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Of Mushrooms and Matrimony (A Tish Tarragon Mystery)
by Amy Patricia Meade
Of Mushrooms and Matrimony (A Tish Tarragon Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
6th in Series
Severn House; Main edition (January 3, 2023)
Hardcover : 224 pages
Tish Tarragon is catering for a wedding, but the weekend goes from sweet to sour when a guest at the venue is poisoned.
Literary caterer and owner of Cookin’ the Books cafe Tish Tarragon is pushing thoughts of her impending eviction aside to prepare an appetising welcome buffet for a wedding weekend at Abbingdon Green Bed and Breakfast. While there, Tish witnesses one of the guests, controversial TV chef and restaurant critic, Gunner Randall, threatening staff after missing breakfast and making do with a mushroom omelet.
When Randall is found dead the following day, it soon becomes clear that poisoned mushrooms were behind his demise. With no shortage of potential suspects and motives, can Tish and her new beau, Sheriff Clemson Reade, uncover who was enraged enough with the unsavoury star to silence him for good?
Character Guest Post
Hey, y’all, I’m Julian Pen Davis, Channel Ten weatherman and occasional featured reporter here to tell you all about the latest murder here in Hobson Glen, Virginia.
Celebrity chef Gunnar Randall – the host of Taste of America and the chef Americans of all ages just love to hate – has been found dead in his room at Abbingdon Green Bed and Breakfast, an apparent victim of mushroom poisoning.
Henrico County’s Sheriff Clemson Reade is on the case along with his loyal deputy, Officer James Clayton, and the Sheriff’s Office’s newest consultant, Tish Tarragon.
Along with being my bestie since our days at University of Virginia, Tish is the owner of Cookin’ the Books Literary Café and Catering. Well, she was the owner of the café, until Tish’s ex-boyfriend and landlord, Schuyler Thompson, served her with eviction papers shortly after their break-up (She told him to shut up – something the entire town would love to tell him now that he’s been elected mayor). Tish has been left to search for a new home for herself, her cat, Tuna, and her business, but so far the only places she’s found available are tiny storefronts in strip malls located next door to Weight Watchers and Jenny Craigs.
Oh, it’s all a mess, honey!
I’ve urged Tish to move in with her hunky new squeeze, Sheriff Reade, but Tish doesn’t move too quickly in relationships. In fact, Tish’s baker and our mutual friend, Celestine Rufus, has often said that on the freeway of love, Tish is a station wagon full of nuns. It’s a pretty fair analogy. Although as a lifelong singleton whose only experience being swept off my feet was being scooped up by a snowplow while reporting on a winter storm in front of the Edgar Allen Poe museum, I try not judge these matters too harshly.
Luckily for the people of Hobson Glen, whatever relationship savvy Tish might lack, she more than makes up for with her cooking and her ability to solve crimes. She’s like the Julia Child of Scotland Yard. Or maybe it’s more like the Sherlock Holmes of the kitchen. Either way, she’s fabulous! Which is a good thing because with half the country wanting Gunnar Randall dead, someone with serious cooking knowledge is needed to figure out not just how the chef was poisoned, but when.
About Amy Patricia Meade
Author of the critically acclaimed Marjorie McClelland Mysteries, Vermont Country Living Mysteries, and Tish Tarragon Mysteries, Amy Patricia Meade is a native of Long Island, NY, where she cut her teeth on classic films and books featuring Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown.
After stints as an Operations Manager for a document imaging company and as a freelance technical writer, Amy left the bright lights of New York City and headed north to pursue her creative writing career amidst the idyllic beauty of Vermont’s Green Mountains.
After five years living in Bristol, England, Amy now resides in upstate New York.
When not writing, Amy spends her time working for her musician husband, watching classic films, testing new recipes, belly dancing, and cleaning cat hair from her lap.
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Website https://amypatriciameade.com/
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Purchase Links – Amazon – B&N – Kobo – IndieBound
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Of Mushrooms and Matrimony TOUR PARTICIPANTS
January 4 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
January 4 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
January 5 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
January 5 – Ebook addicts – SPOTLIGHT
January 6 – Books to the Ceiling – SPOTLIGHT*
January 6 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
January 7 – Bootsie’s Book Nook – SPOTLIGHT
January 7 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
January 8 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
January 8 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
January 9 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog – SPOTLIGHT
January 10 – Celticlady’s Reviews – RECIPE
January 11 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT
January 12 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
January 13 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
January 14 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST
January 15 – I’m Into Books – RECIPE
January 16 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
January 17 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
January 17 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
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Of Mushrooms and Matrimony (A Tish Tarragon Mystery) by Amy Patricia Meade sounds like a fun mystery that I would enjoy.