Death by chocolate raspberry scone / Sarah Graves.

By:

Graves, Sarah, 1951-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Graves, Sarah, Death by chocolate mystery ; Publisher: New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024Edition: First Kensington hardcover editionDescription: 282 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781496744111 :
149674411X

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DDC classification:

813/.6 23/eng/20240403

LOC classification:

PS3557.R2897 D43 2024

Summary: "With the August heat strong enough to melt solid chocolate into syrup, Jake and Ellie crave a break from the bakery ovens, despite tourist season promising a sweet payday. But they never envisioned spending the last weeks of summer drifting around Passamaquoddy Bay searching for pirate's treasure--and a dead body. Sally Coates believes her husband was murdered off the coast, and begs Ellie, a trusted childhood friend, to locate his remains. It's unusual that a skilled fisherman would vanish along with the gold doubloon he inherited from his grandfather. And Sally isn't the only one coveting the valuable heirloom for her own. As Jake and Ellie island-hop for answers, they find themselves caught between hungry sharks and hungrier suspects. Can the duo tempt fate and dodge danger before there's blood in the water--or are they destined to fall into the jaws of a killer's trap?"--Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	New Books	FIC GRAVES	Checked out	05/15/2024	36748002555888

Total holds: 1

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Summer guests are eager to sink their teeth into the tantalizing desserts Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and Ellie White serve at their bakeshop in the island village of Eastport, Maine. But attracting the wrong kind of attention can be deadly . . .

With the August heat strong enough to melt solid chocolate into syrup, Jake and Ellie crave a break from the bakery ovens, despite tourist season promising a sweet payday. But they never envisioned spending the last weeks of summer drifting around Passamaquoddy Bay searching for pirate's treasure--and a dead body.

Sally Coates believes her husband was murdered off the coast, and begs Ellie, a trusted childhood friend, to locate his remains. It's unusual that a skilled fisherman would vanish along with the gold doubloon he inherited from his grandfather. And Sally isn't the only one coveting the valuable heirloom for her own.

As Jake and Ellie's island-hop for answers, they find themselves caught between hungry sharks and hungrier suspects. Can the duo tempt fate and dodge danger before there's blood in the water--or are they destined to fall into the jaws of a killer's trap?

"With the August heat strong enough to melt solid chocolate into syrup, Jake and Ellie crave a break from the bakery ovens, despite tourist season promising a sweet payday. But they never envisioned spending the last weeks of summer drifting around Passamaquoddy Bay searching for pirate's treasure--and a dead body. Sally Coates believes her husband was murdered off the coast, and begs Ellie, a trusted childhood friend, to locate his remains. It's unusual that a skilled fisherman would vanish along with the gold doubloon he inherited from his grandfather. And Sally isn't the only one coveting the valuable heirloom for her own. As Jake and Ellie island-hop for answers, they find themselves caught between hungry sharks and hungrier suspects. Can the duo tempt fate and dodge danger before there's blood in the water--or are they destined to fall into the jaws of a killer's trap?"--Provided by publisher.

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Kirkus Book Review

A Maine baker goes on the hunt for a doubloon and a body to boot. As tourists flock to the town of Eastport to enjoy the summer's warm weather, locals Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and Ellie White feel more pressure than pleasure from the influx. Although tourists keep their bakery, the Chocolate Moose, in business, the crowds and hot weather can be a little too much in a town with limited air conditioning. And while some folks might find peace in Passamaquoddy Bay's coastal waters, the ocean isn't always safe. Take Paul Coates, for example, a seasoned fisherman whose boat, the Sally Ann, was found by the Coast Guard with no one aboard. Now Sally, his presumed widow and Ellie's old friend, has to wait for a body to wash up for a burial. Sally's already-dim hopes for a happy ending are dashed when a life vest is found on the beach alongside Paul's boot, a personalized piece of footwear with a secret compartment in the heel. Sally begs Jake and Ellie to find out more because when Paul's boot was found, the antique gold coin he kept there was missing from its hiding spot. Its disappearance is no doubt a motive for murder, Sally claims. Jake is willing to be convinced, particularly as Lizzie Snow, the new police chief, doesn't strike her as up to the job. Jake and Ellie's investigation gets them into some unique scrapes, from a run-in with a real-life sea witch to a surprising number of unchaperoned shark encounters, but it's when her family is threatened that Jake feels the real seriousness of what's going on. Grittier than the typical cozy: more shark than scone. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.