A Catered Costume Party

A Mystery with Recipes!

When sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons agree to cater an extravagant Halloween party in their little upstate New York town of Longely, they figured a ghost or two and a blood curdling scream might be part of the...

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A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange

The Baking for Life cookie contest is on the line

The snow is falling and there’s a wreath on every door in tiny Longely, New York, and that can only mean one thing…

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A Catered St. Patrick’s Day

A Celtic knot of malice and mayhem

The festivities don’t get off to a smooth start when Bernie’s boyfriend finds Mike Sweeney floating face down in a vat of green beer…

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A Catered Cat Wedding (2017)

Release Date: October 2017

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When Libby and Bernie Simmons agree to cater a wedding for Natasha and Boris, Susie Katz ‘s two Russian blue cats, the sisters think, it’s weird, but they’ve done weird before. It’s to be a small wedding, six guests only, but a deluxe one. As the date nears, Bernie and Libby begin to understand why Susie Katz is not well- loved in town. A self-made multi-millionaire, she thinks that her money entitles her to do whatever she wants to whomever she wants.

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A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange (2013)

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A Catered Chritmas cookie Xchange HCBernie and Libby Simmons, caterers extraordinaire, are hosting a televised cookie contest just in time for Christmas, but unfriendly rivalries cook up a cutthroat competition.

The snow is falling and there’s a wreath on every door in Longely, N.Y., and that can only mean one thing: The feisty members of the Christmas Cookie Club Exchange are busy perfecting their recipes once again. And with the Baking for Life cookie contest on the line, the stakes are higher – and deadlier- than ever.

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A Catered St. Patrick’s Day (2012)

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A Catered St Patrick's DayGastronomical dream team Bernie and Libby Simmons wade into a Celtic knot of malice and mayhem when a St. Patrick’s celebration goes terribly wrong…

To most of the people in the town of Longely, N.Y., St. Paddy’s Day means good food, great music, and plenty of Guinness. But when the lifeless body of Mike Sweeney floats to the top of a vat of green beer, it looks like the luck of the Irish has just run out.

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Argue, Fuss, Detect

Harriet Klausner

Hilarious sisters who argue, fuss and detect while debating what to do next. Bernie is a kick-butt-in-your-face while Libby is a girly-girl, but both are brave and together form a yin and yang terrific sleuthing team.

Good Mystery

J. Barrett

After reading ½ of the first page I know I will be hunting down the rest of the books to read.

Humor, Sleuthing, Deliciousness

A. Pohren

There is a perfect blend of lightness, humor and fun, as well as mystery and sleuthing. The added deliciousness of recipes is a fun bonus as well.

Ranks with the Best

Amy E. Lignor

Just like the Murder She Wrote series, and the best that Agatha Christie had to offer, these books are extremely fun “who-dun-its” with great action, well-written puzzles, and dialogue a reader will not soon forget.

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