{"product_id":"butter-off-dead-9780425259566","title":"Butter Off Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs the national bestselling Food Lovers' Village Mysteries continue, the merchants of Jewel Bay, Montana, try to heat up chilly winter business with a new film festival. But their plans are sent reeling when a dangerous killer dims the lights on a local vendor...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an attempt to woo tourists to Jewel Bay and cheer up the townies, Erin Murphy, manager of the specialty local foods market known as the Merc, is organizing the First Annual Food Lovers' Film Festival, filled with classic foodie flicks and local twists on favorite movie treats. But when her partner in planning, painter Christine Vandeberg, is found dead only days before the curtain rises, Erin suspects someone is attempting to stop the films from rolling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo make matters worse, Nick--Erin's brother and Christine's beau--has top billing on the suspect list. Convinced her brother is innocent and determined that the show must go on, Erin has to find who's really to blame before Nick gets arrested or the festival gets shut down. But the closer she gets to the killer, the more likely it becomes that she'll be the next person cut from the program... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeslie Budewitz \u003c\/b\u003eis passionate about food, great mysteries, and her native Montana. She is the author of the Food Lovers' Village mystery series, including \u003ci\u003eCrime Rib \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDeath Al Dente\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eAssault and Pepper\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in the new Spice Shop mystery series. Also a lawyer, her first book, Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure, won the 2011 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction and was nominated for the 2012 Anthony and Macavity awards. Leslie loves to cook, eat, hike, travel, garden, and paint--not necessarily in that order. She lives in northwest Montana with her husband, Don Beans, a doctor of natural medicine, and their Burmese cat, Ruff, an avid bird watcher.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50411339776274,"sku":"9780425259566","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac156a82-c0d5-407b-b43f-146472cecc26.jpg?v=1729311603","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/butter-off-dead-9780425259566","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}