Amy Patricia Meade Libros

A sharp and tangy culinary mystery featuring Tish Tarragon. Can Tish beat the curse of the cherry pie to win first prize at the Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off?When literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon's friend and star baker at Cookin' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake , a frangipane cherry pie , be up to the grade?As the bake-off gets underway, Tish's worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus . . . and both women died suddenly before making their bakes.Amid bitter rivalries , simmering jealousy and the bakers' insatiable appetite for winning, is the curse of the cherry pie about to strike again ?

Could a body found in a graveyard be linked to a tragic murder twenty-five years ago? Tish Tarragon is plunged into a new case when a fundraising dinner in the local church hall leads to a dark discovery. Literary caterer Tish Tarragon's 'heroines of literature' fundraising dinner at St. Jude's Episcopal Church is a resounding success. But as Tish walks through the graveyard to lock up the church hall, she takes a tumble . . . over a dead body.Retired Sheriff Gadsden Carney has been murdered. Not only that, he's lying upon the Honeycutt family plot. Six-year-old Daisy Honeycutt was killed twenty-five years ago in a case that rocked Hobson Glen. Sheriff Carney was in charge of the investigation - and his murder looks suspiciously similar to young Daisy's.Tish and Sheriff Reade discover that Gadsden was looking into the Honeycutt case again. Could his death be linked to Daisy's murder all those years ago? Her killer died behind bars. Or so everyone thought . . .

Literary chef Tish Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek's annual garden club awards, but two days before the event one of the competitors is found dead in his pristine garden. After hearing that he was the favourite to win the top prize this year, Tish can't help being drawn into the investigation...

Literary caterer and owner of Cookin' the Books cafe Tish Tarragon witnesses controversial TV chef Gunner Randall threatening staff at the B&B; where she is catering for a wedding weekend. When he's found dead from mushroom poisoning the next day, can Tish and Sheriff Clemson Reade uncover who wanted to silence him for good?

Literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon is delighted when Binnie Broderick, executive director of the local library, asks her to provide a literary inspired three-course dinner for the library's annual fundraiser. But when Binnie's food is poisoned, Tish suddenly finds herself fighting to save her reputation... and catch a killer.

Tish Tarragon finds a dead ingénue while catering breakfast for the Williamsburg Theatre Group during the Hobsen Glen Holiday Fair.

Tish Tarragon is looking forward to opening her new caf� the day after Thanksgiving, but before then she has to cater for the Annual Colonial Springs Turkey Trot. But as spectator's wait for the starter's pistol, they hear the sound of rifle shots and Deputy Mayor Behrens is found dead. Was he the intended target?