Sprinkle with murder

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Title:

Sprinkle with murder

Author:

McKinlay, Jenn, author.

Series:

Cupcake bakery mystery ;

Series Number:

Summary:

"Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are finally living out their dream as the proud owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. Their first big order is a sweet deal, too--five hundred cupcakes for a fashion designer's wedding. The only sour note is the demanding bridezilla who insists on original recipes for the cupcakes. When Mel stumbles upon the bride-to-be dead-by-cupcake, she immediately becomes the prime suspect. The police believe that a secret ingredient in the cupcakes caused her death. To save Mel and their business, the ladies need to find the real murderer--before the cupcake killer ices someone else..."--P. [4] of cover.

Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are living out their dream as the owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. But their first big client, a bridezilla, is a nightmare. When Mel stumbles upon the bride-to-be dead-by-cupcake, she becomes the prime suspect. Includes recipes.

General Note:

"First in a new series" -- Cover, p.[1]

Includes recipes (p. [217]-222)

Includes an excerpt of "Buttercream bump off" (p.[225]-231).

"Berkley Prime Crime mystery."

Edition:

Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed.

Physical Description:

viii, 231 p. ; 18 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Cooper, Melanie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

DeLaura, Angie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Businesswomen -- Fiction.

Bakeries -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Women private investigators -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Berkley Publishing Group,

Publication Date:

2010

ISBN:

9780425233429

Publication Information:

New York : Berkley Publishing Group, 2010.

Call Number:

MCKINLA

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are finally living out their dream as the proud owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. But their first big client is a nightmare. She's a bridezilla who wants 500 custom cupcakes for her wedding.

When Mel stumbles upon the bride-to-be dead-by-cupcake, she becomes the prime suspect. To save themselves and their business, the ladies need to find the real murderer, before the cupcake killer ices someone else.

Author Notes

The hardest decision New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay ever had to make was what to major in during college. Then she discovered the sanctuary of the library and library science--a major that allowed her to study all the subjects. She loves working as a librarian. After all, what other occupation allows you to research the ethnobotanical properties of agave, perform a puppet show for twenty wiggly toddlers and try to answer why the rabbit's foot is considered lucky, all in the same day? Jenn is also the author of the Cupcake Bakery Mysteries, the Hat Shop Mysteries and the Bluff Point romance series. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, in a house that is overrun with books, pets, kids and her husband's guitars.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

McKinlay (who writes decoupage mysteries as Lucy Lawrence) pens a tender cozy full of warm and likable characters and a refreshingly sympathetic murder victim. Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura have just opened their cupcake bakery, Fairy Tale Cupcakes, with financial help from their best friend, Tate Harper. It seems like a dream come true, with the exception of their resentful competition and the excessive demands of Tate's vapid fiancee, fashion designer Christie Stevens. When Christie is found dead in her studio holding a sample wedding cupcake, the bakers become suspects. Melanie has faith the police will solve the case, but she's less sure about the motives of Angie's handsome DA brother, Joe, and concern for Tate and Christie's family drives her to launch her own investigation. Readers will look forward to more of McKinlay's tasty concoctions. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved