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title: "Pies & Peril: A Culinary Competition Mystery (Culinary Competition Mysteries) (Volume 1) Paperback – July 6, 2014"
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# Pies & Peril: A Culinary Competition Mystery (Culinary Competition Mysteries) (Volume 1) Paperback – July 6, 2014

**Brand:** janel gradowski
**Price:** ₨548
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- **What is this?** Pies & Peril: A Culinary Competition Mystery (Culinary Competition Mysteries) (Volume 1) Paperback – July 6, 2014 by janel gradowski
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## Description

About the Author
        	  
        	  
        		  
        		  
	        		
						
			        		Janel Gradowski lives in a land that looks like a cold weather fashion accessory, the mitten-shaped state of Michigan. She is a wife and mom to two kids and one Golden Retriever. Her journey to becoming an author is littered with odd jobs like renting apartments to college students and programming commercials for an AM radio station. Somewhere along the way she also became a beadwork designer and teacher. She enjoys cooking recipes found in her formidable cookbook and culinary fiction collection. Searching for unique treasures at art fairs, flea markets and thrift stores is also a favorite pastime. Coffee is an essential part of her life.
						    	
					    	
						
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## Customer Reviews

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    Refreshing ending, but.....
  

*by A***R on May 14, 2016*









  
  
    The constant references to food made me want to put this book down on more than one occasion.  I stuck with it only to see how the murder was solved.*  If Amy wasn’t eating, drinking, or baking something, she was thinking about eating, drinking or baking something.  And, my goodness, the over use of analogies to food was annoying.  Examples from just the first two chapters: “The hot sunshine made her feel like a salmon roasting on a cedar plank.” “It felt like her body had been sprinkled with spicy, tingly, Szechuan pepper.” “Carla would pounce on the admission like a feral cat on a roasted chicken.” “…more unpleasant than a dozen deviled eggs left on a hot car all day.” “…like batter covered chore devils perched on her shoulder.”On and on they went throughout the entire book.  I cannot recommend it to anyone except those who love culinary analogies with a little mystery thrown in.*Three stars because the ending was refreshing – the heroine actually left it up to the police to catch the murderer instead of putting herself in peril as with so many other cozy endings
  


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    Pies & Peril (Culinary Competition Mysteries Book 1
  

*by H***A on July 29, 2019*









  
  
    What a tasty whodunnit mystery that let me DROOLING!!  I loved  Amy Ridley, part time sleuth, and quite the baker.  When Amy entered a pie baking contest against her rivalry, she had no idea how dangerous  it was and she never expected to find Mandy Jo dead under a table with her pie smeared all over her face!  Mandy had made more enemies with her harsh tone and her hateful words, but just when Amy knew that she could dethrone the reigning queen, she ended up DEAD! Pies and Perils is LOADED with sweets that tempted me off my game and I was floored by who killed Mandy!
  


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    A lighthearted way to pass the time and perhaps some tasty recipes as well
  

*by A***R on April 24, 2016*









  
  
    I received this book free and to tell the truth, I probably wouldn't have read it otherwise, mostly because of the title and also because I am getting a little tired of books framed around recipes.  Aside from that, it was a little better than I thought it would be.  The story is actually told by two different characters, which was a bit of a twist; one of them, Carla, I liked more than the other, Amy (Amy comes off like a ditz).  And one of my pet peeves occurs in this book:  Although Amy states that she hates bad grammar (no apostrophes, misspellings, etc.), throughout the book there are incomplete sentences (where are the grammar police when you need them?)  The plot was fairly predictable and I found myself rolling my eyes at just how stupid Amy was in a lot of circumstances, but all in all it was a rather entertaining book and a harmless way to pass the time.  And naturally there are the obligatory recipes included in the book.  Will I continue to read the rest of the series?  I don't think so, unless I am offered more free books, and even then I'm not sure.
  


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