Deeply Disturbed Donuts


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That's not right. Newton had heard stories about the sketchy old donut shop and the strange things that happened to those who dared to enter. He had assumed they were exaggerated tall tales, growing wilder over time. It wouldn't be long before he realized the truth was more dangerous, bizarre, and fascinating than he could imagine. The rational portion of your brain, the area used to crunch numbers, abandon social media, and keep your mouth shut during meetings, might assure you that a story is essentially virtual. It poses no threat to you at all. The irrational portion, however, is not so easily fooled. This is a story about risks, after all. Well, there's also a secret underground lab, human experimentation, a homemade space-car, aliens, clones, and donuts.




Deeply Disturbed Donuts


Book Description

That's not right. Newton had heard stories about the sketchy old donut shop and the strange things that happened to those who dared to enter. He had assumed they were exaggerated tall tales, growing wilder over time. It wouldn't be long before he realized the truth was more dangerous, bizarre, and fascinating than he could imagine. The rational portion of your brain, the area used to crunch numbers, abandon social media, and keep your mouth shut during meetings, might assure you that a story is essentially virtual. It poses no threat to you at all. The irrational portion, however, is not so easily fooled. This is a story about risks, after all. Well, there's also a secret underground lab, human experimentation, a homemade space-car, aliens, clones, and donuts.




Donut Disturb


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The filling is looking grim for pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw in Donut Disturb, the next in Ellie Alexander's beloved Bakeshop Series. Love is in bloom in Ashland, Oregon. The Shakespearean hamlet is bursting with fresh spring energy. Fragrant lilacs and the sweet aroma of vanilla cake fill the air as everyone in town gathers at Lithia Park for the celebration of the year—Thomas and Kerry’s wedding. It’s a picture perfect day. Guests gather on picnic blankets in front of the bandshell to watch Kerry walk down the aisle and wed Ashland’s favorite detective in training, Thomas. Jules and her team at Torte have been tasked with catering the outdoor reception and everything is going according to plan, until a wedding crasher shows up. The uninvited guest isn’t just someone looking to score a free glass of champagne. It’s Kerry’s estranged father who is supposed to be behind bars. Kerry is distraught. Jules vows to do everything she can to make sure that there are no other surprises on her friend’s big day. But when the bassist for Heart Strings, the wedding band, is found stabbed with the blunt end of his instrument Jules’s promise takes on new meaning. Now she’ll have to slice through the five tiered cake and a bevy of potential suspects in order to track down a killer before they turn the knife on her.




The Donut Shop Collection, Books 4-6


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In this New York Times bestselling series by Jessica Beck, Suzanne Hart, owner and operator of Donut Hearts in April Springs, North Carolina, combines her passion for pastries with her skill for solving crimes. Recipes included! Welcome to Donut Hearts, where the coffee is hot, the donuts are fresh, and the toppings are criminally good. . . Evil Éclairs Donuts aren't exactly health food, but that's no reason for local radio host Lester Moorefield to call for a boycott of Suzanne's shop. After he is found dead, stuffed with one of Suzanne's éclairs, she has to find out who killed him or she'll be filling a prison cell instead of a pastry. Tragic Toppings When one of Suzanne's customers disappears, the police start asking questions. But that's just the beginning of the tragic happenings. Who knew donut-making could turn out to be such dangerous business. Killer Crullers Soon after a stranger tosses a whole box of crullers at Suzanne's friend Gabby's storefront, claiming that stolen family valuables ended up in her thrift store, he turns up dead right in front of the donut shop. Can Suzanne prove that this is all a cruel, albeit sugar-coated, twist of fate?




Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys


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Elizabeth Richardson was a Red Cross volunteer who worked as a Clubmobile hostess during World War II. Handing out free doughnuts, coffee, cigarettes, and gum to American soldiers in England and France, she and her colleagues provided a touch of home.--From publisher description.




Donut Despair


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Donut Despair, The 48th Donut Mystery from New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Beck! When Jake takes a missing person case near the North Carolina coast, Suzanne decides to tag along for a bit of a “vacation.” There’s no time for her to rest once they get there, though, when they get embroiled in a small town’s present as well as its past, and they must unravel the mysteries surrounding it before murder books its own stay there. Jessica Beck is the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Donut Mysteries, the Cast Iron Cooking Mysteries, the Classic Diner Mysteries, the Ghost Cat Cozy Mysteries, and more.




Black Lentil Doughnuts


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Evil Eclairs


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Includes excerpt from Tragic toppings (p. [279]-291).




Will Not Attend


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“Damn, this book is good.”—Jon Stewart “A biting, darkly hilarious collection of personal essays that begs to be read aloud.”—Chicago Tribune Emmy Award–winning writer Adam Resnick began his career at Late Night with David Letterman before honing his chops in movies and cable television, including HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show. While courageously admitting to being “euphorically antisocial,” Resnick plunges readers deep into his troubled psyche in this uproarious memoir-in-essays. Shaped by such touchstone events as a traumatic Easter egg hunt and overwrought by obsessions, he refuses to be burdened by chores like basic social obligation and personal growth, adhering to his own steadfast rule: “I refuse to do anything I don’t want to do.”




The Book of Old Ladies


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This is a book that champions older women’s stories and challenges the limiting outcomes we seem to hold for them. The Book of Old Ladies introduces readers to thirty stories featuring fictional “women of a certain age” who increasingly become their truest selves. Their stories will entertain and provide insight into the stories we tell ourselves about the limits and opportunities of aging. A celebration of women who push back against the limiting stereotypes regarding older women’s possibility, The Book of Old Ladies is a book lover’s guide to approaching old age and dealing with its losses while still embracing beauty, creativity, connection, and wonder.