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Livia J. Washburn (Author)
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Fresh-Baked Mystery October 3, 2006
All year round, retired schoolteacher Phyllis Newsom is as sweet as peach pie-except during the Peach Festival, whose blue ribbon has slipped through Phyllis's fingers more than once...

Everyone's a little shook up when the corpse of a no-good local turns up underneath a car in a local garage. But even as Phyllis engages in some amateur sleuthing, she won't let it distract her from out-baking her rivals and winning the upcoming Peach Festival contest.

She and all the other contestants guard their secret, original recipes with their lives-and talk a whole lot of trash. With her unusual Spicy Peach Cobbler, Phyllis hopes to knock 'em dead. But that's just an expression-never in her wildest dreams did she think her cobbler would actually kill a judge. Now, she's suspected of murder-and she's got to bake this case wide open.


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Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Signet (October 3, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0451219740
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451219749
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Under the names Livia J. Washburn and L.J. Washburn, Livia Reasoner has been writing award-winning, critically acclaimed mystery, western, romance, and historical novels for almost thirty years. She began to write in collaboration with her husband, author James Reasoner, and soon branched out into telling her own stories.

In addition to writing, Livia enjoys photography, arts, crafts, and cooking, but she also loves having a pile of lumber, a circular saw, and a building project. An accomplished carpenter, she has framed houses and built more sets of bookshelves than she can remember, some of which have been filled with the books she's written. A good day for her includes having time to create something new in the kitchen, on a story, and in the garage.

Livia lives in the Texas countryside with her husband, and her dogs. Her websites can be found at www.liviawashburn.com, and she blogs when she can find the time at http://liviajwashburn.blogspot.com.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Looking forward to another helping, April 1, 2007
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As a fan of the "Ladies of Covington" and "Elm Creek Quilt" series (which are not mysteries but good stories all the same) I enjoyed the dynamic of the group of active retired women sharing a home which is the basis of this story. The book also presented a good puzzle: was the first event a murder or an accident? Is the second event (which is clearly a murder) related to the first, and if so, how? And what about the third event (I don't think we actually find out if the victim survives or not). I didn't catch the connection until the end of the story and found the solution plausible and satisfying in the way of classic mystery stories where the criminal justice system doesn't typically play a role! Overall a good read and I'm looking forward to the next book by this author.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a new cozy series you can sink your teeth into, May 5, 2008
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So far so good as far as the first in a new series goes. The characters need more fleshing out, but that will come as the series develops. I look forward to reading the next title in the series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read, June 19, 2007
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I really liked this book. I suspected early on who the ultimate culprit was but there were enough twists and turns to keep you guessing. My only complaint would be the character of Carolyn is so unlikeable I found it hard to care whether or not Phyllis was able to help clear her of murder charges. I am already looking forward to the next installment in this series.
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