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Giveaway – The Ghost Goes To The Dogs by Cleo Coyle @dollycas @CleoCoyle

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The Ghost Goes to the Dogs (Haunted Bookshop Mystery) by Cleo Coyle

About The Ghost Goes to the Dogs


The Ghost Goes to the Dogs (Haunted Bookshop Mystery)
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
9th in Series
Setting -‎ Rhode Island
Berkley (May 2, 2023)
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425255492
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425255490
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B8GC8YHT

A stray dog leads bookseller Penelope McClure and her gumshoe ghost on a chase for a cunning criminal in this brand-new entry in the “UTTERLY CHARMING” (Mystery Scene) Haunted Bookshop Mysteries from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

Pet Mystery Week brings brisk business to Penelope’s Rhode Island bookshop, but a real mystery comes barking at her door when a lost dog turns up in a panic. Pen and her son Spencer follow the furry fugitive to a wooded area where the dog’s owner lies unconscious. Mrs. Cunningham is a warm-hearted widow who volunteers at the animal shelter and runs Buy the Book’s pet lovers book club. Why would anyone shoot such a sweet soul?

The police believe it’s an accident, a shot by a careless deer hunter, but Pen remains skeptical. To straighten out this doggone mess, she whistles for the ghost of PI Jack Shepard, an expert in hounding as well as haunting. Jack has a dog story of his own, a case from the 1940s that may help Pen sniff out clues to her present predicament. Yet even with Jack’s hard-boiled help, Pen may not be able to stop the killer from striking again or letting this whole case go to the dogs…

About the Author

CLEO COYLE is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times-bestselling authors of the long-running Coffeehouse Mysteries and Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, now celebrating nearly 20 years in print. With more than one million books sold, their work has been honored with starred reviews and multiple best-of-year list selections by reviewers. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together.

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Giveaway – Killer On The Court, a MSW novel, by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran @dollycas

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Murder, She Wrote: Killer on the Court by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran

About MSW: Killer on the Court


Murder, She Wrote: Killer on the Court
Cozy Mystery
55th in Series
Berkley (May 17, 2022)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593333659
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593333655
Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09CYHPQ54

Jessica Fletcher’s sunny beach vacation with her nephew’s family takes a dark turn in this new installment in the USA Today bestselling series.

Jessica is delighted when her nephew Grady invites her to spend a few days with his family in an oceanside New York bungalow. She packs her bags and heads down to the city, ready to spend some quality time with Grady, his wife, Donna, and their young son, Frank.

But the morning after Jessica’s arrival, Donna finds her boss dead on a tennis court, and Jessica’s dreams of a relaxing visit are quashed. Everyone in the small beachside community is a suspect, and the local authorities—headed by an old colleague of Cabot Cove sheriff Mort Metzger—have asked that no one leave town. Will Jessica be able find a killer and salvage the rest of her trip?

About the Authors

Along with Jessica Fletcher, Terrie Farley Moran co-writes the Murder She Wrote mystery series including  Murder, She Wrote: Killer on the Court. She is the author of the Read ‘Em and Eat cozy mystery series and also co-writes the Scrapbooking Mysteries with Laura Childs. Recipient of both the Agatha and the Derringer Awards, Moran has published numerous mystery short stories. The only thing Terrie enjoys more than wrangling mystery plots into submission is hanging out with any or all of her seven grandchildren.

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Giveaway – A Killer Sundae by Abby Collette @AbbyVandiver @dollycas

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A Killer Sundae (An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery) by Abby Collette

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A Killer Sundae (An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Berkley (January 4, 2022)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593099702
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593099704
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B091PHQ88M

Ice cream shop owner Bronwyn Crewse is in for two scoops of murder in this charming mystery from Abby Collette.

Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is gorgeous in the fall, and Bronwyn Crewse, owner of Crewse Creamery, knows just how to welcome the new season. At the annual Harvest Time Festival, residents will get a chance to enjoy hot-air balloons and hayrides, crown a new Harvest Time Festival Queen, and eat delicious frozen treats sold at Win’s freshly purchased ice cream truck. But she gets into a sprinkle of trouble when a festivalgoer is poisoned and Win is implicated.

Although the victim was a former Harvest Time Festival Queen, her once-sunny disposition had dimmed into bitterness, leaving no shortage of suspects at the festival. To clear her name before the chill of winter sets in, Win will have to investigate and hope that her detective skills won’t “dessert” her.

RECIPE

Aloysius and Kaylene’s Favorite Pralines and Cream Ice Cream

Ingredients

Pralines

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 cup pecans
  • Salt to taste

Ice Cream:

  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 1 cups sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt

Caramel Sauce:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup water
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • A teaspoon of vanilla
  • Pinch of salt.
  • Small jar with lid.

Directions:

To make the pralines combine the brown sugar, granulated sugar, cream, and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Bring to a boil and continue to boil for approximately 3 to 4 minutes to start caramelization. Use a wooden spoon to stir in the pecans until they are coated. Remove from heat. Keep stirring until the candy coating cools. Spoon onto a parchment lined baking sheet to cool completely. Sprinkle on salt.

To make the caramel sauce combine the sugar and water in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves and continue cooking without stirring until mixture turns amber-colored. Approximately 8 to 12 minutes. Slowly mix in the cream and continue simmering until mixture is smooth about 2 to 3 minutes. Then add in butter vanilla and salt. Set aside to cool. Pour into glass jar to cool completely to thicken.

To make the ice cream combine milk, vanilla and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally until the sugar completely dissolves. Take off heat and add salt. Allow to steep and cool. Whisk in the heavy whipping cream. Cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge about two hours, until completely chilled. Using an ice cream maker, add the chilled ice cream base and churn according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Once the mixture has thickened add the pralines and about ¼ cup of caramel sauce. Continue churning until well mixed. Place in a freezer-proof container and freeze for at least two hours.

Enjoy!

About Abby Collette

Wall Street Journal bestselling author Abby Collette loves a good mystery. She was born and raised in Cleveland, and it’s a mystery even to her why she hasn’t yet moved to a warmer place. As Abby Collette, she is the author of the Ice Cream Parlor mystery series, about a millennial MBA-holding granddaughter running a family-owned ice cream shop in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and the  Books & Biscuits mystery series, starring a set of fraternal twins who reunite and open a bookstore and soul food café. Writing as Abby L. Vandiver, she is the author of the Logan Dickerson Mysteries, featuring a second-generation archaeologist and a nonagenarian, as well as the Romaine Wilder Mysteries, pairing an East Texas medical examiner and her feisty, funeral-home-owning auntie as sleuths. Abby spends her time writing, facilitating writing workshops at local libraries and hanging out with her grandchildren, each of whom are her favorite.

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