Leslie Budewitz' Spice Shop Mysteries

Leslie Budewitz

Two-time Agatha Award winner Leslie Budewitz has a wonderful new series of Spice Shop Mysteries. The first, Assault and Pepper, was released in March, and the second, Guilty as Cinnamon, is scheduled for publication in December. The series protagonist is Pepper Reece, who after divorcing and losing her job as a law firm’s Human Resource officer, becomes the proprietor of a spice and tea shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. When a panhandler is found dead in her shop doorway and an employee is arrested, Pepper has to investigate, even though it means reconnecting with her ex, a bicycle cop.