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1) Death on tap
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
After catching her husband cheating on her, craft-brew expert Sloan Krause leaves the family business to work for a hip, new nano-brewery, only to discover a competitor dead in the fermenting tub, clutching a secret recipe.
Sloan Krause has spent her life in Leavenworth, Washington becoming an expert in brewing craft beer, but when she walks in on her husband Mac screwing the barmaid she decides to strike out on her own. Breaking away from the Krause...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Halloween has arrived in picturesque Ashland, Oregon, and all of the ghouls and goblins have descended on Main Street for the annual parade. It's a giant street party and Torte is right in the mix. Jules Capshaw and her team have been baking up autumn delights and trick-or-Torte bags filled with sugar cookie cutouts, spiced cider, and mummy munch. It's the end of the season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which means that the costumes for the...
Author
Series
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Torte--the beloved small-town bakeshop run by Jules Capshaw--is set to hit the stage. But who would have guessed that murder would makes a surprise appearance? It's the role of a lifetime for Jules. The Shakespeare Festival has returned to Ashland, Oregon, for the season and Torte has been cast as the supplier of Elizabethan-era treats for the main event. But on the eve of opening night, a brawl between Jules's friend Lance, the artistic director,...
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"After graduating from culinary school, Juliet Capshaw returns to her quaint hometown of Ashland, Oregon, to heal a broken heart and help her mom at the family bakery. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is bringing in lots of tourists looking for some crumpets to go with their heroic couplets. But when one of Torte's customers turns up dead, there's much ado about murder ... The victim is Nancy Hudson, the festival's newest board member. A modern-day...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Spring has sprung in Ashland, Oregon, and everything at Torte seems to be coming up buttercream roses. But just when Juliet Capshaw seems to have found her sweet spot--with her staff set to handle the influx of tourists for this year's Shakespeare festival while she moves back into her childhood home--things take a dramatic turn. Jules discovers a long-forgotten dossier in her deceased father's belongings that details one of the most controversial...
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Sloan Krause mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Amateur sleuth Sloan Krause delves into the murderous political world in another delightful mystery from popular cozy writer Ellie Alexander. It's the dead season in Leavenworth, Washington. The throngs of Oktoberfest crowds have headed home, and the charming Bavarian streets are quiet and calm--momentarily. Villagers use the reprieve to drink in the crisp fall mountain air and prepare for the upcoming winter light festival. Soon the German-inspired...
Author
Series
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Torte-a small-town family bakeshop where the coffee is hot, the muffins are fresh, and the cakes are definitely to die for... It's autumn in Ashland, Oregon-'tis the season for a spiced hot apple cider with a serving (or two) of Torte's famous peach cobbler. It's also the perfect time for Jules Capshaw to promote her family's beloved bake shop by competing in The Pastry Channel's reality show, Take the Cake. The prize is $25,000. But as...
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Publisher
Sweet Lemon Press LLC
Language
English
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"It's ski week in everyone's favorite Bavarian village of Leavenworth, Washington. Sloan Krause and her brewing partner in crime Garrett Strong are pouring pints of their deliciously decadent obsidian IPA and serving up slices of peanut butter chocolate pretzel bars. The mid-winter has everyone buzzing with excitement, especially Garrett. His family is arriving for a long overdue visit to Nitro. He can't wait to show them around the village, spend...
11) A smoking bun
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Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
While baking up spiced curry buns and chai cookies for a moonlit snowshoe tour, pastry chef turned amateur sleuth Jules Capshaw takes Ramiro's family to the annual Downhill Dummy competition in which murder comes in first and must catch a stone-cold killer before they strike again.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The deep freeze has thawed in Ashland, Oregon and Torte is gearing up for a busy spring. When a surprise opportunity to launch a pop-up ice cream shop comes her way, Jules jumps at the chance to showcase Torte's signature iced drinks and cold custards. But selling the desserts of her dreams comes at a price... and, before she knows it, Jules's life swirls into a nightmare. One of the town's most colorful characters, a street performer known for wearing...
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As November's autumnal hues fall over the Shakespearean hamlet of Ashland, Oregon, Jules and her team at Torte are putting the finishing touches on an authentic Elizabethan feast for the opening gala of a new museum exhibit at Southern Oregon University. The unveiling of the Bard's lost manuscript, Double Falsehood, will be celebrated with silky chocolate showpieces, lardy cakes, frangipane tarts, and jellies with chestnut cream. But on the big evening,...
15) On thin icing
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Torte-a small-town family bakeshop where the treats are killer good.
It's the dead of winter in the sleepy town of Ashland, which means no tourists-and fewer customers-for Jules Capshaw and her bakery. But when she's asked to cater an off-season retreat for the directors of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, business starts heating up...until Jules finds a dead body in the freezer.
"An intriguing new series."-Reader to Reader
Someone at...
16) Donut disturb
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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" It's a picture perfect day. Guests gather on picnic blankets in front of the bandshell to watch Kerry walk down the aisle and wed Ashland's favorite detective in training, Thomas. Jules and her team at Torte have been tasked with catering the outdoor reception and everything is going according to plan, until a wedding crasher shows up. The uninvited guest isn't just someone looking to score a free glass of champagne. It's Kerry's estranged father...
Author
Series
Sloan Krause mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"ELLIE ALEXANDER is a Pacific Northwest native who spends ample time testing pastry recipes in her home kitchen or at one of the many famed coffeehouses nearby. When she's not coated in flour, you'll find her outside exploring hiking trails and trying to burn off calories consumed in the name of "research". She is also the author of the Bakeshop Mysteries, which began with Meet Your Baker. Find her on Facebook to learn more!"--
"Amateur sleuth Sloan...
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Series
Sloan Krause mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After a long cold winter, spring is beginning to bloom in the alpine village of Leavenworth, Washington, where craft brewer Sloan Krause and her partner in crime Garrett Strong are putting the finishing touches on their bright and refreshing Lemon Kiss ale. They'll be debuting their new line at the Maifest celebration, which will bring visitors from near and far to dance around the Maipole and shop at the outdoor flower markets. Despite the festive...
19) Without a brew
Author
Series
Sloan Krause mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's winter in the Bavarian village of Leavenworth, Washington, which for Sloan Krause means lots of layers, pine and citrus-flavored craft beers, and getting the new guest rooms at Nitro, the brewery where she works, into tip top shape before the next weekend's IceFest. Unfortunately, Sloan and her boss Garrett are learning that not every guest in the brewery is up for a hopping good time. While the couple staying with them, Brad and Ali, seem completely...
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