The Perennial Sleuth Mysteries
Where every meal comes with a side of murder.
Chef Fiona Firth runs The Perennial, a harbor-side restaurant in Seacliff Springs. She has a gift for flavor and for noticing the details others miss. Including murder.
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Perennial Sleuth Mysteries Collection I:
Four Wickedly Clever Culinary Cozy Mysteries
Four murders. One bistro. A chef who can't stop finding bodies.
When a food critic drops dead mid-service on opening night, chef Fiona Firth has one goal: clear her kitchen and protect everything she built. She manages it. Barely.
But the bodies keep turning up where the herbs grow.
A curator at the gala she catered. A wellness guru in the garden where she sources her ingredients. A community gardener found among the rosemary beds on her weekly route. Four cases. Four killers hiding in plain sight behind local gossip, forged records, and the kind of secrets that pass for small-town history.
Fiona has her grandmother's herb intuition, a team that refuses to let her skip meals, and a ginger cat whose instincts are frankly better than most detectives'. What she doesn't have is the good sense to stay out of it.
Includes the first four books in the Perennial Sleuth Mystery Series: Opening Night Murder, Museum Gala Murder, Wellness Retreat Murder, and Community Garden Murder.
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Six books, one prequel, and one box set. Start anywhere, get hooked immediately.
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What a great book! Couldn't stop reading, had to find out who the killer was.
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loved it !! love this series !!! love Fiona and her staff and cat !!
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Another excellent mystery from this Author with good characters and story setting.
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A thrilling mystery! Tansy is a unique writer that knows how to pull you into the story.
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Has become one of my favorite authors...a great addition to the series.
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Tansy always draws you into the mystery.
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Delightful cozy. Great characters and plot. Hard to put down.
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Get Murder at the Farmers' Market free.
Fresh herbs. Small-town farmers' market. A corpse in the potting shed.
Fiona Firth came to Millfield Market to sell basil and chamomile, not to find the local herbalist slumped beside the fertilizer. The whispers say natural causes. Fiona's sharp eye says otherwise.
She spots what others miss, and Miso, her orange tabby, is watching everyone.
Someone at this market is hiding something. Fiona just has to find them before they find her first.
From My Kitchen Table
Pull up a chair and grab your teacup. I'm Tansy Blackwood,
author of the Perennial Sleuth Mysteries.
This is where readers gather for small-town stories,
curious clues, seaside gossip, and a touch of kitchen magic.
I write alongside my cats, Miso and Biscotti, and my dog,
Olive.
I'll send you the latest mysteries I'm reading, notes from
my garden, and an occasional recipe.
No spam… unless it's in a recipe. 😉
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