but she knows somebody who is. The mystery is set in a small town or village, though a neighborhood in a big city or a vacation spot somewhere in the world may also be a location. Readers often buy cozy mysteries to vicariously…
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Who Wants Tyler Dead? By Frances Evlin

Marielle Jones has been hired to drive 8-year-old Tyler, his 10-year-old sister and their maternal grandmother on a camping trip across Oregon. When Tyler claims someone pushed him into the river, Marielle refuses to believe him. But, later, the party is shot at, and Marielle realizes something scary is going on. Is it possible someone wants an eight-year-old kid dead? Why? In the musty, dank corridors of an historic old military fort, astonishing answers emerge. Genre: Cozy Mystery     Word…