Short Synopsis
Murder heats up Seattle's Pike Place Market in the next Spice Shop mystery from the nationally bestselling author of Assault and Pepper.

Full Synopsis
Springtime in Seattle's Pike Place Market means tasty foods and wide-eyed tourists, and Pepper's Spice Shop is ready for the crowds. With flavorful combinations and a fresh approach, she's sure to win over the public. Even better, she's working with several local restaurants as their chief herb and spice supplier. Business is cooking, until one of Pepper's potential clients, a young chef named Tamara Langston, is found dead, her life extinguished by the dangerously hot ghost chili—a spice Pepper carries in her shop.

Now stuck in the middle of a heated police investigation, Pepper must use all her senses to find out who wanted to keep Tamara's new café from opening—before someone else gets burned . . .

"This book contains it all for me: murder, mystery, twists and turns, [and] hidden identity." ---Reading Around the Genres

"I really enjoyed it. . . . I like Pepper, she is pretty resourceful and a good sleuth, she has some good acquaintances to help her do the sleuthing when she needs help." ---Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My!