Read Series: Fresh-Baked Mystery
by Author Livia J. Washburn
A Peach of a Murder (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...
The Fatal Funnel Cake (2013)
Retired teacher Phyllis and her housemates head to Dallas for the Texas State Fair. Several of them have decided to enter cooking contests (even the lone male, Sam, will try his hand at Spam cookery!), and Phyllis's favorite cooking show hostess will be there. Not only do they score some winner...
Wedding Cake Killer (2012)
This one started at the end...that was fun.Phyllis is in jail! And then we are back at the beginning at Eve's bridal shower. Much to Eve's surprise, everyone she invited showed up. There were many there unknown to Phyllis, Sam or Carolyn, so it was easy for a stranger to slip in and steal Eve's l...
The Gingerbread Bump-Off (2011)
Phyllis Newsom has too much to do this holiday season. One of her house mates is getting married. There is a bridal shower to plan for Christmas Eve, and a wedding for New Year's Eve. To top it all off, her friend, Georgia, asks her to be part of the Christmas Jingle Bell Tour of Homes. On th...
Killer Crab Cakes (2009)
Cozy mysteries that score 3/5 are different from others. They are the ones to watch. There were many things to like about Killer Crab Cakes, one of them being the seamless way the usual suspects (and I use the term loosely) segue into the brand new background of Fulton. The pacing in this book wa...
The Pumpkin Muffin Murder (2010)
This one centers around Thanksgiving time. I think it's pretty bad that people that are murdered in the series seem to be eating Phyllis' food! I feel bad for her. She gets to have her grandson for a couple weeks and has a great time with him. He's so smart. Then someone dies and her a Carolyn fi...
The Christmas Cookie Killer by Livia J Washburn (2008)
This was a very good book. The victim never got to eat her cookies and this drew me into the book like a magnet. The mystery was well constructed and as usual, the sleuth and her partners were up to their usual standards.I did not sense the culprit and there was a twist at the ending. I am enjoyi...
