License To Dill

Description

From the author of The Pickled Piper comes another Pickled and Preserved Mystery... Piper Lamb knows how to make fruits and vegetables keep for months. Unfortunately, it's the people around her who are expiring too soon... After her fiance left her, Piper came to Cloverdale to rebuild her life and open up her shop, Piper's Picklings, to sell pickles and preserves. When her ex decides to drop in for a visit-just as things are heating up between her and a local Christmas tree farmer-Piper finds herself in a jam. But there are other visitors to worry about... An Italian soccer team is set to play the Cloverdale All-Stars in an exhibition game. Their manager, Raffaele Conti, was a bitter rival of Piper's dill supplier, local farmer Gerald Standley. After Conti is found dead in Standley's field, Piper must work to clear Gerald's name and find out who relished killing Raffaele before the town is soured by another death. INCLUDES RECIPES!

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.

"Hughes's second series entry (after The Pickled Piper) will delight fans of culinary cozies... fans of Susan Wittig Albert's "China Bayles" series should enjoy this plucky heroine."--Library Journal Praise for The Pickled Piper "A one-of-a-kind mystery with homemade food, small-town secrets, and winsome characters."--Ellery Adams, New York Times bestselling author "This warmhearted mystery...had me turning the pages late into the night."--G. M. Malliet, Agatha Award-winning author "A charming new sleuth in a peck of pickles and murder."--Connie Archer, national bestselling author