(Ebook) Spice Shop Mysteries 1 - Assault and Pepper by Leslie Budewitz ISBN 9780698140530, 0698140532

(Ebook) Spice Shop Mysteries 1 - Assault and Pepper by Leslie Budewitz ISBN 9780698140530, 0698140532

The Agatha Award-winning author of Crime Rib is proud to introduce Pepper Reece, the owner of the Seattle Spice Shopwho thinks she can handle any kind of salty customer—until a murdererends up in the mix…After leaving a dicey marriage andlosing a beloved job in a corporate crash, Pepper Reece has found a newzest for life running a busy spice and tea shop in Seattle’s Pike PlaceMarket. Her aromatic creations are the talk of the town, and everyonestops by for a cup of her refreshing spice tea, even other shopkeepersand Market regulars. But when a panhandler named Doc shows up dead onthe store’s doorstep, a Seattle Spice Shop cup in his hand, the localgossip gets too hot for Pepper to handle—especially after the policearrest one of Pepper’s staffers, Tory Finch, for murder.Toryseems to know why she’s a suspect, but she refuses to do anything tocurry favor with the cops. Convinced her reticent employee is innocent,Pepper takes it on herself to sniff out some clues. Only, if she’s notcareful, Pepper’s nosy ways might make her next on the killer’s list…