The Pickled Piper (Pickled and Preserved Mystery) - Softcover

Hughes, Mary Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425262456 ISBN 13: 9780425262450

Publisher: Berkley, 2014

Synopsis

FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!

After her dreams of romance are crushed, Piper Lamb decides to pursue her dream of opening her own shop of pickles and preserves, called Piper’s Picklings, in the idyllic small town of Cloverdale. But she isn’t in town long before she encounters a barrelful of trouble...
 
The Cloverdale fair offers Piper a sweet opportunity to promote her business. With her new assistant, Amy, she sets up a booth centered around an eye-catching display of the ever-popular dills in an old-fashioned barrel of brine.
 
But things soon turn sour when fairgoers witness a fight between Amy’s boyfriend, Nate, and town council blowhard—and bagpipe player—Alan Rosemont. When Rosemont is found floating in Piper’s barrel, Nate becomes the prime murder suspect. With Amy’s boyfriend in a pretty pickle, there’s no time to dillydally. But as Piper searches for the real killer, she needs to be careful to preserve her own life...or she may end up a pickled Piper herself.

INCLUDES RECIPES
 

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Ellen Hughes is the author of the Craft Corner Mysteries, including Wreath of Deception, String of Lies, and Paper-Thin Alibi, as well as the Maggie Olenski Mysteries. She lives in Maryland with her husband, Terry, who has long provided her with bounties of homegrown vegetables for preserving and pickling as well as unique inspirations for mysteries. Mary Ellen is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. 

Review:

“A one-of-a-kind mystery with homemade food, small-town secrets, and winsome characters.”—Ellery Adams, New York Times bestselling author

“This warm-hearted mystery...had me turning the pages late into the night. Encore!”––G. M. Malliet, Agatha Award–winning author
 
“A charming new sleuth in a peck of pickles and murder.”––Connie Archer, national bestselling author

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0425262456
• ISBN 13: 9780425262450
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304