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Spoon to be Dead

Published
Nov 2023
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Cozy Mystery Cozy Mystery

About This Book

"Mentink has designed a story that will keep the reader wondering, and then knowing, and then wondering again, as the suspects and victims keep changing places." — New York Journal of Books

A murder for the holidays is about to shake things up!

Trinidad Jones is starting the festive season with sugary confections and a heaping scoop of worry as her shake shop enters its first Oregon winter. With snow abound and tourists trickling through, she'll do anything to keep her milkshake dreams afloat, even if it means catering a holiday steamboat party for some new arrivals in town.

But when her good-for-nothing ex crashes through her shop's door claiming he's being charged with murder, things go sideways. With clues piling up like whipped cream on a sundae and motives abound, Trinidad and her fellow ex-wives must solve this murder before she's finally thrown for a scoop.

The third book in the Shake Shop Mysteries following Trinidad Jones who makes sweet confections and solves sticky situations in her small town!

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First Edition Nov 2023 Poisoned Pen Press ISBN 1728231612
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Mar 2024 Gale, A Cengage Group ISBN B0CLRJFC3F
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Oct 2023 -- Not Selected ISBN B0BQCHM564
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Nov 2023 Sourcebooks ISBN 1728231620
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