BSB: Meri Allen aka Shari Randall (Mint Chocolate Murder) Author Signing

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Bank Square Books presents an author signing with Meri Allen (Shari Randall) for the book Mint Chocolate Murder.


mint chocolate murder book coverAbout the Book

Mint Chocolate Murder is a delightful confection of wonderful characters, a yummy setting, and an intriguing, twisty, and multi-layered mystery. It's the perfect book to curl up with on a lazy summer afternoon--preferably with your favorite flavor of ice cream close to hand. -Elizabeth Penney, Edgar-nominated author of the Cambridge Bookshop Series

Riley Rhodes returns in the second delicious cozy set in a New England ice cream shop, Meri Allen's Mint Chocolate Murder

When Udderly Delightful Ice Cream shop manager Riley Rhodes is summoned to Penniman's Moy Mull Castle, it's the cherry on top of a successful summer season. The gothic pile built by an eccentric New England Gilded Age millionaire has been transformed into a premiere arts colony by Maud Monaco, a reclusive former supermodel. As part of Moy Mull's Fall Arts Festival, Maud is throwing a fantasy ice cream social and hires Riley to whip up unique treats to celebrate the opening of an exhibit by Adam Blasco, a photographer as obnoxious as he is talented. 

As Penniman fills up with Maud's art-world friends arriving for the festival, gossip swirls around Blasco, who has a dark history of obsession with his models. Riley's curiosity and instincts for sleuthing - she was a CIA librarian - are piqued, and she wonders at the hold the cold-hearted photographer has over the mistress of Moy Mull. 

But when Adam is found dead behind the locked door of Moy Mull's dungeon, Riley realizes there's more than one suspect who'd wanted to put the malicious photographer on ice.

About the Author

Meri Allen is the pen name of Shari Randall, author of the Agatha Award-winning Lobster Shack Mystery series. A native New Englander, Coast Guard spouse, and former librarian, she lives in a midcentury money pit a short walk from a lighthouse. She's a member of Sisters in Crime and enjoys travel, eating out, eating out while traveling, and all things mermaid.

Mint Chocolate Murder: An Ice Cream Shop Mystery (Ice Cream Shop Mysteries #2) By Meri Allen Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781250267085
Availability: Available at One of Our Locations
Published: St. Martin's Paperbacks - July 26th, 2022

"Mint Chocolate Murder is a delightful confection of wonderful characters, a yummy setting, and an intriguing, twisty, and multi-layered mystery. It's the perfect book to curl up with on a lazy summer afternoon—preferably with your favorite flavor of ice cream close to hand." --Elizabeth Penney, Edgar-nominated author of the Cambridge Bookshop Series


Saturday, August 6, 2022 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Bank Square Books
53 West Main Street
Mystic, CT 06355