Tag: crime

Crooked Snake by Lovejoy Boteler

This past week, a state wide search was conducted for a criminal who raped and murdered an elderly lady in a small town in Mississippi […]

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Zero Days by Ruth Ware

Synopsis: Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. […]

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The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden

Synopsis: Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not […]

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The Butcher and the Wren…New Orleans Trip #2

A friend gave me this book to read. I picked it up to read but then set it back down to read something else. While […]

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The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel

Amazon link First things first… I sometimes forego a recipe when the setting is based in the U.S.; however, since I was already doing pulled […]

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The Moonlight Child by Karen McQuestion

Caprese salad  – made from homegrown tomatoes and basil… This really has nothing to do with the setting of the book.  However, we have a […]

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The Woman in the Window: A Novel and King Cake in a Bread Machine

  Recipe link I know what you are saying?  King Cake in a bread machine?  Why, yes!  And…king cake also doesn’t have anything to do […]

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Come With Me by Ronald Malfi and Historic Annapolis

Originally this book blog started off with cooking recipes that relate to the setting of books.  There are only so many American dishes I can […]

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Home Before Dark by Riley Sager : article – Thomas Jefferson/Dr. Benjamin Rush, maple sugar, and the abolition of slavery

  The setting of this book takes place in Vermont. It is a struggle to find unique recipes of books with settings in the United […]

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Lock Every Door by Riley Sager (no recipe)

  No recipe.  Why?  Because it takes place in NYC, and I just didn’t want to cook anything “unique” to NYC.   Synopsis: No visitors. No […]

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