As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles

Name: As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Leslie Budewitz
ISBN: 9781541479890

Author: Leslie Budewitz

Series: Food Lovers' Village Mystery #5

Narrator: Rebecca Mitchell

Unabridged: 7 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/05/2018

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy

Synopsis

In Jewel Bay, all is merry and bright. At Murphy's Mercantile, AKA the Merc, manager Erin Murphy is ringing in the holiday season with food, drink, and a new friend: Merrily Thornton. A local girl gone wrong, Merrily's turned her life around. But her parents have publicly shunned her, and they nurse a bitterness that chills Erin.

When Merrily goes missing and her boss discovers he's been robbed, fingers point to Merrily—until she's found dead, a string of lights around her neck. The clues and danger snowball from there. Can Erin nab the killer—and keep herself in one piece—in time for a special Christmas Eve?

About Leslie Budewitz

Leslie Budewitz is the nationally bestselling author of the Spice Shop Mysteries and the Food Lovers' Village Mysteries. She is also the author of short stories that have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Suspense Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and other publications. She is the winner of the 2013 Agatha Award for Best First Novel for Death al Dente and the 2011 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction for Books, Crooks & Counselors.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on May 11, 2022

As the Christmas Cookies Crumbles is the fifth book in the Food Lover's Village Mystery series written by Leslie Budewitz. I'm currently up to date on the author's Seattle-based series and have read all the previous books in this series. I've also read her stand-alone novel published under a pseudon......more

Goodreads review by Betty on June 07, 2018

In the fifth book of the Food Lovers series, in Jewel Bay, Montana the Christmas holidays are coming up. Erin Murphy is planning her for Christmas Eve.The merchants depend on the sales at this time and have scheduled a community wife decorating party. At the event, a Mother disowned her daughter in......more

Goodreads review by Leith on October 17, 2021

This the 5th book in the Food Lovers series, set in the Mercantile in Jewel Bay, Montana at Christmas time. I loved reading the other books in the series, and this book was no exception. Erin is getting the Merc ready for Christmas, and she's planning her wedding to Adam at the same time. Unfortunat......more

Goodreads review by Mayda on September 04, 2018

It’s almost Christmas and Erin is especially merry this year: she is about to be married. But Christmastime brings out the best and the worst in people. Merrily, a former resident and friend of Erin’s, arrives back in town after a twenty-year estrangement from her parents, but they still reject her.......more

Goodreads review by Deanne on December 07, 2021

The setting of this small-town Christmas time book in Jewel Bay in Montana will have you wanting to stop in and chat with the locals and do a bit of holiday shopping in the wonderful sounding shops. Manager Erin Murphy of Murphy's Mercantile aka The Merc has a new friend Merrily, she's looking forwar......more