Books by Alicia Bessette and Complete Book Reviews

Simply from Scratch
Simply from Scratch
Alicia Bessette, Dutton, $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-525-95182-7
Bessette's too eager-to-please debut features a young widow's profoundly quirky quest to move on after her husband's death. A year after Zell's husband dies in New Orleans while on a post-Katrina relief mission, Zell, who frequently talks to her dog
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Smile Beach Murder
Smile Beach Murder
Alicia Bessette. Berkley Prime Crime, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-0-593-33688-5
In this perky series launch from Bessette (Simply from Scratch), Callie Paget, a single, 38-year-old journalist who loves Mary Higgins Clark novels, has reluctantly returned home to Cattail Island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks after being laid off
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Murder on Mustang Beach
Murder on Mustang Beach
Alicia Bessette. Berkley Prime Crime, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-33691-5
Bessette’s delightful sequel to 2022’s Smile Beach Murder finds journalist-turned-bookseller Callie Paget looking forward to her first official date with Toby, owner of a martial arts studio on North Carolina’s Cattail Island. When she and Toby find
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