Donut shop mysteries
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"Meet Suzanne Hart, owner and operator of Donut Hearts coffee shop in April Springs, North Carolina. After her divorce from Max, an out-of-work actor she's dubbed 'The Great Impersonator,' Suzanne decided to pursue her one true passion in life: donuts. So she cashed in her settlement and opened up shop in the heart of her beloved hometown. But when a dead body is dumped on her doorstep like a sack of flour, Suzanne's cozy little shop becomes an all-out...
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April Springs, North Carolina, is hosting a grand tour of extraordinary kitchens, and local donut shop owner Suzanne Hart is dying to cook up something fabulous for the event. Unfortunately, dying turns out to be the key word. A local busy body drops dead after eating one of Suzanne's famous treats, and a forensic team is soon swarming through her kitchen. But with the help of police inspector Jake Bishop and her ex-husband Max, Suzanne hopes to clear...
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At Donut Hearts, the donut shop owner, Suzanne Hart, enjoys the layer of snow covering the streets of April Springs, North Carolina, in time for the area's Winter Carnival. Her good feelings plummet when the ex-girlfriend of her ex-husband, Max, gets "iced".
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"Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart admits her sweet treats don't exactly qualify as health food. But does she really deserve to be labeled a killer by local radio jockey Lester Moorefield? The annoying host is urging citizens to boycott Suzanne's deadly dough factory-until he's found dead himself, stuffed with one of Suzanne's eclairs. Everyone in April Springs knows about the feud between Lester and Suzanne, which makes her the number-one suspect. She...
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"Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart sees customers come and go all day long. But when one of them up-and-disappears, the police start asking questions. It seems Suzanne is the last person to have seen Emily Hargraves, who runs the local newsstand. Suzanne has nothing to report about their encounter. But when Emily doesn't turn up, no news is bad news... Suzanne has to admit that Emily's last request was a little odd-- blueberry donut made to order, with...
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Donut shop mysteries volume 6
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2012
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WELCOME BACK TO DONUT HEARTS - where the coffee is hot, the donuts are fresh, and the crullers are to die for.
As owner of April Springs's one and only donut shop, Suzanne Hart is privy to the deliciously personal, downright eccentric tastes of her customers. One man is crazy for crullers - heavy on the icing. But when he doesn't pick up his order, a tall dark stranger buys the whole box. Which he tosses, one drippy cruller at a time, at her friend...
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It's hard to keep a secret in April Springs, especially about a no-good cheater like Peter Morgan. Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart has tried to be civil with the guy since he's dating her best friend Grace. Then Grace shows up at her doorstep sobbing, and Suzanne is the first to admit she's glad the relationship is over. She's also the first to spot the footprints leading to Peter's dead body. Now, instead of the usual morning donuts, the police are...
10) Deadly donuts
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A mysterious stranger shows up at Donut Hearts threatening to reveal a deadly secret about Suzanne's late father. Then the stranger is murdered before he can share what he knows. Suzanne and her mother are the main suspects, but it turns out that there are plenty of other people who wouldn't mind seeing the stranger dead!
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When Emily Hargraves tells Suzanne that she's marrying Max, her ex-husband, Suzanne is happy enough for her. But when Jude Williams, one of Emily's old flames, decides to light the ceremony up, someone decides to extinguish his flame before he can act.
12) Sweet suspects
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Suzanne and Grace must track down a killer when one of their old classmates is murdered at their high school reunion. There are plenty of suspects gathered back together in April Springs for the big event, and more than one former student's secrets thought long buried in the past may end up coming back to haunt them all.
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When Suzanne's boyfriend, Jake, is shot in the line of duty, he comes to April Springs to recuperate. The only problem is the that the man Jake was trying to capture has a partner, a very bad man now intent on seeking revenge. Add another villain returning from Suzanne's own past into the mix, and the donut shop owner's normally tranquil world is suddenly turned upside down.
14) Custard crime
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"When the chief of police's ex-wife is found dead, some folks think it was an accident, but Suzanne Hart's boyfriend, State Police Inspector Jake Bishop, knows better"--Page 4 of cover.
15) Lemon larceny
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"When her great aunt Jean dies suddenly, Suzanne and her mother investigate what at first looks like an accident, but quickly proves to be murder"--Page 4 of cover.
16) Bad bites
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"When Chief Martin's brother, Chester, is murdered on the day he is supposed to retire, Suzanne's boyfriend, state police inspector Jake Bishop, steps in to take over the case"--Page 4 of cover.
18) Dangerous dough
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Suzanne and Jake must solve the murder of the new police chief, where the suspect list includes some of their closest friends and family.
19) Troubled treats
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When a murder happens at the old wagon factory currently under renovation and owned by Suzanne's mom, Suzanne and Jake's investigation uncovers motives ranging from personal reasons to hidden gold.
21) Criminal crumbs
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Grace invites Suzanne to a corporate mountaintop weekend retreat to relax, but when they are cut off from the rest of the world, Suzanne ends up investigating the unexpected death of another attendee.
22) Vanilla vices
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Suzanne and Grace look into the murder of Crazy Dan the junk man and uncover several motives for his murder.
24) Fugitive filling
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When the new attorney in April Springs is found dead soon after a public spat with Jake, Suzanne and her husband must team up to solve the woman’s murder before they are both set up to take the fall for a crime neither one committed. Added to the intrigue in her life is news from Suzanne’s mother that very well may change the donut maker’s life forever.
26) Pumpkin Pleas
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When newspaper owner Ray Blake goes missing, it's just the start of troubles for some of the people closest to donutmaker Suzanne Hart. Soon after, old flame Tom Thorndike is found dead at the bottom of a nearby waterfall. Was it foul play or simply a daredevil stunt gone wrong? Little does Suzanne know that her past is about to play a major role in her present, as well as her potentially perilous future.
27) Floured Felonies
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When an ice storm hits April Springs, it freezes more than the trees and power-lines as one of the town's residents perishes outside. But soon Suzanne and Grace learn that it wasn't the cold that killed Santa-suit wearing Greg Whitmore, but a bullet instead. The women must do their best to figure out who killed the banker before someone else gets frozen out, permanently.
28) Mixed Malice
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During the remodeling of Donut Hearts after a big ice storm damaged the place, contractor Snappy Mack is found murdered inside the shop, and Suzanne and Jake must find the killer before he strikes again. As they search through the remnants of the contractor's life, they soon realize that too many folks had a reason to want to see Snappy dead, and sorting it all out is going to be no easy task.
29) Tasty Trials
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Tasty Trials, Donut 29 in the Donut Mysteries
by New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck!
When Suzanne and Jake win a weekend getaway to a luxury resort island in the mountains, they think they're in for the time of their lives. Little do they know that they've actually been brought there to help uncover who tried to kill their host. As the married team dig deeper into the case, they are soon isolated on the island with not only more potential...
30) Baked Books
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Baked Books, Donut Mystery #30 from New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck! There's a new bookstore opening up across the street from Suzanne's donut shop, and when a group of mystery writers descends on April Springs for a panel on murder and mayhem in the book world, is it any wonder that homicide is soon on the menu at Donut Hearts?
31) Cranberry Crimes
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Donut Mystery #31, Cranberry Crimes, from New York Times Bestselling author Jessica Beck!
When Suzanne Hart is commissioned at the last minute to make donuts for a long-time customer's birthday party, she happily complies, but when the guest of honor dies before the party can even begin, Suzanne taps Grace, Jake, and even Phillip to help her solve Jasper Finney's homicide before the killer gets away with murder.
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Donut Mystery 32, Boston Cream Bribery, from Bestselling Author Jessica Beck!
When head town councilman Van Rayburn is attacked at his home and left for dead, Suzanne and Jake struggle to prove that their friend, Mayor George Morris, is innocent of committing the assault. The only problem is that there is evidence left at the scene that implicates the mayor, and Van can't seem to remember the attack at all!
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CHERRY-FILLED CHARGES, the thirty-third donut mystery from New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck
It's finally time for Barton Gleason's pop-up bistro, but the grand opening is marred when a fellow chef and rival from culinary school is murdered nearby in one of the staging areas. Suzanne stumbles across the body, and while Jake is away dealing with his own family issues, she and Grace tackle the job of tracking down the real killer before...
34) Scary Sweets
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It's Fright Week in April Springs, a time filled with special events leading up to Halloween, but the celebration is in jeopardy when a body is found in the middle of the night on the platform of the dunking booth under the town clock. Suzanne and her mother decide to investigate, and soon secrets from the past resurface and threaten the present in a very real way.
35) Cocoa Crush
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Cocoa Crush, Book 35 in the New York Times Bestselling Mystery Series by Jessica Beck. When Suzanne and Jake leave town to attend a party with friends, they never dream that they are about to become involved in another murder. The stakes continue to rise as an ice storm knocks out the power in the penthouse where they are staying, locking them in with a dead body and a killer until law and order-as well as the power-can be restored.