The Pumpkin Butter Murder by Meg Benjamin

The Pumpkin Butter Murder

by Meg Benjamin

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GENRE: Cozy Mystery

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BLURB:

Their gourmet dinner turned deadly. And now the murderer is after her. Roxy Constantine is looking for a way to spend her winter downtime. Her true love Nate Robicheaux has a suggestion: she can serve as his sous chef when he prepares a dinner party for possible investors. But when several guests become ill and the hostess herself dies after eating their food, Roxy and Nate could be in deep trouble. Now they need to find out what really happened, and who wanted their hostess dead before their culinary reputations go down in flames and the murderer turns his attention to Roxy herself.

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EXCERPT

I started toward the boxes I was packing up when I heard an odd sound from the direction of the dining room. Like someone had screamed, but not exactly. More like someone had groaned.

Alex and I both turned toward the door, both of us frowning, when it flew open and Siggi, the bartender, ran in, her face the colour of rice paper. “Help. Get help now. She’s sick. Call a doctor. Get an ambulance.”

“What the hell?” I muttered and hurried through the kitchen door myself.

In the dining room, I saw a circle of leather chairs and a sofa, with a group of people gathered there. Tera was bent over a footstool at the front, retching. She wasn’t the only one. One of the men was grasping his middle and groaning, while another was on his knees throwing up. Two more had staggered backwards from the group, but it wasn’t clear whether they were sick themselves or just trying to get away from the others. Nate was bent over his phone, talking fast to someone on the other end about medical emergencies and the need for urgent help, while Susa stood at the side of the room, hugging herself.

She looked more terrified than I’d ever seen her, and I’d known her since we were both seven.

I grabbed her arm. “Susa, what happened? What’s going on?”

“I don’t know. I don’t…they all started throwing up and groaning. Maybe it was something they ate?” She gave me an anguished look as a stream of ice promptly slithered down my backbone.

It looked like we were in deep, deep trouble.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Meg Benjamin is an award-winning author of romance. Meg’s Konigsburg series is set in the Texas Hill Country and her Salt Box and Brewing Love trilogies are set in the Colorado Rockies (all are available from Entangled Publishing and from Meg’s indie line). Her new cosy mystery series, Luscious Delights from Wild Rose Press, concerns a jam-making sleuth based in the mythical small town of Shavano, Colorado. Along with contemporary romance, Meg is also the author of the paranormal Ramos Family trilogy from Berkley InterMix and the Folk trilogy from Soul Mate. Meg’s books have won numerous awards, including an EPIC Award, a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Holt Medallion from Virginia Romance Writers, the Beanpot Award from the New England Romance Writers, and the Award of Excellence from Colorado Romance Writers.

Meg’s Website is http://www.MegBenjamin.com.

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The buy links for The Pumpkin Butter Murder are:

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And https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143832530?ean=9781509250592

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