Books by Isis Crawford and Complete Book Reviews
Isis Crawford, Author . Kensington $22 (304p) ISBN 978-1-57566-710-2
In her assured debut, Crawford, a caterer with many travel-related articles to her credit, introduces an appealing family trio: tender-hearted Libby Simmons, owner of a catering business, A Little Taste of Heaven, in Longely, N.Y.; her wisecracking...
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Isis Crawford, Author . Kensington $22 (275p) ISBN 978-0-7582-0689-3
Crawford's well-paced fourth culinary cozy (after 2005's A Catered Christmas
), finds sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons, who run a catering business in Longely, N.Y., called A Little Taste of Heaven, flooded with a rush of orders for...
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Isis Crawford, Author . Kensington $22 (309p) ISBN 978-0-7582-2192-6
In Crawford's fun, well-plotted fifth culinary cozy to feature Bernadette and Libby Simmons (after 2007's A Catered Valentine's Day
), the sisters cater a fundraiser for the Longely, N.Y., volunteer firemen that includes a high-tech...
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Isis Crawford, Author . Kensington $22 (329p) ISBN 978-0-7582-2194-0
At the start of Crawford's diverting sixth mystery to feature Bernie and Libby Simmons (after 2008's A Catered Halloween
), imperious Annabel Colbert hires the catering sisters of Longely, N.Y., to cook for her beloved pet pug's...
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Isis Crawford, Kensington, $22 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7582-4738-4
In Crawford's sprightly seventh mystery with recipes featuring sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons (after 2009's A Catered Birthday Party), the proprietors of A Little Taste of Heaven, their Longely, N.Y., catering company, prepare a Thanksgiving feast
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Isis Crawford, Author Kensington Publishing Corporation $22 (280p) ISBN 978-0-7582-0685-5
In Isis Crawford's A Catered Wedding: A Mystery with Recipes, the lively sequel to her debut, A Catered Murder (2003), kindhearted caterer Libby Simmons and her savvy sister, Bernie, investigate the murder of 27-year-old Leeza Sharp, shot through...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $24 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7582-4740-7
Murder once again interrupts a holiday in Crawford’s diverting eighth mystery featuring sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons, the owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, a catering business in Longely, N.Y. As Bernie and Libby are preparing St. Patrick’s...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $24 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7582-7489-2
In Crawford’s busy ninth mystery featuring Longely, N.Y., sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons (after 2012’s A Catered St. Patrick’s Day), the elderly ladies of the Christmas Cookie Exchange Club are excited about the Baking for Life TV program coming...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7582-7491-5
In Crawford’s diverting 10th mystery featuring catering sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons (after 2013’s A Catered Christmas Cookie Exchange), the big draw of the Fourth of July extravaganza in Longely, N.Y., is a reenactment of a Revolutionary War...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-61773-329-1
With Mother’s Day looming, Ellen Hadley, the disgruntled wife and mother at the center of Crawford’s engaging, dialogue-driven 11th mystery with recipes (after 2014’s A Catered Fourth of July), decides to get back at her ungrateful
husband, Bruce,...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-61773-333-8
Murder’s surely on the menu when Bernie and Libby Simmons agree to make pierogies for abusive director Ludvoc Zalinsky in Crawford’s hectic 12th mystery featuring the catering sisters (after 2015’s A Catered Mother’s Day). Zalinsky pours money into...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-61773-337-6
In Crawford’s charming 13th culinary mystery featuring the Simmons sisters (after 2016’s Catered Tea Party), Bernie (fearless on stilettos and creaky balconies) strong-arms Libby (secret zodiac believer and weight-worrier) into catering Darius...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1496-1
Crawford’s amusing 14th mystery with recipes (after 2017’s Catered Costume Party) finds sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons catering a cat wedding at an estate in Westchester, N.Y., owned by wealthy and eccentric Susie Katz, who demands top-notch...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $26 (312p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1499-2
Crawford’s convoluted 15th mystery with recipes (after 2018’s A Catered Cat Wedding) opens with Ada Sinclair, a distant relative of Bernie and Libby Simmons, owners of their late mother’s café in Longely, N.Y., inviting the sisters to cater a New...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1502-9
In Crawford’s delectable 16th mystery featuring sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons (after 2019’s A Catered New Year’s Eve), art restorer Margo Hemsley fails to arrive at A Little Taste of Heaven, the sisters’ shop in Longely, N.Y., to pick up the...
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Isis Crawford. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-3496-9
In Crawford’s routine 17th mystery featuring Bernie and Libby Simmons, owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, a bakery cum catering company in Longely, N.Y. (after 2020’s A Catered Book Club Mystery), the sisters agree to cater a wedding reception for...
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