Fudging the Books

Name: Fudging the Books
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Daryl Wood Gerber
ISBN: 9781980025689

Author: Daryl Wood Gerber

Series: Cookbook Nook Mysteries #4

Narrator: Allyson Morgan

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/23/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Cozy Culinary

Synopsis

The Agatha Award–winning author of Stirring the Plot returns to The Cookbook Nook in Crystal Cove, California, where February brings Pirate Week, National Chocolate Month—and bitter murder …

Pirate Week is sweeping through Crystal Cove and keeping Jenna Hart and her bookstore, The Cookbook Nook, plenty busy. But she’s not too swamped to also host the local Chocolate Cookbook Club’s meeting—especially because the guest of honor is friend, candymaker, and cookbook author Coco Chastain.

Jenna whips up a delicious event amid the rowdy festivities, but the mood is soon broken by robberies, simmering tempers, and a dead body—Coco’s editor, Alison.

The suspects turn out to be more plentiful than a potful of gold doubloons, so to prove Coco isn’t responsible for the dastardly deed, Jenna will have to stir up some clues and figure out who’s the real sticky-fingered killer …

About Daryl Wood Gerber

Daryl Wood Gerber is an Agatha Awardâ€“winning and nationally bestselling author of multiple mystery series, including the Cookbook Nook Mysteries and the Cheese Shop Mysteries (written as Avery Aames). She loves to read, cook, and golf. She has a frisky Goldendoodle named Sparky who keeps her in line!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Luffy Sempai on August 09, 2019

This book is both shallow and intricate. Its little town quaintness masks its superficial facade. The going was slow at times, which is too bad as the mystery is worth thinking over. Before the murder there's a burglary. The theft brought a modicum of pace and interest to the book. It's good that the......more

Goodreads review by James on November 03, 2021

Fudging the Books is the 4th tale in the Cookbook Nook Mysteries written by Daryl Wood Gerber. In this caper, protagonist Jenna is focused on marketing Pirate Week and Chocolate Month in Crystal Cove. Her bookstore is doing well, and she's survived several murder investigations, but the bad luck str......more

Goodreads review by Lisa Ks Book Reviews on August 03, 2015

The Cookbook Nook Mystery series is one I keep at the top of my favorites list. When I finish reading a book in this series, I get right online to find out how long I’ll have to wait for the next. For the record, the wait time between books in a cozy mystery series is normally around a year. But wit......more

Goodreads review by Tina on August 03, 2015

Ahoy Mattie's, it's Pirate Week in Crystal Cove, With pirates having a rich history in Crystal Cove and cookbook store owner, of The Cookbook Nook Jenna Hart is at the helm Okay, I admit it I get caught up speaking pirate-ease while writing this review too but it's not to be helped after reading thi......more