A Bitter Aftertaste
Eleven executives. Four days at a snowbound mountain lodge. One last glass of bourbon.
Caterer Gemma Logan has spent six weeks rebuilding Copper Whisk Catering, the business her late sister Danica left behind in Juniper Falls, Colorado. So when Denver's Ridgeline Vertical books her for a four-day executive retreat at Timberline Lodge, she plans to do what she does best: elk loin with chokecherry, cardamom shortbread iced by hand, and a kitchen that runs like clockwork.
Then a courier knocks on her door before dawn carrying an envelope sealed in red wax and stamped with the little flower Danica drew on every recipe card. It was paid for two and a half years ago, set to arrive this week, and addressed in her dead sister's handwriting.
Before Gemma can learn what's inside, a blizzard closes the ridge road, and Ridgeline's charismatic CEO is found dead in his suite after a private bourbon tasting. Gemma set out the glasses herself, and she knows one detail nobody else has noticed: five people went upstairs that night, but six glasses were used.
With the lodge cut off, the sheriff stranded below, and every guest hiding something, Gemma must sort the polished lies from the bitter truth. And the deeper she digs, the more the CEO's death seems tied to the questions Danica died asking, and to the most powerful man in Juniper Falls.
A Bitter Aftertaste is the second Copper Whisk Catering Mystery, perfect for readers who love a clever kitchen-savvy sleuth, a cozy small-town cast, a slow-burn romance, and a snowed-in whodunit with real emotional depth.
Pour a cup of something warm and start reading today.
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