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  My blog sisters at Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen inspire me daily with their love of cooking, their wonderful mysteries, and their friendship.

  And always, thanks to Don.

  About the Author

  LESLIE BUDEWITZ IS PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD, GREAT mysteries, and the Northwest, the setting for her national-bestselling Spice Shop Mysteries and Food Lovers’ Village Mysteries. Death al Dente, the first in the Village series, won the 2013 Agatha Award for Best First Novel. A practicing lawyer, Leslie also won the 2011 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction, for Books, Crooks & Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure. She served as president of Sisters in Crime in 2015-16 and currently serves on the board of Mystery Writers of America. 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 musician and doctor of natural medicine, and their cat, an avid bird-watcher.

  Visit her online at www.LeslieBudewitz.com, where you can find maps, recipes, discussion questions, links to her short stories, and more.