Full-time baker and sometime sleuth Sally Muccio finally has everything sheтАЩs always wantedтАФa beautiful baby, loving husband, and a thriving business. Now that sheтАЩs a mother, Sal has vowed sheтАЩll stay out of future murder investigations. But when her eccentric fatherтАЩs friend, mortician Eddie Phibbins, is found dead in one of his own caskets, Sal's father begs her to help find the killer.
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With their famous coffins cookies in hand, Sal and her best friend Josie тАЬundertakeтАЭ the process of questioning mourners and employees at the funeral home, hoping for a lead to EddieтАЩs killer. Between a recently fired hearse driver, resentful family members and a wacky, love-struck makeup artist thereтАЩs no shortage of suspects. Once again, SalтАЩs snooping has attracted the attention of a killer, and her good intentions may have only succeeded in digging herself an early graveтАж┬а
*Recipes Included!*
The Cookies & Chance Mysteries:
Tastes Like Murder (book #1)
A Spot of Murder (short story in the "Killer Beach Reads" collection)
Baked to Death (book #2)
Burned to a Crisp (book #3)
Frosted With Revenge (book #4)
Silenced by Sugar (book #5)
A Drizzle Before Dying ┬а(short story in the "Pushing Up Daisies" collection)
Crumbled to Pieces (book #6)
Sprinkled in Malice (book #7)
Ginger Snapped to Death (book #8)
Icing on the Casket (book #9)
What critics are saying:
"A fantastic cozy mystery!"
тАФInD'Tale Magazine
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"I want to visit more with all of the quirky characters just to see what crazy and outrageous things they will do next!"
тАФFresh Fiction
"The Cookies and Chance Mystery series is more than just a series....it's a family !!┬аOnce you read the first book, you are hooked and feel like a member of the crazy Muccio family."
тАФCozy Mystery Book Reviews
USA Today┬аbestselling author Catherine Bruns lives in Upstate New York with a male dominated household that consists of her very patient husband, three sons, and assorted cats and dogs. She has wanted to be a writer since the age of eight when she wrote her own version of Cinderella (fortunately Disney never sued). Catherine holds a B.A. in English and is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.