The Curse of the Cherry Pie

A sharp and tangy culinary mystery featuring Tish Tarragon. Can Tish beat the curse of the cherry pie to win first prize at the Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off?

When literary caterer Letitia ''Tish'' Tarragon''s friend and star baker at Cookin'' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake, a frangipane cherrypie, be up to the grade?

As the bake-off gets underway, Tish''s worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus . . . and both women diedsuddenly before making their bakes.

Amid bitterrivalries, simmering jealousy and the bakers'' insatiable appetite for winning, is the curseofthecherrypie about to strikeagain?