{"product_id":"mint-chocolate-murder-paperback","title":"Mint Chocolate Murder - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMint Chocolate Murder\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightful confection of wonderful characters, a yummy setting, and an intriguing, twisty, and multi-layered mystery. It's the perfect book to curl up with on a lazy summer afternoon--preferably with your favorite flavor of ice cream close to hand.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Penney, Edgar-nominated author of the Cambridge Bookshop Series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiley Rhodes returns in the second delicious cozy set in a New England ice cream shop, Meri Allen's \u003ci\u003eMint Chocolate Murder\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Udderly Delightful Ice Cream shop manager Riley Rhodes is summoned to Penniman's Moy Mull Castle, it's the cherry on top of a successful summer season. The gothic pile built by an eccentric New England Gilded Age millionaire has been transformed into a premiere arts colony by Maud Monaco, a reclusive former supermodel. As part of Moy Mull's Fall Arts Festival, Maud is throwing a fantasy ice cream social and hires Riley to whip up unique treats to celebrate the opening of an exhibit by Adam Blasco, a photographer as obnoxious as he is talented. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Penniman fills up with Maud's art-world friends arriving for the festival, gossip swirls around Blasco, who has a dark history of obsession with his models. Riley's curiosity and instincts for sleuthing - she was a CIA librarian - are piqued, and she wonders at the hold the cold-hearted photographer has over the mistress of Moy Mull. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Adam is found dead behind the locked door of Moy Mull's dungeon, Riley realizes there's more than one suspect who'd wanted to put the malicious photographer on ice.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102858875103,"sku":"9781250416919","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/I41JliD5m59781250416919.webp?v=1781087489","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/mint-chocolate-murder-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}