By Cook or by Crook (A Five-Ingredient Mystery)

Take one burned-out city girl. Add a crusty codger a pinch of gossip and a dash of romance. Stir in a generous helping of murder and youve got the ingredients for one truly delicious mystery. . . Haunted by the car accident that ended her career as a cookbook publicist Val Deniston has traded in the chaos of New York City for a quieter life near the Chesapeake Bay. Living with her curmudgeonly grandfather in the tourist town of Bayport is hardly glamorous but she enjoys working at the Cool Down Caf at the local fitness club and she finally has time to work on her long-planned cookbook. But when one of the clubs patrons is found dead shell have to cook up a scheme to find the killer. As the number of suspects rises like crabs in a bucket its out of the pan and into the fire for Val. If she cant find the culprit soon she might as well be chum in the water. . . Includes 8 five-ingredient recipes! "Cozy mystery readers will the love the puzzle and the enjoyable look into this small tourist town by the sea." --Nancy Coco author of All Fudged Up