Early Bird Café Mysteries Series by Ginny Gold
Early Bird Café Mysteries #1
Ginny Gold - Early Bird Café 01 - Rise and Die
Ginny Gold
Kori Cooke loves living in her hometown of Hermit Cove and running her dream business—The Early Bird Café. For two years she’s been the sole breakfast spot in town, so when her culinary rival from cooking school, Tessa Doyle, moves to the small town, Kori can’t help but think she’s just there to compete.Suddenly, Tessa’s Sunrise and Shine Café is under attack, with a rock through the window on Monday morning. Kori knows she’s innocent but still doesn’t feel much empathy for her breakfast nemesis. But when Kori gets arrested and grilled by Detective Gunn and childhood friend Lieutenant Zach Gulch, she can’t help but wonder if she’s the new target. And when things escalate to Tessa’s murder, Kori comes under more scrutiny. Will she and best friend Nora Farmer be able to crack the case before she’s on the receiving end of a deadly dish? Or is she in more danger than she realizes and should skip town to avoid the heated investigation?
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Early Bird Café Mysteries #2
Ginny Gold - Early Bird Café 02 - Deadly Surprise
Ginny Gold
Kori is over the moon excited to be going on a date with none other than Lieutenant Zach Gulch, childhood crush and stunner to look at. But that thrill is quickly stifled the next day when Zach reveals that her family DNA showed up at a crime scene in nearby Scoter Circle. They both know the DNA isn’t Kori’s but it belongs to a close male relative. With her father long dead and her cousin Tyler living across the country, that only leaves Jay as a suspect. And it turns out his gun was also in the right place at the wrong time to pin everything on him.Now Kori and Jay have a list of online dating profiles that become the top suspects, starting with the deceased’s violent ex-husband. Will they be able to find the real killer before Jay is behind bars with a guilty conviction for a murder he barely knows anything about? And why did the murderer try to frame him—he hadn’t been in touch with Heidi for years. As the questions pile up, they hope the body count stays at one.
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Early Bird Café Mysteries #3
Ginny Gold - Early Bird Café 03 - Dead and Berried
Ginny Gold
Summer is in full swing, and Hermit Cove is hosting the county’s annual Summer Strawberry Festival. Kori’s Early Bird Café has a front and center booth where she’s selling sweet breakfasts and desserts all day. Best friend Nora Farmer is supposed to occupy the booth directly across from hers near the entrance where business will be best, but when she fails to show up on the opening day, Kori knows something is wrong.And it couldn’t be more wrong. A body is found on Nora’s property, and next to it is a pint of poisoned strawberries. All fingers are pointing at Nora. And when a bloody shovel turns up in her barn, things look like they’re taking a turn for the worse.With such a busy weekend, will Kori have time to help clear her best friend’s name? Or will Nora have to take the fall for a murder she didn’t commit? They worry that Nora could be the next target if they can’t solve the case fast enough.
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Early Bird Café Mysteries #4
Ginny Gold - Early Bird Café 04 - Croaked Wheat
Ginny Gold
Kori Cooke’s life is heating up in the kitchen—and in the bedroom. Things seem to be falling into place—finally—with long-time eye candy, Lieutenant Zach Gulch. But that doesn’t mean everything else in Hermit Cove is just peachy.When best friend, Nora Farmer, finds a body in a delivery of grain for her farm, Kori is immediately by her side and ready to find whoever is responsible. But the suspect list is growing without finding any real answers: a jilted mistress, a greedy wife, and ex-coworkers who might have been up to no good.But Kori’s mission of finding justice gets put on the fast track when Nora goes missing, and Kori worries that the killer has kidnapped her for getting too close to the trail. Will Kori be able to save Nora in time, or will she be the next body to be found?
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Early Bird Café Mysteries #5
Ginny Gold - Early Bird Café 05 - Smashed Potatoes and Gravy
Ginny Gold
Kori Cooke is excited for Thanksgiving. Not only is she hosting Thanksgiving at The Early Bird Café, but she’s also throwing a baby shower that same week for her good friend Jenna Rhodes. But when Jenna is late to her own shower, Kori knows something is wrong.A dead body is found on Jenna’s property, and she suddenly finds herself in jail, and nearly ready to pop she’s so pregnant. Kori knows Jenna can’t be guilty, but then who is? Kori gets dragged into the investigation and is hot on the trail of the real killer, only to find out it’s a dead end. As she looks for more and more clues, she starts questioning if she might know the murderer, and even be their friend. Kori isn’t sure who could be guilty, but she knows for sure she has to find out before the killer notices her tracks.
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