{"product_id":"the-27-ingredient-chili-con-carne-murders-a-eugenia-potter-mystery-paperback","title":"The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders: A Eugenia Potter Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy Pickard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVirginia Rich\u003c\/b\u003e (Created by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome like it hot\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Delightful . . . Ms. Pickard has given the protagonist a new least on life \"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Eugenia Potter receives an urgent phone call from the manager of her ranch near Tucson, she's only too happy to drop everything and fly home. \u003ci\u003eSomething \u003c\/i\u003einside of her is calling her back to the desert. Why else would be preparing spicy Mexican meatball soup at her cottage in Maine when the menu clearly calls for clam chowder? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut once she arrives home, Mrs. Potter discovers that her ranch manager and his granddaughter are missing from her ranch, Las Palomas, and feared dead. When a guest at a dinner gathering thrown by Mrs. Potter is food poisoned--apparently from eating her famous 27-ingredient chili--she knows she must act quickly before the murderer strikes again. And it doesn't hurt to have the help of a long-lost beau to spice up the danger with romance . . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Pickard\u003c\/b\u003e is a four-time Edgar Award nominee, most recently for \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin of Small Plains\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the winner of the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, and three Agatha Awards. Her short stories have also won numerous accolades. Pickard has been a national board member of the Mystery Writers of America and the president of Sisters in Crime, and she is a member of PEN America. She lives in Merriam, Kansas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eVirginia Rich\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three previous Eugenia Potter mysteries, and, with Nancy Pickard, of \u003ci\u003eThe 27-Ingredient Chili con Carne Murders\u003c\/i\u003e. Like her heroine, Mrs. Rich lived on a cattle ranch in Arizona and also had a cottage off the coast of Maine.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.84 x 4.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758439039264,"sku":"9780440216414","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/832be01688086bb3872330a0f69c0b6f.webp?v=1780126226","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-27-ingredient-chili-con-carne-murders-a-eugenia-potter-mystery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}