from Nancy Fairbanks' Culinary Mysteries:
Mozzarella Most Murderous
Bon Bon Voyage
French Fried
Turkey Flambe
This mystery series follows the adventures of former housewife, now food writer, Carolyn Blue. Her husband is a scientist who often travels to conventions and she often travels along to experience good food and to broaden her horizons. Unfortunately, murder seems to follow Carolyn wherever she goes. In these books she travels to Italy, tales a Mediterranean cruise (Morocco - yum!), Lyon in France, and New York City. These books always make me hungry, with their lovely descriptions of delicious food. The mysteries are a bonus.
from the Bear Collector's Mysteries by John L. Lamb:
The False Hearted Teddy
The Crafty Teddy
While there are only three books thus far in this series, it is quickly becoming one of my favorites (these are the second and third books, and I loved the first one, too). Brad Lyon has had to take a medical retirement from the San Francisco police force after he was badly wounded on the job. This tough guy moved back to his wife's childhood home in rural Virginia, and has started helping out his wife with her business - creating teddy bears and stuffed animals. Quite a contrast in life styles. And when mysteries arise at bear collector's shows, Brad has the skills to help solve them...
from the Flower Shop Mysteries by Kate Collins:
Mum's the Word
Slay it with Flowers
Dearly Depotted
These are the first three novels of this mystery series. They are set in a college town in northern Indiana, and feature a law school dropout named Abby Knight, who has bought the local flower shop. Someone I love now lives in a college town in Indiana, and I love flower shops and flowers. But something just does not quite click for me in these books, and I am not even sure what that thing might be. Is it Abby's meddling? Abby's truly obnoxious family and ex-fiance? The fact that only a few short weeks have taken place over the course of the books and corpses are stacking up in what must otherwise be a quiet and nice little town? I like them enough that I would be willing to read more of them if I find free or used copies, but did not like them enough to eagerly set out to hunt the additional books in the series down.
from the Coffeehouse Mysteries by Cleo Coyle:
Through the Grinder
Latte Trouble
I have fallen in love with this series. I liked the first book but the series really takes off in the second and third. The characters are deeply developed and interesting, and the setting - an historic coffeehouse in New York City's Greenwich Village - is both interesting and charming. Clare Cosi runs the business with the help of her sexy and charming ex-husband, Matteo. The business is owned by his mother. Their daughter is also in NYC, going to cooking school. So there are all sorts of interesting family dynamics going on, in addition to the mysteries. The second novel deals with the New York dating scene, and the third with the fashion industry.
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