Take one burned-out city girl. Add a crusty codger, a pinch of gossip, and a dash of romance. Stir in a generous helping of murder and you’ve got the ingredients for one truly delicious mystery… Haunted by the car accident that ended her caree...
Val Deniston loves the historic Chesapeake Bay town where she lives with her grandfather, the Codger Cook. Running the fitness club’s Cool Down Café -- and salvaging the five-ingredient dishes Granddad messes up -- keeps her busy. She’s used to ...
Val Deniston certainly has her plate full running a café, dabbling with recipes, and helping her grandfather prepare for the town's upcoming tri-centennial celebration, but she's grown fond of her new life in the Chesapeake Bay town of Bayport. . . ...
It’s a cold January in the Chesapeake Bay area, but Cool Down Café manager Val Deniston has plenty to sweat over -- like catering a book club event, testing recipes for her Granddad’s cookbook, and catching the author of a deadly tale of murder....
Managing a fitness club café and collaborating on a cookbook with her grandfather are Val Deniston’s usual specialties, but she’s about to set sail into nearby Chesapeake Bay -- straight into a murder case... Since catering themed events is ...
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 ta...
When Santa is sleighed by a poison gingerbread cookie at a holiday party, Val Deniston''s reputation is on the line . . . This holiday season Bayport, Maryland, is a dead ringer for Victorian London. Val and her grandfather are taking par...
Managing a fitness club café and collaborating on recipes with her grandfather are Val Deniston’s usual specialties, only she’s about to set sail into another murder case -- this time at a mystery lovers convention!When the Deadly Desserts bake-...
A granddaughter-grandfather sleuthing duo take on a perplexing new case in the latest culinary cozy mystery, sure to appeal to fans of Diane Mott, Joanne Fluke, and Katherine Hall Page. At the site of a fatal blaze, Val’s boyfriend, a firefi...