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Recipe for Murder

by Carolyn Keene · 1989

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When Ned burns the barbecue, Nancy offers him a real culinary challenge—a course at the famed Claude DuPres International Cooking School in Chicago. The session is barely under way when Chef DuPres dies. Was it a heart attack or poison? Cook up huge sales with this perennial favorite.

Genre
mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 180 pages

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