{"product_id":"the-solace-of-bay-leaves-9781645060178","title":"The Solace of Bay Leaves","description":"\u003cb\u003ePepper Reece never expected to find solace in bay leaves.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when her life fell apart at forty and she bought the venerable-but-rundown Spice Shop in Seattle's Pike Place Market, her days took a tasty turn. Now she's savoring the prospect of a flavorful fall and a busy holiday cooking season, until danger bubbles to the surface . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Between managing her shop, worrying about her staff, and navigating a delicious new relationship, Pepper's firing on all burners. But when her childhood friend Maddie is shot and gravely wounded, the incident is quickly tied to an unsolved murder that left another close friend a widow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Convinced that the secret to both crimes lies in the history of a once-beloved building, Pepper uses her local-girl contacts and her talent for asking questions to unearth startling links between the past and present--links that suggest her childhood friend may not have been the Golden Girl she appeared to be. Pepper is forced to face her own regrets and unsavory emotions, if she wants to save Maddie's life--and her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeslie 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 \u003ci\u003eDEATH AL DENTE\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seventh Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648810811666,"sku":"9781645060178","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2db27c2a-5e4d-44a7-bfaf-d79da7469f26.jpg?v=1759834353","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-solace-of-bay-leaves-9781645060178","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}