Mary Birdie

Kill It by Skillet Mary Birdie

Shopkeeper Belle Meyer doesn't know she's selling killer cookware at The Wild Goose - a small corner kitchen shop in northern Maryland's Walnut Creek Square. Belle's life is upturned like a bread loaf pan when Luke "Smack Your Lips" Knight, the town's zany baker, is found dead in a house fire hours after Belle sells him the fatal 12-inch non-stick skillet. Not even a spider web frosted cake can sweeten The Wild Goose's haunted reputation. Now Belle's in the case deeper than lobster fried in peanut oil, to which she's allergic. To catch the killer, Belle stirs up the investigation, much to the chagrin of seasoned Detective Edwin Hawkes. The hard-boiled detective warns her to stay away from the case, but Belle doesn't listen. With the help of Pickles, the store's 10-pound tabby cat, Belle sleuths after cooking demos, interrogates cookware customers and tries to thwart a store break in. She will stop at nothing until the suspect's goose is cooked!