Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2015 …

Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz, A Pepper Reece, Spice Shop Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

Springtime in Seattle's Pike Place Market means tasty foods and wide-eyed tourists, and Pepper's Spice Shop is ready for the crowds. With flavorful combinations and a fresh approach, she's sure to win over the public. Even better, she's working with several local restaurants as their chief herb and spice supplier. Business is cooking, until one of Pepper's potential clients, a young chef named Tamara Langston, is found dead, her life extinguished by the dangerously hot ghost chili — a spice Pepper carries in her shop.

Now stuck in the middle of a heated police investigation, Pepper must use all her senses to find out who wanted to keep Tamara's new café from opening — before someone else gets burned …

— Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for December 2015. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of December 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.