An Agatha Nominee for Best Contemporary Mystery Novel
In Korina Moss'sFondue or Die, the lazy, hazy, dairy days of summer are coming to a close in the Sonoma Valley. . . and so is someones life.
The small town of Yarrow Glens neighbor, Lockwood, hosts an annual Labor Day weekend bash: Dairy Days. And Willa Bauer and her cheese shop, Curds & Whey, refuse to miss out on the fun. Willa is thrilled to celebrate her favorite thingshe is a cheesemonger after alland this festival goes all out: butter sculptures, goat races, cheese wheel relays, even a Miss Dairy pageant. Too bad the pageant runner, Nadine, is treating Dairy Days prep like itsfondueor die and is putting everyone around her on edge. When Willa finds Nadines dead body under years worth of ceramic milk jugs, the police arent sure whether the death was an accident. But fingers are pointing at Willas employee, Mrs. Schultz, who steps in to help the pageant after Nadines death. Someone wanted Nadine out of thewhey, and Willa is going to find out who.
The lazy, hazy,dairydays of summer are coming to a close in the Sonoma Valley. . . and so is someones life.KORINA MOSS is the author of the Cheese Shop Mystery series (Minotaur Books) set in the Sonoma Valley, including the Agatha Award winner for Best First Novel, Cheddar Off Dead. Her books have been featured in PARADE Magazine, Womens World, AARP, and Fresh Fiction.
Praise for the Cheese Shop Mysteries
One ofUSA Today's Best Cozy Mystery Series
Serves up plenty of cheese boards, small-town drama, and death. Parade
A charming whodunnit. Womans World
A series that readers will be eager to revisit. First Clue
Plenty of cheese lore enriches a mystery thats puzzling in more ways than one. Kirkus Reviews