Hook, Line and Stinker

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Teaching fifth graders might be a pain, but it's nothing compared to clearing your name.

When grade school teacher Lily Thistle finds the body of a local womanizing garbage man washed up on the beach in her new town, she becomes suspect number one. Can this teacher turned amateur sleuth narrow down who wanted him dead and get the hot chief of police to recognize her as something other than a murder suspect?

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This culinary cozy mystery includes two recipes: Rose's Marionberry Muffins and Whiskey-laced Chocolate Chunks.

This book is a clean read.

Audience
adult

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