Lavender Lies Bleeding

” … A deftly crafted, impressively original, and fun read from cover to cover, ‘Lavender Lies Bleeding’ will prove an immediately welcome and enduringly popular pick for community library Mystery/Suspense collections.” – Midwest Book Review“Lavender Lies Bleeding, with its “Food, friends, and flavors” is another strong entry in one of my favorite cozy mystery series.” – Lesa Holstine“I truly enjoy … the richly detailed Seattle setting and Pepper herself, who is good humored but quirky enough to be an interesting human being.” – Robin Agnew, Aunt Agatha’s Mysteries“This delicious cozy mystery hits all the right marks with a whip-smart plot, delectable settings, … and delightful characters you’d love to spend time with if they actually existed … Ms. Budewitz writes a complex, twisty story that will keep seasoned armchair detectives puzzling over the whodunit. With an edge-of-your-seat reveal, an adorable faithful companion by Pepper’s side, the pieces fell into place with a highly satisfying conclusion.” – Kim Davis, author of Essentials of Murder“This delicious cozy mystery hits all the right marks with a whip-smart plot, delectable settings, … and delightful characters you’d love to spend time with if they actually existed … Ms. Budewitz writes a complex, twisty story that will keep seasoned armchair detectives puzzling over the whodunit. With an edge-of-your-seat reveal, an adorable faithful companion by Pepper’s side, the pieces fell into place with a highly satisfying conclusion.” – Kim Davis, author of Essentials of Murder

Leslie Budewitz tells stories about women’s lives, seasoned with friendship, food, a dash of history, and a heaping spoonful of mystery. She writes the Spice Shop mysteries set in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, as well as the Food Lovers’ Village mysteries and historical short fiction set in her native Montana. As Alicia Beckman, she writes moody suspense. A three-time Agatha Award winner—2013 Best First Novel for DEATH AL DENTE, the first Food Lovers’ Village mystery; 2011 Best Nonfiction, and 2018 Best Short Story, for “All God’s Sparrows,” her first historical fiction—she is a past president of Sisters in Crime and a former board member of Mystery Writers of America. Leslie lives and cooks in NW Montana.

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