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Blooming Murder

Author : Simon Whaley
Publisher : Simon Whaley
ISBN 13 : 183807869X
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Blooming Murder written by Simon Whaley and published by Simon Whaley. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in the Marquess of Mortiforde Cozy Mystery series. "With devilish and hilarious goings-on amongst the blooms, it is jam-packed full of wonderful and very likeable eccentric characters with a deliciously wicked streak of humour running through it. I loved every page and laughed my socks off at some bits." ~ The Word Is Out Now Book Description: Two communities. One flower competition. So much dead-heading! Aldermaston’s having a bad day. A falling hanging-basket has killed the town’s mayor, and a second narrowly missed him. His wife wants him to build her new greenhouse in three days, and someone is sending him death threats. This isn’t the quiet life he expected as the new Marquess of Mortiforde. It’s the annual Borders in Blossom competition, and Mortiforde is battling with Portley Ridge in the final. But this is no parochial flower competition. The mayor’s mishap looks like murder, and there’s another body in the river. Someone desperately wants Portley Ridge to win for the fifteenth successive year. So when a mysterious group of guerrilla gardeners suddenly carpet bomb Mortiforde with a series of stunning floral delights one night, a chain reaction of floral retaliation ensues. Can Aldermaston survive long enough to uncover who is trying to kill him, and why? And can he get his wife’s greenhouse built in time? Blooming Murder is the first book in the Marquess of Mortiforde Mystery series. If you love the eccentricity of MC Beaton’s Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth books, and the humour of ITV's Midsomer Murder television series, you’ll love this first instalment of the Marquess of Mortiforde mysteries. "Blooming Murder is, essentially, what would happen if Gardener’s World had an illicit love child by Midsomer Murders via the work of Tom Sharpe." ~ PAJ Newman "The writing is addicting. I had trouble putting this one down and it was easy to be hooked." - Jessica Belmont “I loved this book and laughed such a lot at the going-ons in the village. A brilliant tale of jealousy, revenge and green-fingered criminality. I can not wait until the next book.” ~ The Devine Write "Simon Whaley’s Blooming Murder is a terrific cosy mystery perfect for Agatha Raisin fans. Full of eccentric characters, bucolic mayhem and mischief and village shenanigans, Blooming Murder is a fun, witty and entertaining mystery peppered with humour, intrigue and nail-biting suspense." ~ Bookish Jottings “Whaley’s writing style is straightforward and hooks you instantly, and his plot builds steadily from there. Blooming Murder is a charming, engaging novel.” ~ Bibliotica "Blooming Murder reads like a mix of Father Brown and Rosemary & Thyme with the humor of Monty Python. The sheer amount of floral puns and innuendo propagated throughout had me laughing helplessly and marveling at the author’s cleverness and audacity!" ~ PuzzlePaws "If you’re looking for a funny, cosy mystery with a cracking pace, you’ve come to the right place. Quintessentially British humour is in abundance here, as are the blooms… and the dead bodies. Now, the characters’ names might be tongue-twisters, but they perfectly sum up the vibe of this story—think of it as a mash-up of Carry On films, The Darling Buds of May and an Agatha Christie mystery and you’ll be primed for the Borders in Blossom competition where innuendo and double entendres are in full bloom." ~ Just4mybooks. "To me, this came across Midsummer Murders meets a Carry On film!" ~ CurledUpWithAGoodBook "I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it is a piece of ridiculous, riotous fun. If you are a fan of Midsomer Murders, with its pretty settings, eccentric characters and bizarre and convoluted murders, you will absolutely love this novel." ~ A Little Book Problem

Dead Weight

Author : Terry Blas
Publisher : Oni Press
ISBN 13 : 9781620104811
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Dead Weight written by Terry Blas and published by Oni Press. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A YALSA 2019 Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers A hilarious story of a diverse group of young sleuths who ban together to solve a murder mystery while at a weight-loss camp. Deep in the Oregon wilderness sits Camp Bloom, a weight-loss camp where "overweight" teens can "get in shape." Jesse would rather be anywhere else, but her parents are forcing her to go. Noah isn't sure if he wants to be there, but it's too late to turn back. Tony is heartbroken at the thought of giving up his phone and internet. And Kate... well, she likes the hikes, at least. As far as these four teens are concerned, it's just another boring summer. Until one night, when Jesse and Noah witness a beloved counselor's murder. The body's gone by the next morning, but a blurry photo leads to one clue—the murderer is one of the camp's staff members! But which one? As Jesse, Noah, Kate, and Tony investigate, they quickly discover that everyone's got their secrets... and one of them would kill to keep theirs hidden.

Blooming Murder

Author : Jean Hager
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780786232154
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Blooming Murder written by Jean Hager and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely inheritance has enabled spunky, self-sufficient Tess Darcy to transform her late Aunt Iris' estate into a charming bed-and-breakfast inn. and then ...

Hidden Canyon

Author : J. Mark Sublette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985544843
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Canyon written by J. Mark Sublette and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a thousand years a hidden canyon on Rachael Yellowhorse's ancestral lands and the adjacent property owned by the Manygoats family has protected a masterpiece of petroglyphs deep inside the Navajo nation. These ancient works of art hold a secret with a power so strong their Anasazi makers kept them out of the reach of mere mortal human beings. At his Santa Fe Indian Market show, gallery owner Charles Bloom unwittingly promotes the sacred rock-art images and sets in motion a cascading series of events that leads to the worst kind of human being searching out these hidden petroglyphs. Little could Bloom know that his discerning eye for art would connect him to a chain of murders stretching back 40 years earlier and to an individual who is not a collector of Native art but a psychopathic killer, the likes of which the Diné have no word to describe. Bloom will need all his observational skills to spot the killer before it's too late. It's a race against ancient history and for Bloom, time may finally run out.

Evidence of Love

Author : John Bloom
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504042646
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Evidence of Love written by John Bloom and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “fascinating” true story behind the HBO Max and Hulu series about Texas housewife Candy Montgomery and the bizarre murder that shocked a community (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires. On a hot summer day in 1980, the secret passions and jealousies that linked Candy and Betty exploded into murderous rage. What happened next is usually the stuff of fiction. But the bizarre and terrible act of violence that occurred in Betty’s utility room that morning was all too real. Based on exclusive interviews with the Gore and Montgomery families, Edgar Award finalist Evidence of Love is the “superbly written” account of a gruesome tragedy and the trial that made national headlines when the defendant entered the most unexpected of pleas: not guilty by reason of self-defense (Fort Worth Star-Telegram). Adapted into the Emmy and Golden Globe Award–winning television movie A Killing in a Small Town—as well as the new limited series Candy on Hulu and Love and Death on HBO Max—this chilling tale of sin and savagery will “fascinate true crime aficionados” (Kirkus Reviews).

The Candy Man

Author : Mark Sublette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999817643
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book The Candy Man written by Mark Sublette and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eighth book of the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series, Marvin Manycoats' childhood friend Ricky Begay, long forgotten and presumed dead, is suddenly at the center of a story of corruption at the highest levels. Brought to light by fifty-year-old clues found buried in the desert floor in a remote corner of the Navajo Nation, the discovery is a death sentence for those who understand its true meaning. A presumptuous vice-presidential candidate and a drug cartel intertwine with unsolved murders as art dealer Charles Bloom simultaneously uncovers a stolen T.C. Cannon painting. The key to solving the mystery is in the painting's ominous inscription. If it's not deciphered quickly and correctly, a nation's future and a murderer's power grab can't be stopped. The cover-up is nothing less than the fight of evil over good, where the endgame is about more than the human lives that are pawns on a political chest board - and the outcome is anything but certain.

Death in Bloom

Author : Jess Dylan
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1250769507
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Death in Bloom written by Jess Dylan and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in a sweet and colorful cozy mystery series from Jess Dylan, Death in Bloom introduces flower shop owner Sierra Ravenswood. At the Flower House, every rose has its thorn . . . Sierra Ravenswood is the new part-time employee of the Flower House, a flower shop in Aerieville, Tennessee. It's true she didn't expect to be back in her hometown at twenty-eight-years-old, but after her dream of making it as a singer in Nashville crashed and burned, she's just grateful to have found a soft place to land. Because, after all, Sierra firmly believes in being optimistic and positive about life, so she's sure she won't have to work at the Flower House forever. But things take a decidedly negative turn when a customer drops dead in the middle of her new bouquet-arranging workshop at the store. When it's discovered he was poisoned by a snack at the event, everyone at the workshop, including Sierra, is on the suspect list. To make matters worse, her boss has gone AWOL and left the store to her for the cost of one dollar, leaving Sierra in charge of both his store and his high-energy Corgi puppy, Gus. The town is on edge, and Sierra knows that murder is something that an upbeat attitude and a bouquet of sweet-smelling roses can't fix. She's determined to figure out whodunit, before anyone else in town meets an untimely reason for needing funeral flowers.

Kayenta Crossing

Author : J. Mark Sublette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985544829
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Kayenta Crossing written by J. Mark Sublette and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series? On the Navajo Reservation, in a little aluminum trailer situated on a remote washboard road north of Kayenta, Arizona, Dr. Carson Riddly begins his family practice stint. He's been exiled to the most remote medical clinic in the Indian Health Service. His duty station lies in the heart of Navajoland, with 300-foot crimson cliffs for a backdrop and no neighbors in sight. When a murder occurs on Doc Riddly's watch, the talk turns to skinwalkers, gamblers, weavers, and drugs. Everyone is a suspect, including the doctor. Riddly reaches out to the only other bilagaana he knows on the rez, art dealer Charles Bloom. Unbeknownst to Bloom, whose Santa Fe gallery represents several Navajo artists, a string of savage murders is closer then he can imagine. By helping the doctor, Bloom exposes himself and his girlfriend, weaver Rachael Yellowhorse, to a cold-blooded killer's wrath. If Riddly and Bloom can't put the pieces together quickly enough, the man in the orange hat and blinding white teeth will add two more to his growing list of victims.

Murder in Bloom

Author : Lesley Cookman
Publisher : Headline Accent
ISBN 13 : 1908917083
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Murder in Bloom written by Lesley Cookman and published by Headline Accent. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'With fascinating characters and an intriguing plot, this is a real page turner' KATIE FFORDE praise for the series. An addictive and unputdownable crime mystery novel perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Faith Martin, J.R. Ellis, LJ Ross, Miss Marple and Midsummer Murders! Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its fifth instalment! Middle-aged artist-come-investigator Libby Sarjeant can't ever seem to have a quiet moment. Her son, Adam, has uncovered a body within Creekmarsh Place, where he is working as a gardener for TV personality Lewis Osbourne-Walker. The police seem to think there is no connection with the current owner but Libby, naturally, can't just leave it at that. With her psychic friend Fran's mind on other things, Libby has to go it alone. A murder in London inspires the police to dig deeper and Libby, determined to help her new friend Lewis, stirs up more trouble. _____________________________________________________ Praise for the bestselling series: 'A great series of books that I can't put down. Thank you' ***** Amazon review 'I could not put down.... Would recommend this series to everyone' ***** Amazon review 'I love Libby Sarjeant and have read all of the books, which I will read again. All the characters are believable and the plots are good' ***** Amazon review 'A great book full of twists but I really like the relationships and friendships that are forming over each book' ***** Amazon review '...if you miss the good old days of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers then why not give Lesley Cookman's excellent books a go' ***** Amazon review

Killers of the Flower Moon

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307742482
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Killers of the Flower Moon written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today “A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!

Mistletoe Murder

Author : Leslie Meier
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0758290012
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Mistletoe Murder written by Leslie Meier and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a sleuth that“mothers everywhere will identify with”—first in the long-running series from the New York Times bestselling author(Publishers Weekly). As if baking holiday cookies, knitting a sweater for her husband’s gift, and making her daughter’s angel costume for the church pageant weren’t enough things for Lucy Stone’s busy Christmas schedule, she’s also working nights at the famous mail-order company Country Cousins. But when she discovers Sam Miller, its very wealthy founder, dead in his car from an apparent suicide, the sleuth in her knows something just doesn’t smell right. Taking time out from her hectic holiday life to find out what really happened, Lucy’s investigation leads to a backlog of secrets as long as Santa’s Christmas Eve route. She is convinced that someone murdered Sam Miller. But who and why? With each harrowing twist she uncovers in this bizarre case, another shocking revelation is exposed. Now, as Christmas draws near and Lucy gets dangerously closer to the truth, she’s about to receive a present from Santa she didn’t ask for—a killer who won’t be satisfied until everyone on his shopping list is dead, including Lucy herself . . . Praise for the Lucy Stone Mystery series “A solid mystery.”—San Francisco Chronicle “A surprising and intelligently constructed plot.”—Cape Cod Times “Lucy Stone is an endearing sleuth.”—Dorothy Cannell “Leslie Meier has created a town I’d like to live in and a sleuth I’d love to meet.”—Jill Churchill

Stone Men

Author : Mark Sublette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985544874
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Stone Men written by Mark Sublette and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fourth book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series... Gallup, New Mexico, near the Navajo Reservation, is home base for an exclusive group of turquoise dealers known as stone men. When the most successful among them, the President, stumbles onto the greatest turquoise find in decades, unfortunately for him its on Navajoland and hes not the only one who wants a piece of the claim. The President will do anything to protect his newfound turquoise mine, but there are international forces at play and they have no intention of letting a stone man from Gallup dictate the terms for valuable mineral rights. Simultaneously, Santa Fes Indian arts dealers are facing the bleak prospect of their sales being undercut by fake Navajo jewelry threatening to overrun the market. Gallery owner Charles Bloom is targeted by the FBI to become an undercover informant, his recent marriage to Rachael Yellowhorse making him the perfect patsy for the job. Little does Bloom know that his coerced involvement to help crack this case may wreck his marriage and inadvertently put his entire family in danger. A trained assassin now has Blooms family in his crosshairs. Its a race to see who can stake the strongest claim to the secrets hidden on the desert floor of the Navajo Reservation. The losers will pay with their lives and the winners stand to gain a fortune.

Indian Schools Days

Author : Mark Sublette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999817612
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Indian Schools Days written by Mark Sublette and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series¿ In 1961, two Navajo boys must bet each other's lives-and risk their most prized possessions-to escape the wrath of the sadistic headmaster of a Gallup Indian boarding school. The white devil and his spawn will stop at nothing-not even murder-to acquire the objects of their desire. Fifty years later, a brush with death draws Rachael Yellowhorse and Charles Bloom back to the Navajo reservation, where they unwittingly stumble on a decades-old secret of child abuse and stolen heirlooms. Charles and Rachael must pick the awful lock of truth before deadly traps for the Navajo boys-now grown men-are sprung. The extended Bloom family also is in peril as the circle of life closes in on all those involved, and the white crosses in the graveyard of Two Trees Indian School yearn for justice.

The Butterfly Twins

Author : J. Mark Sublette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986190230
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Butterfly Twins written by J. Mark Sublette and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fifth book in the Charles Bloom Murder Mystery series...Prehistoric pots worth millions hidden on a high cliff in Wupatki National Monument hold vital clues to prehistoric agriculture and migrations--and to Santa Fe art dealer Charles Bloom's own future. To ensure his family's safety, Bloom must uncover the meaning of a pothunter's plunder, expose an unethical international gallery owner, and solve a thousand-year-old mystery that centers on his Canyon Road art gallery.Unbeknownst to Bloom, Juan de Oñate's Santa Fe governorship four hundred years earlier has seemingly unstoppable life-and-death implications for his wife, the Navajo weaver Rachael Yellowhorse. For all to survive, Bloom and Lt. Billy Poh of the Santa Fe Police Department must come to grips with a historical quagmire and stop the cascade of atrocities from landing directly on Bloom's front porch.

Paint by Numbers

Author : Mark Sublette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985544805
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Paint by Numbers written by Mark Sublette and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Little Black Book of Murder

Author : Nancy Martin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101614056
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Little Black Book of Murder written by Nancy Martin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society columnist Nora Blackbird is thrust into the world of celebrity tabloid gossip when a billionaire buys the farm…. Nora’s assigned to write a profile on billionaire fashion designer Swain Starr, who recently retired to build a high-tech organic farm with his new wife, Zephyr, a former supermodel. But before Nora can get the story, the mogul is murdered. And now her boss wants her to snap up an exclusive on who killed Starr before the cops do. But solving this murder won’t be easy with a family as colorful as Nora’s. Mick, her sort-of husband, is associating with unsavory characters from his past. Her sister Libby is transforming into a stage mom for her diabolical twins. And Emma, the youngest Blackbird, is mysteriously kicked out of the house by Mick. Nora’s home life may be hogging the spotlight, but there’s also a matter of Starr’s missing pig, which just might be the key to solving this mystery and the way Nora can bring home the bacon….

Foraging for Murder

Author : Simon Whaley
Publisher : Simon Whaley
ISBN 13 : 9781739863203
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Foraging for Murder written by Simon Whaley and published by Simon Whaley. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three butchers. Two deaths. One four-hundred-year-old grudge. It's Aldermaston's first food festival as the Eighth Marquess of Mortiforde and it's not going well. One butcher is missing. Another has been threatened. And the Vegetarian Society has been sent a meaty ultimatum. Meanwhile, Lady Mortiforde desperately needs her husband to find some wild boar meat for her savoury pie entry into the festival's Bake Off competition. When the Council's Chief Archivist disappears, along with the Food History Marquee's star attraction, a seventeenth-century recipe book, Aldermaston has all the ingredients of a murder mystery that's been marinating for over four hundred years. Can he find the missing butchers before it's too late? Will Lady Mortiforde avoid a soggy bottom in the Bake Off competition? And why do all the butchers take their pet pigs for a walk in the woods at night?