title: Groundbreaking Murder: A Darling Valley Cozy Mystery
author:  Cassie Page 
description: Cassie Page lives in San Francisco where she contemplates numerous ways to kill people without getting caught.
zlib_text: > _[Bison Creek Cozy 01] Powdered Murder_
  
  > > A Gardner
  
  > CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2015)
  
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  > Tags: Recipes, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Women Sleuths
  
  > Recipesttt Fictionttt Mystery &amp; Detectivettt Cozyttt Women Sleuthsttt
  
  When Essie Stratter last saw her childhood crush, she was thirty pounds
  heavier and addicted to cookie dough ice cream. But Patrick isn't back in town
  to mess with her head. He's in town with his celebrity tart of a fiancee for a
  secret wedding at the Pinecliffe Mountain Resort - the very establishment
  where Essie works. Essie is roped into becoming a stand-in bridesmaid by her
  sister Joy, the resort's Assistant Event Coordinator. But Essie has more than
  just her resurfacing feelings for the groom to worry about when she finds one
  of the bridesmaids dead at the hotel spa. Essie searches for the killer, and
  with a list of suspects ranging from an undercover reporter to the Mayor's
  gossipy wife, it isn't an easy feat. Especial