What happens when Teenage Hijinks turn into Murder? When the latest in a slew of Dumpster fires at the local campground turn up a finger and a ring, Jack Lovelace smells a corpse...and a job for his girlfriend Juli...Part-time Detective...Full-time Soup Witch at Snips and Snails Cafe... Add in the bone Juli's half-grown Lab Mix, Holly, digs up and brings home...the human bone... And now there's a new Mystery in town. ...and then they find the second grave. Is there a Serial Killer Loose in Veil Falls? Will they find the culprit before a new grave is dug for the next victim? There’s Spells to learn, Ghost’s to tame, and a Smidgeon of Romance in the air for Juli and a certain hunky Fire Chief… But first, she’ll need to get cooking. If she’s to survive what’s coming, she’ll need a new kind of Hero. And she has just the right recipe to conjure one up…
He might be innocent. Or he might be very, very guilty... Olympic skier Lock Roane was on top of the world: smashing world records, collecting medals, and basking in the love of a nation and his beautiful heiress girlfriend. It all comes crashing down after Lock discovers his girlfriend had an affair - then wakes from a drunken bender to find himself covered in her blood. Disgraced and dethroned, Lock awaits his murder trial with dread, not knowing if his girlfriend died at his own hands. Journalist Jordan Sinclair is out of options. To satisfy her blackmailer, she must get the inside scoop (and its cash reward) on Lock Roane. An attraction to the arrogant athlete was not part of the plan. Neither is trying to find out what really happened that night. Now Jordan risks everything - including her life - to help the man she's falling for. A man who just might be a cold-blooded killer...
In this, the second offering of The Son of a Son of the Thin Man series, Murder Along the Crooked Way starts in Detroit and travels throughout the Waweatunong, or Crooked Way of Michigan and Canadian waters. Waweatunong is a Native American term for the connected waterway that includes Lake Erie, the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair River, and Lake Huron. To look at it from outer space would certainly give the appearance of a crooked way. Nicholas Charles III, the once filthy-rich man, then poor man and currently attempting to get back to rich man status from California and Laura Stackhouse, his native-Detroiter fiancé and former hooker are finally engaged to married. The pending nuptials and recent changes in their living arrangements opened the door for our protagonists to spend more time together delving into the criminal element lurking in and around the Great Lakes. After a court battle to recover a portion of his inherited millions that was embezzled by his deceased accountant, Ferguson Malarkey, Nick and his bride-to-be make their first joint purchase. Of all the possibilities open to them, they bought a boat and sail directly into the path of abduction, drug trafficking, and murder on the high seas. In the midst of murder and mayhem, Doc went his way and the newlyweds went theirs. Doc inadvertently crosses paths with the just married, Mr. and Mrs. Charles and rekindles their earlier camaraderie in pursuit of the killer(s). The three sleuths and their crew blaze a trail through Michigan's water winter wonderland in an attempt to bring the murderers to justice. Returning crewmates from the Civil War era, Mackie and Cleophus get in on the action with their newly discovered hide and go seek type approach to their existence. From their ghostly past, the two former slaves returned to life in Murder by Proxy, one year earlier. Their adventures along the Crooked Way with their newly acquired post-Civil War shipmates give them an opportunity to fight crime when they are alive, then return to their ghostly state and do the same. As not-so-typical ghosts, they're able to see things as no one else can and go where no man has gone before. A renewed Native American connection with Laura's distant past adds to the Charles' cultural repertoire and provides a few curious twists and turns as well. Old friends reunite as allies in the fight against the sinister goings on throughout the Crooked Way. Who will be the hero? Who will betray the home team? Are Nick and Laura's newfound friends who they appear to be? What is the MacGuffin? Why the Great Lakes? Who did it? Only a read inside Murder Along the Crooked Way will satisfy your desire for the answers to this complex who done it.
Cristina Curp, the creator of the popular food blog and wellness site The Castaway Kitchen, delivers everything you need to do away with diets and discover the right nutritional path for you in her new book, Made Whole. Made Whole is a comprehensive cookbook and resource guide that combines the Paleo approach with the low-carb/ketogenic diet, using only whole, natural, unprocessed ingredients. Cristina includes all the tools you need to be successful on a ketogenic diet, along with advice and how-tos for using the keto template to eat intuitively and develop a personalized nutrition plan based on your unique needs. Each recipe is free of grain, gluten, sugar, and dairy, along with nuts, starches, nightshades, and alcohol—making this a perfect cookbook for those following keto, Paleo, low-carb, AIP, or allergen-free diets. Cristina’s eclectic and mouthwatering recipes draw inspiration from international cuisines to keep cooking fun and exciting. You will feel like a gourmet chef with easy-to-make meals prepared from accessible ingredients that you can find at your local grocer using just the one master list that she provides in the book! Made Whole is a user-friendly guide to cooking beautiful food, eating well, and enjoying every last bite, while reaching your health and fitness goals. Sample recipes include: • Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies • Turkey Falafel with Tzatziki Sauce • Spaghetti and Meatballs with Roasted Beet Marinara • Toasted Coconut Salmon • Savory Flax Waffles • and many more! Made Whole will teach you that healthy food doesn’t have to fit into a certain label, box, or idea of what it should be. Once you begin to forget about what you can’t eat and embrace the wonderful and delicious things you can eat, you will find freedom and pleasure in fueling your body with the most exceptional sustenance that nature has to offer.
DEATH BY DUMPLING Juli Mason hired Bertie the Bag Lady, living in the alley behind Snips and Snails, out of desperation. It was a smooth move. Who knew Bertie would clean up so well? … Or that she was in actual fact, a Sous Chef with serious skills in the kitchen?When the Hat River in Veil Falls coughs up a wrecked Cadillac Sedan beneath the Fae Road Bridge and Bertie Faints at the news...Juli smells a mystery... There's something strange going on in Veil Falls. It's up to Juli Mason to solve the case...or the results could just be murder. LOCKED, LOADED, AND BAKED? What happens when Teenage Hijinks turn into Murder? When the latest in a slew of Dumpster fires at the local campground turn up a finger and a ring, Jack Lovelace smells a corpse...and a job for his girlfriend Juli...Part-time Detective...Full-time Soup Witch at Snips and Snails Cafe... Is there a Serial Killer Loose in Veil Falls? Will they find the culprit before a new grave is dug for the next victim? But first, she'll need to get cooking. If she's to survive what's coming, she'll need a new kind of Hero. And she has just the right recipe to conjure one up… RIBOLLITA ROBBERY The Gloves are off, or is it hats? in Veil Falls Someone has an axe to grind with Jerry Watson, who has the popular vote in town, and is favored to win by a landslide come election time. There's the rash of mean graffiti all over town, smearing Jerry's reputation and making him look like a poor second candidate to the standing police chief, Larry Jokerbridge. If Juli doesn't want to visit her favorite sheriff in prison and have 'The Joker" around for another four years, she'll have to get busy, find the real killer, and clear Jerry's name.
In the sinister shadows of the Little Hat Creek Preserve, the clock has started... Elle came to reimagine the little abandoned camp she bought there into a source of solace and redemption for the wronged. But in one short minute, her refuge becomes a madman’s playing field, praying on the innocent, turning their lives into a macabre display for the twisted amusement of a sadistic killer. With each life gone, a chilling calling card is left behind. It’s all for Elle, challenging her to decipher the cryptic clues before time runs out and the grand finale is realized. Along with the extraordinary instincts of her loyal canine partner, Mia, she’s in a race to thwart a deadly madman at his own game. The stakes are mounting in a heart-pounding race to the end, where survival may be measured in seconds. For Elle and the residents of the Hat Creek Preserve, time is short; let the COUNTDOWN begin…
What Happens When a Fishing Expedition Goes Deadly Wrong? When the Catch on the other end of the Line is a Dead Body...Juli Smells something rotten in Veil Falls... and a brand-new Murder to Solve if Grams has anything to say about it... Because that's not all that's sitting on ice at the county morgue... There are car thieves to catch, a long-buried secret that Grams is hiding, and too many coincidences that don't add up... And an Entire Town Demanding Answers to a Certain Question... When are Jack and Juli ever going to find time to Plan their Wedding?
Sunset House was where they gathered...their own personal sanctuary... Six Women... All newly divorced...on their own, best friends... Supporting each other through tough times...a pact of loyalty and devotion. Promises made...Secrets kept...lies protecting the innocent...and the guilty... Twenty years later the first will die... She won't be the last... Not until the curtain falls, and a tragic truth is brought to light. Someone has a score to settle...
